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- From Sea to Ancestral Sea
Abstract: Short personal reflections from two members of the Indigenous Editorial Team on their experiences in bringing this special issue of Parks Stewardship Forum into being.
PubDate: Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Acknowledgments
Abstract: Acknowledgments from the Indigenous Editorial Team and the publishers for the special issue of Parks Stewardship Forum, We Are Ocean People: Indigenous Leadership in Marine Conservation.
PubDate: Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- A Voice of Gratitude
Abstract: Kalani Quiocho shares “Oli Mahalo,” a Hawaiian chant by Kēhau Camara (text and embedded/linked audio file).
PubDate: Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- HĀNAU KA PALIHOA, LELE! The story, genealogy, and process of the
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Cultural
Working Group Nomenclature Subcommittee
Abstract: HŌ‘ULU‘ULU MANA‘O‘O ke kapa inoa i nā mea ola a me nā hi‘ohi‘ona ‘āina ke kuleana o ka Nomenclature Hui. He kōmike nō ia hui ma lalo o ka Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group o ke Kiaho‘omana‘o Kai Aupuni ‘o Papahānaumokuākea. Aia nō ka mole o ko mākou ka‘ina hana kapa inoa i ka pilina wehena ‘ole o nā Kānaka ‘Ōiwi, ‘o ia ho‘i ka mo‘okū‘auhau o Kānaka, ka mea e ho‘opili ai a pili kākou i nā mea a pau loa. A ‘ike le‘a ‘ia nō kēia pilina ma ke ko‘ihonua ‘o ke Kumulipo. Ma o nā lālani he 2,000 i hānau ‘ia mai ai kēlā me kēia mea ma ke ao Hawai‘i mai kikilo mai nō a hiki loa i kēia wā ‘ānō e holo nei. Ma Hawai‘i nei, mai Hawai‘i Mokupuni a hiki loa i Hōlanikū, mau nōke kaunānā ‘ia o nā ‘ano mea ola like ‘ole, ‘o ka limu ‘oe, ‘o ke ko‘a ‘oe, ‘o ka i‘a ‘oe, ‘o ka manu ‘oe, ‘o ka lā‘au ‘oe, a ia ‘ano lāhui hou aku. Ma kēia pepa nei e wehewehe ‘ia ai ia ka‘ina hana kapa inoa Hawai‘i i ia ‘ano mea hou loa i kaunānā ‘ia. Ma o ka hana kapa inoa e pili pū mai ai nā mea ola hou iā kākou...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- We Are Ocean People
Abstract: The Guest Editors of the special issue offer thoughts on Indigenous Peoples' leadership in the responsibility of all people to protect the oecans and waters of this planet.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- indigo dreams
Abstract: A digital photo gallery of the authors' Indigo Dreams Collection of marine-inspired beaded artworks.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- I Am A Sea Huntress
Abstract: An account of the author's relationship between their Indigenous identity and the traditional practice of hunting marine mammals.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Nurturing Coasts: Hala and the Legacy of Mutual Care in Coastal Forests
Abstract: This article focuses on hala as a coastal keystone species across in Hawai‘i, co-dependent on anthropogenic caretakers, providing a jumping-off-point for bioculturalengagement with coastal conservation. This piece brings ethnohistoric knowledge from the Hawaiian communities of the Puna district, Hawai‘i Island beside kilo (to observe) and mo‘olelo (stories). This piece considers the decline of hala forests on the slopes of Hawai‘i Island as a story of the interwoven ethos of reciprocal care and cultivation of Indigenous peoples and coastal forests.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Bringing Back a Relative: Sea Otter Reintroduction on the Oregon Coast
Abstract: An introduction to a video by the Elakha Alliance on the importance of sea otters to the Indigenous Peoples of the present-day Oregon Coast, and on the alliance's work to reintroduce sea otters.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- A Time Apart
Abstract: A recollection of an encounter with ka ‘ea, a hawksbill sea turtle.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- A First Nations approach to addressing climate change—Assessing
interrelated key values to identify and address adaptive management for
country
Abstract: The Yuku-Baja-Muliku (YBM) people are the Traditional Owners (First Nation People) of the land and sea country around Archer Point, in North Queensland, Australia. Our people are increasingly recognizing climate-driven changes to our cultural values and how these impact on the timing of events mapped to our traditional seasonal calendar. We invited the developers of the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) to our country in Far North Queensland with the aim to investigate the application of the CVI concept to assess impacts of climate change upon some of our key values. The project was the first attempt in Australia to trial the CVI process with First Nations people. By working with climate change scientists, we were able to develop a process that is Traditional Owner-centric and places our values, risk assessment, and risk mitigation and management within an established climate change assessment framework (the CVI framework). Various lessons for potential use of the CVI by other...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Huli‘a: Every place has a story ... Let’s listen
Abstract: Ancestral knowledge systems are driven by an intimate understanding of place and the seasonal productivity of interconnected ecosystems. This knowing supported our ancestors to adjust and adapt their lives to work in sync with the world around them, constantly listening to the innuendos and inferences of nature. Today, our relationship with nature is filtered through indirect sources and our ability to listen to the world around us has weakened, and for some, has completely vanished. Huli‘ia is an observational process and tool to build our capacity to listen and present an opportunity for a place to, once again, contribute to its own narrative. Take a journey with us as we explore this tool and listen in as other collaborating agenciesand communities share their experiences using Huliʻia and the impact it has had on their ability to listen, engaging directly with the spaces they are tasked to manage.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Welcoming the World to Vancouver in 2023: The Fifth International Marine
Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5)
Abstract: The Secretariat provides an overview of IMPAC5, scheduled for February 2023 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The roles of the Host First Nations and the congress' Indigenous Working Group are featured.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Kū‘ula: Nurturing a generation of Indigenous leadership for marine
conservation in Hawai‘i
Abstract: “Kū‘ula: Integrated Science” was developed as an official undergraduate–graduate dual-level course at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. It aimed to provide research and service-learning opportunities in natural resource management that integrated Native Hawaiian and Western sciences. So far, it has served four cohorts of students, mostly Native Hawaiian. In this article, we offer summaries of how this course impacted participants while they were students and in their post-graduation careers. The participant voices illustrate the deep and long-lasting impacts of their experiences with Kū‘ula, some by academic content but mostly because of experiential and peer-learning. Such impacts are lasting well beyond their graduation into their careers now. Kūʻula participants resoundingly advocate for University of Hawai‘i campuses to offer place-based pedagogical frameworks that integrate Native Hawaiian knowledge and epistemologies.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Nā Hulu Aloha — A Precious Remembering: Origin Stories of the
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Cultural
Working Group Kiamanu Subcommittee
Abstract: Layers of protection rectify an exploitative past of overharvestingseabirds within the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, affectionatelyknown as the kūpuna (ancestral) islands. ThePapahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group’sKiamanu sub-committee—facilitating the gathering of salvage-appropriate seabirds within Papahanānaumokuākea--seeks totransform the corresponding narrative driving seabirdconservation today that has preserved that single story.With our kūpuna islands experiencing climate change and theresulting mass exodus of precious marine ‘ohana, this is animportant moment for our islands and the broader Pacific region.This essay shares how a community strives to fulfill a duty tomālama our most precious natural and spiritual capital. It is astory of hope that we meet the synergistic challenges ofheightened climate variability, biodiversity loss, sustainedmilitarization, and cultural erosion with the same resilience andresolve as from our deep and recent past.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Community Sampling for Ocean Acidification in Southcentral Alaska
Abstract: The Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) is a Tribal non-profit fish and wildlife commission established in 1984 by the Tribes of Prince William Sound and Lower Cook Inlet. TheAlutiiq Pride Marine Institute (APMI), a division of CRRC, is a mariculture technical center located in Seward, Alaska focused on providing subsistence resource harvest opportunity to Tribal members. The ocean acidification (OA) program, conducted by the APMI and CRRC, has been bridging the gap between western science and residents of coastal communities in Southcentral Alaska. Continuous OA monitoring by APMI and discrete OA samples and exposure studies provide climate data for researchers to utilize in studying trends and high-level science. The discrete OA sampling program is conducted by Natural Resource Specialists in Alaska Native communities in Southcentral Alaska. Continuing OA work is critical to understanding the effects of OA effects on important food resources for the Tribes in the Southcentral...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Paddle Song
Abstract: Erica Jean Reid (Gidin Jaad) shares a Paddle Song from the Haida Nation.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Mamalilikulla Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area: From vision to
validation
Abstract: This article outlines the Mamalilikulla Nation's journey to develop and declare an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in November 2021. It speaks to the initiation and inspiration behind the IPCA, including the role of its guardians, and the Nation's inventory and knowledge collection that spoke to the need to manage the area in accordance with its law ofAweena'kola. It speaks to the strategy of leveraging Crown commitments to UNDRIP and reconciliation, and the development of a Marine Protected Areas Network. The importance of planning in advance to outline the Nation's direction is explored, as well as the value of managing for the inter-connection of watersheds with marine areas. The IPCA Declaration ceremony is outlined as a significant way of reconnecting dispersed Nation members and leaders to each other and to the territory. The paper speaks to the long journey ahead.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Unsettling marine conservation: Disrupting manifest destiny-based
conservation practices through the operationalization of Indigenous value
systems
Abstract: Indigenous Peoples have stewarded marine environments since time immemorial. Due to colonialism, Indigenous Peoples suffered impacts to their rights and abilities to holistically manage ocean systems. We situate the value systems embedded within manifest destiny and colonialism as the root systems that generated a plague of conservation issues that impact Indigenous Peoples today (e.g., fortress and green militarized conservation praxes). This paper is written by Indigenous scholars using Two-Eyed Seeing, reflexivity, and decolonizing methods (e.g., symbology, storytelling, and Indigenous beading) to unsettle the ways that marine conservation should be facilitated. Our framework operationalizes Indigenous value systems embedded within “the seven R’s”: respect, relevancy, reciprocity, responsibility, rights, reconciliation through redistribution, and relationships. This framework underlines the need for marine conservation efforts to center Indigenous voices and futures and...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: An interview with Violet
Sage Walker
Abstract: An interview with a key figure in the proposal for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Nā Wa‘a Mauō Marine Stewardship Program: Perpetuating the practices of
our Kūpuna to care for our oceans and strengthen our next generation of
marine stewards
Abstract: Nā Wa‘a Mauō means the canoes that sustain us. The Nā Wa‘a Mauō Marine Stewardship Program uses wa‘a (outrigger canoes) as vehicles to care for our oceans. The mission of Nā Wa‘a Mauō is to perpetuate the practices of our Kūpuna (ancestors) by using our Native tools and language to care for our oceans with a vision of ‘āina momona (fruitful and productive lands) through Kanaka ‘Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) stewardship. Our program hosts monthly community workdays on Hawai‘i Island, inter-island exchanges across the state, and the Honuaiākea Voyaging program for Kānaka ‘Ōiwi youths transitioning into adulthood. The Nā Wa‘a Mauō program blends Indigenous and institutional sciences to create community-driven marine stewardship efforts that are scientifically rigorous and culturally rooted. As Kānaka ‘Ōiwi, we have generational ties to our lands and intimate connections to our environment that gift us with the kuleana (responsibility) to care for our islands.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Tuman alaĝux^ agliisaax^tan (Take care of the ocean): A new vision for
Indigenous co-management in marine waters of the US
Abstract: The Pribilof Islands are among the most unique and important places in the world. These islands provide vital breeding and feeding habitat for more than half of the world’s population of laaqudan (as they are called in Unangam Tunuu, Native language of the community), or northern fur seals, as well as important habitat for qawan, or Steller sea lions, and isuĝin, or harbor seals. More than three million san, or seabirds, flock to the islands during the summer months. By virtue of their position straddling the continental shelf and deeper ocean waters of the Bering Sea, the islands play a central role in creating the productive ocean zone that supports some of the world’s largest and most profitable commercial fisheries. This irreplaceable region has experienced centuries of anthropogenic disturbances that have steadily shifted the ecosystem away from its natural stability. Today, the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government (ACSPI) is taking steps to restore and...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- A Sea-Skin Song
Abstract: A poem.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Cover, Masthead, and Table of Contents PSF Vol. 38 No. 2
Abstract: Cover, Masthead, and Table of Contents PSF Vol. 38 No. 2
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Siigee & Our Love for K’aaw as Haida People
Abstract: The Haida have a relationship of giving and receiving with both the Siigee ocean and freshwater systems. The word “reciprocity” is essentially a mutual dependence; it’s a cyclical relationship which provides everything we need, and in return we have an inherent responsibility to take care of the waters that we depend on for survival—as well as practicing gratitude and giving thanks to the sacred water. An example is the traditional harvesting of k’aaw (herring roe on kelp).
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Re-imagining contemporary conservation to support ‘Āina Momona:
Productive and thriving communities of people, place, and natural
resources
Abstract: The integration of multiple knowledge systems is being used more frequently to inform research and management. However, the end goal of management is sometimes limited to the narratives and values of the status quo of Western fisheries management and in many cases is disconnected from the holistic goals and objectives that other Indigenous cultures strive to achieve. Indigenous cultures are based on an intimate understanding of the driving factors of health and productivity of the natural environment. Rather than thinking about preserving resources as they are through Western approaches to designing and implementing marine protected areas, Indigenous communities have the power to drive biocultural research and monitoring towards addressing aspects of the environment that drive production and support and enhance productivity. Na Maka Onaona (Na Maka), an ‘ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) non-profit organization, has been on a 14-year journey of reimagining contemporary research to support...
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Traditional Foods of Southcentral Alaska
Abstract: Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) is a nonprofit, inter-tribal consortia formed by seven Tribes in the Chugach Region to protect the subsistence lifestyle through the development and implementation of natural resource management programs to assure the conservation, sound economic development, and stewardship of natural resources in the traditional use areas. In 2016, CRRC initiated a traditional foods program to conduct a baseline assessment of food consumption, use and harvest patterns to develop wellness strategies in the face of a changingenvironment. Through this endeavor, a traditional foods poster was created that portrays subsistence foods in southcentral, Alaska. This poster serves as a window into the lives of thepeople of the Chugach, a glimpse of the traditional foods that are important to their cultural identity and a stepping stone to protect a subsistence way of life that desperately needs to be preserved.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in Madagascar: Best Practices
Abstract: An introduction and link to the nongovernmental organization MIHARI's video on LMMAs in Madagascar.
PubDate: Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Conserving nature’s stage provides a foundation for safeguarding both
geodiversity and biodiversity in protected and conserved areas
Abstract: This article outlines the fundamental connections between geodiversity and biodiversity by providing a geoconservation perspective on the concept of “conserving nature’s stage” as a basis for safeguarding both geodiversity and biodiversity in the face of environmental and climate change. Conserving nature’s stage—the physical environment in which species exist—provides a means of developing more integrated approaches to nature conservation, delivering benefits for both geodiversity and biodiversity conservation, and incorporating key principles of geoconservation in the management of protected and conserved areas.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Communicating geoheritage: Interpretation, education, outreach
Abstract: Communicating geoheritage is one of the most active areas for new ideas to support a long-term relationship with visitors and a broader digital community of supporters. Communicating geoheritage starts with interpretation to build understanding; progresses through education to build a deeper appreciation; and uses public outreach during decision-making to foster stewardship, protection, and a conservation ethic. Keywords: Geoheritage; communication; interpretation; education
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Geoconservation initiatives for caves, karst, and springs
Abstract: In this paper the focus is on the surface landforms that are found on carbonate karst, on caves within carbonate karst, and on the springs that discharge from carbonate karst. Around 20.3 million km2 of the earth’s land surface is characterized by the presence of carbonate rocks. Most is potentially karst. These areas have distinctive surface landforms of high geodiversity value, together with over 10,000 km of cave passages, most of the largest springs on Earth, and many smaller springs. Karst areas and caves commonly have high aesthetic value and high biodiversity value, hosting many endemic and threatened plant and animal species. Carbonate karsts are present in 75 World Heritage Properties, 67 UNESCO Global Geoparks, 151 Biosphere Reserves, and 124 Ramsar Sites. However, the areal extent of karst in these and other protected areas, and the extent of cave and karst geodiversity, are rarely documented. There is a clear need for inventories to inform geoconservation....
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Cliff Jumping at St. Mary’s Glacier
Abstract: A poem in the "Verse in Place" section of Parks Stewardship Forum.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Through the magnifying glass: Understanding conservation on a microscopic
scale
Abstract: This visual essay in "The Photographer's Frame" focuses on small life forms that are easily overlooked — which means that their important contributions to ecosystems are all too often undervalued.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Long-term monitoring of vegetation cover changes by remote sensing,
Cadillac Mountain summit, Acadia National Park
Abstract: The primary objective of this study was to detect vegetation disturbance resulting from visitor use by using remote sensing. A pre-classification change detection analysis based on the normalized difference vegetation index was utilized to measure the amount of vegetation cover changes at Cadillac Mountain summit, Acadia National Park, Maine. By analyzing new remote sensing data collected in 2010 and 2018, we compared the vegetation conditions at the summit (experimental site) with a nearby site with little or no visitor use (control site). Additionally, the study was designed to examine vegetation cover changes between 2001–2007 (the first time frame) and 2010–2018 (the second time frame). Similar to the results observed in the first time frame, the experimental and control sites exhibited more vegetation increase than vegetation decrease in the second time frame. The amount of vegetation increase was 1,425m2 at the experimental site and 400m2 at the...
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- The potential role of the geosciences in contributing to the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract: In 2015, the United Nations adopted a series of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 individual targets with the aim of achieving these within 15 years, i.e., by 2030. These ambitious goals include ending poverty and hunger, facilitating sustainable economic growth and social development, and protecting the environment. Using Gill and Smith (2021) as a major source, this paper outlines the potential role that the geosciences and geoscientists as geopractitioners can play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Fresh perspectives on paleontological heritage and the stewardship of
non-renewable fossil resources
Abstract: A “fresh perspective” provides an insight into the values attributed to paleontological heritage and the consequent behaviors, motivations, and management challenges for the stewardship of this non-renewable resource. To provide a global perspective, a survey was undertaken with over three dozen experienced paleontological resource managers examining values and management experiences. Notably, values attributed to paleontological resources were consistently wide-ranging, encompassing scientific, educational, cultural, aesthetic, economic, and other values, and there was a consequent diversity of management approaches and actions. Responses are discussed and lessons learned are outlined to provide a fresh perspective and key points for the successful stewardship of paleontological heritage.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- New approaches to geoconservation in desert environments
Abstract: Deserts are areas of great landform diversity and distinctiveness. In the past there was a shortage of desert World Heritage nominations. This situation persists, though shows some improvement. However, there are also desert landform complexes associated with mixed World Heritage sites and sites on various national World Heritage tentative lists. There are also two desert UNESCO Global Geoparks, both of which are in China. In recent years there has been the development of geotourism in arid regions and this has led to a greater interest in the economic value of geoconservation. However, there are various landscape threats that need consideration and management, including off-road driving, military activity, urbanization, river diversions, quarrying and mining, development associated with energy industries, and anthropogenic climate changes. In this paper, the concentration is on warm desert landscapes, and on conservation of geomorphological features, rather than, for instance,...
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Threats go both ways in the management of volcanic protected areas
Abstract: Volcanoes are true wonders of the planet. Managers of volcanic protected areas face the dual challenge of protecting the volcanic landscape from overuse and damage, and protecting visitors and local residents from the range of geophysical risks presented by volcanic activity. Without clear recognition of how the volcano works, there is the potential that the risk of hazardous conditions (e.g., eruptions, gas emissions, fumarolic activity, landslides, seismic activity, and other volcanic hazards) may not be adequately addressed in the site’s management plan. Two examples illustrate current best practice in response to this management challenge. Managers at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument face a decision on what civil engineering measures to take in response to a large lake formed by a debris avalanche during the 1980 eruption that poses catastrophic flood and debris flow risks to more than 50,000 downstream residents. Managers of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in...
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Climate change will challenge the management of geoheritage in protected
and conserved areas
Abstract: Climate change presents challenges for the management of geoheritage in protected and conserved areas at all scales from individual geosites to whole landscapes, affecting all areas of the planet. Direct impacts will principally arise through the effects of climate changes on geomorphological processes and vegetation cover, while indirect impacts will result from hard structures engineered to mitigate risks from natural hazards. Options for mitigation and adaptation should as far as possible work with nature.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Geodiversity and the ecosystem approach
Abstract: The term “biodiversity” has become well known in recent years, but much less so is the non-living or abiotic diversity of the planet, known since the 1990s as its “geodiversity.” In simple terms, geodiversity is the variety of the earth’s rocks, minerals, fossils, topography, landforms, physical processes, soils, and hydrological features. Geodiversity is part of the planet’s natural capital assets. In turn, natural capital provides goods and services to society identified through the “ecosystem services” approach. This paper gives several examples of how geodiversity brings many benefits to society that deserve to be better known by the public.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- US national park visitor experiences during COVID-19: Data from Acadia,
Glacier, Grand Teton, Shenandoah, and Yellowstone National Parks
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely impacted US National Park Service (NPS) units. This study seeks to help inform future visitor use management and planning by compiling data from five NPS units (Acadia, Glacier, Grand Teton, Shenandoah, and Yellowstone National Parks), focusing on how the pandemic influenced management and impacted visitor use. Data were collected from both park managers and visitors. Results provide understanding regarding managerial changes, user-capacity limits, and documented changes in visitation in 2020 compared to 2019. These results are coupled with park visitor data from 2020, including visitor demographics, motivations and perceived outcomes, information sources for visiting during the pandemic, potential behavioral shifts in response to COVID-19 while on-site, and intent to visit in the future. The results suggest that the distinct shifts in visitation patterns during 2020 impacted park managers’ ability to predict and efficiently respond to visitor...
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- New approaches to rock landform and landscape conservation
Abstract: Rock landforms are natural outcrops of solid bedrock, exposed at the earth surface due to higher resistance to weathering and erosion. They are important carriers of information about past and more recent geological and geomorphological processes, underpin biodiversity and cultural values, and may have considerable aesthetic significance. Many are popular tourist destinations. They are subject to different threats, including physical damage through quarrying and vandalism, may suffer from excessive rock climbing, or their values are compromised by uncontrolled vegetation growth. Their interpretation is often poor or non-existent. Conservation measures and solutions are mainly site-specific and typically require coordination with biological conservation, including prioritization of conservation efforts focused on localities of special scientific significance.
PubDate: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Progress and future challenges for geoconservation in protected and
conserved areas
Abstract: This paper introduces the set of essays in this issue of Parks Stewardship Forum charting the development of thinking and action on geodiversity and geoheritage conservation. It spells out progress to date on a number of fronts, including defining terms and advancing the geoconservation agenda in IUCN, leading to the conclusion that geoconservation is now well established in geoscience dialogue and practice. Future challenges are set out in some detail in the hope that geoconservation will become an increasingly relevant and integral component of nature conservation and human society agendas. Three areas of challenges are highlighted: making sure that geoconservation specialists have clear and consistent approaches to the classification and assessment of geoheritage assets and their conservation; mainstreaming geoconservation in biodiversity and nature conservation dialogues; and relating geoconservation to all aspects of human society and the emerging people-based...
PubDate: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Masthead and Table of Contents, PSF Vol. 38 No. 1
Abstract: Masthead and Table of Contents, PSF Vol. 38 No. 1
PubDate: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Who You Gonna Call'
Abstract: A "Letter from Woodstock" editorial column about a recent act of vandalism to a monument at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, what the incident says about the current state of American politics, and how the damage to the monument was repaired by a team of National Park Service specialists.
PubDate: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Dr. Lisa White, geology guru: A conversation about JEDI
Abstract: A "Coloring Outside the Lines" editorial column interviewing the paleontologist and educator Dr. Lisa White, who is one of the few African American women in the field of geoscience.
PubDate: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
- Celebrating 50 years of global initiatives promoting geoconservation and
geological heritage
Abstract: The last five decades have been crucial for the development of geoconservation and for the recognition that some geological features are at risk and need to be properly protected and managed. This recognition is happening at two levels. On one hand, the rise of awareness in certain countries of the importance of geoconservation is pushing international organizations to include this topic in their policies and strategies. On the other hand, this change at the international level is contributing to more countries understanding that they need to integrate geoconservation policies in their statutory systems and create effective measures to guarantee the conservation of geological heritage. This paper presents an overview of the main international efforts made during the last 50 years that have significantly changed the scenario in regard to the place of geoconservation inside the global nature conservation agenda.
PubDate: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +000
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