Papers by Tuyeni Mwampamba
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Jun 21, 2023
Report of the three-day workshop and a 'Conversations with the Earth: Celebrating Biodiversity th... more Report of the three-day workshop and a 'Conversations with the Earth: Celebrating Biodiversity through the Arts' Evening convened at the 6 th IPBES Plenary, Medellín, Colombia (17-24 March 2018). The event brought together a global transdisciplinary team of emerging biodiversity and ecosystem services experts to shape transformative thinking about the relationships between nature and human well-being, with a particular focus on the role of culture and Nature's Contributions to People.
A Research Agenda for Environmental Management, 2019
Transdisciplinary research that addresses global change or sustainability issues often involves c... more Transdisciplinary research that addresses global change or sustainability issues often involves coordinated actions and processes involving diverse groups that cross sectorial, disciplinary, and organizational boundaries. In this chapter, we describe several key kinds of groups and discuss the challenges of incorporating them into research teams. These challenges include avoiding bias and promoting equality among actors, equity among transdisciplinary actors, cultural and language differences, parallel play instead of integrated efforts and managing multiple motivations and expectations. The strategies we review to mitigate the challenges discussed above are: managing conflict and overcoming cultural barriers; constructing shared conceptual frameworks; utilizing boundary spanners; utilizing guided dialog; and consilience workshops
Frontiers Research Topics, 2020
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics... more This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contac
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Feb 1, 2022
This document contains the draft Chapter 3 of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Eco... more This document contains the draft Chapter 3 of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Governments and all observers at IPBES-7 had access to these draft chapters eight weeks prior to IPBES-7. Governments accepted the Chapters at IPBES-7 based on the understanding that revisions made to the SPM during the Plenary, as a result of the dialogue between Governments and scientists, wouldbe reflected in the final Chapters.IPBES typically releases its Chapters publicly only in their final form, which implies a delay of several months post Plenary. However, in light of the high interest for the Chapters, IPBES is releasing the six Chapters early (31 May 2019) in a draft form. Authors of the reports are currently working to reflect all the changes made to the Summary for Policymakers during the Plenary to the Chapters, and to perform final copyediting.
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, Apr 26, 2022
Authors are listed with, in parentheses, their country or countries of citizenship, separated by ... more Authors are listed with, in parentheses, their country or countries of citizenship, separated by a comma when they have more than one; and, following a slash, their country of affiliation, if different from that or those of their citizenship, or their organization if they belong to an international organization. The countries and organizations having nominated the experts are listed on the IPBES website (except for contributing authors who were not nominated).
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, Apr 6, 2022
<strong>Previous comparative assessments of valuation methods</strong> <strong>... more <strong>Previous comparative assessments of valuation methods</strong> <strong>Code:</strong>VA_3.2_Ch3 <strong>Versioning:</strong>02 (29.12.2020) <strong>DOI: </strong>10.5281/zenodo.4404321 <strong>Description: </strong> IPBES VA mandate of Ch. 3 will assess different valuation methodologies and approaches and will be based on a broad review of valuation methodologies and approaches that have been applied in the different specialized sources of information. Reviews of specific valuation methods and approaches (e.g., contingent valuation, choice experiments) do exist. Yet, those that undertake critical assessments of multiple methods conducted from a wide range of perspectives are scarce if not completely lacking. A critical assessment of valuation methods or approaches from multiple perspectives (worldviews, values and knowledge systems) that could inform biodiversity and ecosystem services related decision-making is missing in previous assessments and existing peer-reviewed literature. Therefore, a systematic review of peer reviewed literature was conducted to identify critical knowledge regarding valuation methods.
<strong>Systematic review on Method Families</strong> <strong>Code:</strong&... more <strong>Systematic review on Method Families</strong> <strong>Code:</strong>ValuesAssessment_3.3 <strong>DOI: </strong>10.5281/zenodo.4404437 <strong>Updated Date: </strong>November 2020 <strong>Description:</strong> The mandate of Ch. 3 is to assess different valuation methodologies and approaches, including (a) biophysical, social and cultural, economic, health and holistic (including indigenous and local community-based) and (b) approaches for the integration of different types of values. For the chapter to be based on a broad review of valuation methodologies and approaches that have been applied in the different specialized sources of information, chapter 3 classified valuation methods into four methods families, each family sharing similar fundamental properties, and conducted a systematic review to find literature that describes these method families. A systematic review was performed for every method family.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2012
This paper reviews research which has investigated community skills for carbon (and other natural... more This paper reviews research which has investigated community skills for carbon (and other natural resource) monitoring. The assessment focuses on the reliability of the data, the cost of community monitoring (CM) versus expert surveys, and the broader benefits and challenges of involving communities in the process. We identify the tasks considered necessary for carbon monitoring inventories. The review finds that CM is useful and cost-effective for REDD+ carbon monitoring. In particular, forest inventories communities can provide forest enhancement data unobtainable by other means at the scale required. CM is particularly helpful in assessing rates of forest degradation, and would densify a national forest inventory in community management areas. We conclude that communities can assess above ground biomass, monitor social and environmental variables, and store and transmit the data.
Bioenergy Research, 2022
This paper introduces a methodological framework for assessing the sustainability of solid biofue... more This paper introduces a methodological framework for assessing the sustainability of solid biofuels in Mexico. The designed framework comprises 13 normalized indicators and two diagnostic studies, covering the economic, social, environmental, and institutional sustainability dimensions, and their intersections. Indicators are normalized using the concept of load capacity of a system, similarly to the planetary boundaries. Thus, the graphical representation of results facilitates their multidimensional analysis. The framework was applied to three case studies: traditional fuelwood in rural households, charcoal for restaurant grilling, and electricity cogeneration from sugarcane bagasse. This was part of an iterative process of testing and refining the framework and simultaneously demonstrating its application in the Mexican bioenergy context. This led to the conclusion that the resulting framework (a) provides a useful, quantitative, and comprehensive overview of both broad and speci...
<strong>Title:</strong> Reviews on IPLC approaches to valuation <strong>Code:&l... more <strong>Title:</strong> Reviews on IPLC approaches to valuation <strong>Code:</strong> VA_3.5_Ch.3 <strong>Updated:</strong> November 2020 <strong>Description: </strong> The mandate of Ch. 3 is to assess different valuation methodologies and approaches, including (a) biophysical, social and cultural, economic, health and holistic (including indigenous and local community-based) and (b) approaches for the integration of different types of values. In order to provide inputs to summarize the state of the art on valuation methods used by the IPLC, three different reviews were conducted. Review of ILK dialogue reports and other IPBES resources on ILK: In order to provide a review of the state of the art on valuation methods, in particular regarding non-academic reports and publications (previous IPBES Assessments, previous assessments of valuation methods), two reviews were performed, one regarding previous IPBES Assessments Dialogues and another to search for other IPBES resources on ILK. Review of literature on Indigenous Knowledge: In order to provide a review of the state of the art on valuation methods, in particular regarding the Indigenous Communities, two different reviews were performed one searching on documents on UNESCO related to ILK and another on scientific literature. Indigenous and hybrid methodologies: A review was performed focused on consolidating worldwide initiatives to develop IPLC methodologies, the epistemological roots of the new methodologies and to identify which initiatives are particularly relevant for valuation. Papers presented here were selected through expert knowledge.
<strong>Title: Historical development of nature-based valuation methods </strong> <... more <strong>Title: Historical development of nature-based valuation methods </strong> <strong>Code: </strong>VA_3.4_Ch.3 <strong>Updated DMP:</strong> November 2020 <strong>Description: </strong> The mandate of Ch. 3 is to assess different valuation methodologies and approaches, including (a) biophysical, social and cultural, economic, health and holistic (including indigenous and local community-based) and (b) approaches for the integration of different types of values. Therefore reviews were performed to acknowledge the historical development of nature valuation methodologies and the current tendencies on health and environment.
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
African Journal of Ecology, 2016
The paper reviews a number of challenges associated with reducing degradation and its related emi... more The paper reviews a number of challenges associated with reducing degradation and its related emissions through national approaches to REDD+ under UNFCCC policy. It proposes that in many countries, it may in the short run be easier to deal with the kinds of degradation that result from locally driven community over-exploitation of forest for livelihoods, than from selective logging or fire control. Such degradation is low-level, but chronic, and is experienced over very large forest areas. Community forest management programmes tend to result not only in reduced degradation, but also in forest enhancement; moreover they are often popular, and do not require major political shifts. In principle these approaches therefore offer a quick start option for REDD+. Developing reference emissions levels for low-level locally driven degradation is difficult however given that stock losses and gains are too small to be identified and measured using remote sensing, and that in most countries th...
Energy Research & Social Science
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