using systems thinking and ‘smart technology’ to...
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Using systems thinking and ‘smart technology’ to facilitate social learning
with communities
Russell Richards and Carl Smith
School of Agriculture and Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
CCRES – Component II: Generating robust local economies that capture and sustain marine ecosystem services
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Mental Models –People’s beliefs and
assumptions
Systemic Structures – What the systems look like
Patterns –Behaviour Over Time
EventsSymptoms
Four Levels of Systems Thinking(Maani and Cavana, 2007, Chapter 2)
Understanding of how the system works (or is perceived to work): this can influence decisions and rules
WHY the problems exist and HOW they can be addressed? (System Structures)
WHAT are the problems? (Events and Patterns)
Socio-Ecological Problems• Selayar (Indonesia) and El Nido (Philippines)• Focus problems:
– Water pollution– Food insecurity– Fish catch decline / habitat destruction– Mangrove clearing
• Problem mapping: Focus group discussions to elicit ‘Rich Pictures’
SESAMME app
SESAMMESpatially explicit (Satellite view)
SESAMMESpatially explicit (Satellite view)
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FGD in Action
Source: PSU, Philippines
Structure, Decisions and Interventions
Fish catch
Fishing
R1
Attractiveness offishing
+
+
+
Price of fish
+
Supply/demandratio
-
Demand forfish
-
Populationgrowth
+
+
R2
Illegal fishing
Fish stocks-
+
-R3
Fish habitats-
+
+
R5
-
B1
In-migrationAlternative nonfishing livelihood-
-
-
B2
+B3
+
B5
R8
R6
-
B6Pollution
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B4B7
R7
R4
Tourism
Privatization ofproperty
+
-+
+
+
+
-
B8
B9
B10
B11
Coastal and marine resourcesconservation activities (i.e., MPA
establishment, coral transplantation,mangrove reforestation, IEC, coastal
cleanups, etc)
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Education, capabilitybuilding and skills training
for locals
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Solid and liquidwaste
management
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Enforcement offisheries laws
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Concern and care forthe environment
Income fromfishing
+
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Economic status+
B12
Encroachment of nonresident/commercial
fishers+
+ ++
-
Alternative foodsources
-
Employability
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Source: PSU, Philippines
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