Working With Nature, Working with Indigenous Knowledge: Community Priorities for Climate Adaptation in Samoa

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aut.relation.articlenumber100144
aut.relation.endpage100144
aut.relation.journalNature-Based Solutions
aut.relation.startpage100144
aut.relation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorLatai-Niusulu, Anita
dc.contributor.authorTaua'a, Susana
dc.contributor.authorLelaulu, Tuputau
dc.contributor.authorPedersen Zari, Maibritt
dc.contributor.authorBloomfield, Sibyl
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T04:22:06Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T04:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-24
dc.description.abstractThe culturally diverse region of Moananui Oceania, is where many of the world's nations that are most impacted by climate change are located, including Samoa. Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer significant potential for effective climate change adaptation and are increasingly being explored and utilized in the region both in terms of (re)exploring traditional human designed living-systems created over connected land and oceanscapes, and in relation to contemporary NbS strategies. To explore nature-based adaptation agendas that link closely to Indigenous ecological knowledge and understandings of wellbeing, and that can enhance cultural connections to NbS in an urban climate change adaptation context, the Nature-based Urban design for Wellbeing and Adaptation in Oceania (NUWAO) Vaisigano Project in Samoa was conceived. The project examines and draws upon contemporary and traditional relationships between human settlements and nature in Samoa, as a means to advocate for regenerative urban environments that enhance entwined socio-ecological wellbeing and resilience as a climate change adaptation measure. We conducted a series of household interviews along a ridge-to-reef transect in the Vaisigano Catchment and then conducted fa'afaletui focus groups to ascertain community understandings and priorities related to NbS for climate change adaptation. Findings include that there is great potential in combining local Indigenous knowledges and worldviews with contemporary nature-based approaches to create culturally effective, just, and resilient climate change adaptation measures in Samoa, and in wider Moananui Oceania.
dc.identifier.citationNature-Based Solutions, ISSN: 2772-4115 (Print), Elsevier BV, 6, 100144-100144. doi: 10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100144
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100144
dc.identifier.issn2772-4115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17758
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411524000351
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by nc/4.0/)
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject4101 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
dc.subject41 Environmental Sciences
dc.subject44 Human Society
dc.subjectGeneric health relevance
dc.subject13 Climate Action
dc.titleWorking With Nature, Working with Indigenous Knowledge: Community Priorities for Climate Adaptation in Samoa
dc.typeJournal Article
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