TY - JOUR T1 - Learning about social-ecological trade-offs JF - Ecology and Society Y1 - 2017 A1 - Galafassi, Diego A1 - Daw, Tim M A1 - Munyi, Lydiah A1 - Brown, Katrina A1 - Barnaud, Cecile A1 - Fazey, Ioan AB -

Trade-offs are manifestations of the complex dynamics in interdependent social-ecological systems. Addressing tradeoffs involves challenges of perception due to the dynamics of interdependence. We outline the challenges associated with addressing trade-offs and analyze knowledge coproduction as a practice that may contribute to tackling trade-offs in social-ecological systems. We discuss this through a case study in coastal Kenya in which an iterative knowledge coproduction process was facilitated to reveal social-ecological trade-offs in the face of ecological and socioeconomic change. Representatives of communities, government, and NGOs attended two integrative workshops in which methods derived from systems thinking, dialogue, participatory modeling, and scenarios were applied to encourage participants to engage and evaluate trade-offs. Based on process observation and interviews with participants and scientists, our analysis suggests that this process lead to increased appreciation of interdependences and the way in which trade-offs emerge from complex dynamics of interdependent factors. The process seemed to provoke a reflection of knowledge assumptions and narratives, and management goals for the social-ecological system. We also discuss how stakeholders link these insights to their practices.

VL - 22 U1 - ne/i00324x/1 U2 - ne-i00324x-1 U4 - Kenya U5 - 000399397700013 ER -