Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi

• Other Authors: Winter, Kawika B. (Editor), Chang, Kevin (Editor), Lincoln, Noa Kekuewa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; ridge-to-reef; groundwater; land-use; nutrients; bleaching; scenario; resilience; collaboration; scientific tools; management; alternative regime state; portable biocultural toolkit; social-ecological system theory; Hawaii; Colocasia esculenta; biocultural monitoring; community engagement; community-based management; indigenous knowledge; indigenous science; Hawaiʻi; human land use footprint; traditional ecological knowledge; biocultural restoration; social-ecological system; Hawaiian Islands; biocapacity; sustainability; sacred ecology; biocultural conservation; Hawai'i; biocultural resource management (BRM); ahupuaa; social-ecological community; social-ecological zone; traditional resource management; konohiki; co-management; institutional fit; social-ecological systems; fisheries; breadfruit; food systems; Artocarpus altilis; indigenous resource management; traditional agriculture; indigenous agriculture; biocultural; restoration; food energy water; ecosystem services; cultural services; sustainable agriculture; taro; wetland agriculture; flooded field systems; lo'i kalo; sediment; cultural revitalization; sweet potato; kava; sugarcane; research ethics; mariculture; aquaculture; community restoration; conservation ecology; Native Hawaiian fishpond; microbes; microbial source tracking; Native Hawaiian; agro-ecology; 'āina momona
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Biocultural restoration is a process by which the various connections between humanity and nature, as well as between People and Place are revived to restore the health and function of social-ecological systems. This collection explores the subject of biocultural restoration and does so within the context of Hawaiʻi, the most remote archipelago on the planet. The Hawaiian Renaissance, which started in the 1970s, has led to a revival of Hawaiian language, practices, philosophy, spirituality, knowledge systems, and systems of resource management. Many of the leading Indigenous and local scholars of Hawaiʻi who were born into the time of the Hawaiian Renaissance contributed to this collection. More than a third of the authors are of Indigenous Hawaiian ancestry; each paper had at least one Indigenous Hawaiian author, and several papers had a Hawaiian lead author, making this the largest collection to date of scientific publications authored by Indigenous Hawaiians (Kānaka ʻŌiwi). In addition, the majority of authors are women, and two of the papers had 100 percent authorship by women. This collection represents a new emphasis in applied participatory research that involves academics, government agencies, communities and both private and non-profit sectors.