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Transdisciplinary conceptual modeling of a social-ecological system—A case study application in Terceira Island, Azores

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  • Guimarães, Maria Helena
  • Ballé-Béganton, Johanna
  • Bailly, Denis
  • Newton, Alice
  • Boski, Tomasz
  • Dentinho, Tomaz

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Science and policy integration towards natural resource management is not novel; however it has not always been successful. Partially, this failure is explained by the lack of consideration of different forms of knowledge. In order to incorporate the diversity of knowledge, transdisciplinary has been proposed and, this paper tests conceptual modeling as a tool to promote it. Qualitative modeling is an intermediate step of Systems Approach Framework (SAF) that is a methodology towards the sustainability of social-ecological systems. SAF has been applied in Praia da Vitoria Bay, in the Azores to analyze the future use of wetlands. We promoted a workshop bringing together 18 stakeholders: scientists, managers, private sectors and Non-Governmental Organizations. This paper presents the procedures and discusses the observed interaction between participants, their views and, how the wetlands services were described. Results show that non-scientists found the exercise particularly challenging but with high value due to: the systemic view and, opportunity of sharing viewpoints. The wetlands were mostly described by the direct benefits. The results show that transdisciplinarity can be operationalized and that conceptual modeling is an adequate exercise to achieve it. However, interdisciplinary work and stakeholders' analysis are also necessary because the knowledge gathered is different.

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  • Guimarães, Maria Helena & Ballé-Béganton, Johanna & Bailly, Denis & Newton, Alice & Boski, Tomasz & Dentinho, Tomaz, 2013. "Transdisciplinary conceptual modeling of a social-ecological system—A case study application in Terceira Island, Azores," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 3(C), pages 22-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoser:v:3:y:2013:i:c:p:e22-e31
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.12.007
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