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Coastal ecosystem services in Manukau Harbour: A participatory modelling approach to integrating social values
Kathryn Davies – Thursday 9th July 2015 – NZMSS
Diverse stakeholder involvement is needed to address complex ecological problems.
Ecosystem services may providea common language to discuss shared values and negotiate trade-offs.
This approach is useful when aiming to resolve ‘wicked problems’.
‘Wicked problems’
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
To resolve wicked problems
Integrate social values
Enhance social learning & capacity
Increase transparency
Mediate power
Build trust
Elements of social capital
Manukau Harbour, NZ
SeascapesTotal value (#
points) LandscapesTotal value (#
points)
Open water 72High Producing
Exotic Grassland 35
Estuarine open
water66
Built-up Area (settlement) 30
Mangrove 8Transport
Infrastructure 19
Herbaceous saline
vegetation2
Urban Parkland/Open
Space14
TOTAL 148Surface Mine or
Dump 1
TOTAL 99
Seascape v. Landscape
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
National focus
Regional focus
Local focus
Local, regional, and national stakeholder ES values
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Poor Fair Average Good Excellent
How would you rankyour knowledge ofecosystem servicesBEFORE you attendedthese workshops?
How would you rankyour knowledge ofecosystem servicesNOW?
Participant responses to question about knowledge of ES
“I liked the cross section of people that you had there, the really broad representation of different interests. I like the fact that it wasn’t dominated by scientists because their take on ecosystem services, of what may or may not be of use in the area, is not always closely related to how it actually is used.”
Question 3: How do you feel
about the trade-offs that
have been made in this
scenario?
Future directions
Future directions
Future directions
Thank you!
NIWA, The University of Auckland, Participants,Karen Fisher, Mark Dickson, Simon Thrush and Richard LeHeron.
Any questions?
