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Forest Cultural Ecosystem Services in Zambia’s Forest Ecosystems.
Presenter: Felix Kalaba
Copperbelt University, Zambia
A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES)December 5-9, 2016 . Jacksonville, Florida
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Introduction
• Globally, forest ecosystems are a source of importantecosystem services
• These services are important for human well-being and arecentral to people’s livelihood.
• Forest ecosystem services contribute to food and nutritionalsecurity in many rural areas in Least Developed Countries.
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Use of Zambia forest ecosystems
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• Cultural ecosystem services remain the least studiesecosystem services in Forest ecosystems
• To understand the types of Forest Cultural Ecosystem Services(FCES)
• To examine the FCES provision in different rural settings
• To examine the perceived changes in the capacity in providingFCES
Research focus
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• Cultural services are non-material benefits obtained from the ecosystem (MA 2003).
• They emerge from individual or collective perceptions about the ecosystem in question, and are therefore dependent on cultural contexts (Maass et al. 2005).
Research focus
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Significance of the study
• Demand for ES is increasing against the backdrop of decliningecosystems.
• Global policy interest in forest ecosystem services has increaseddue to their role in providing ES important for human wellbeing,and mitigating climate change.
• Miombo woodlands are the most extensive forest formation (270 million ha) in Africa and are rich in plant diversity.
• Home to over 100 million people
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Miombo woodlands
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Research design and Methods
• Study area
Katanino
Forest
Reserve
Mwekera
Forest
Reserve
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Research design and Methods
• Data collection Methods
– Household questionnaires
– In-depth interviews
– Focus group meetings
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Results
• Types of FCES
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Results
• Spiritual benefits- 73.3%
– Respondents beliefs that graveyards have spirits of the dead that help protect the land
• Traditional ceremonies – performed in forests and use diverse plant species
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Results cont….
• Traditional Educational benefits – 46.7%
– initiation ceremonies for girls that have reached maturity. E.g D. Condylocarpan tree shade is the preferred tree species for the ceremony because it symbolizes that a woman should be fruitful as the tree bear fruits.
– Tree is protected from being cut and in most case these areas are surrounded by a lot of trees that provide shades and privacy to the girls
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Results cont….
• Aesthetic 53.3%
• Recreation – 46%
• Religious benefits- place of prayer
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Changes in provisioning of FCES
• 73.3% revealed reduction in provisioning of cultural services over the last two decade.
• Affected services - recreation, aesthetic, educational and religious benefits
• There is however no reduction in provisioning of spiritual benefits as trees are retained around graves for fear of provoking the spirits
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Changes in capacity to provide FCES
• Cultural differences- 60%
• Christianity- 25%
• Decision making stricture and enforcement -15%
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Threats to forests
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• 48% of respondents reported food shortages every year (November-April).
• The main coping strategies are charcoal production (45.3%), casual labour (35%) and remittances (9.4%).
• “When you run out of food in the household, the axe hits the tree” Male respondent, Mwekera study site.
Pressures on Forest ecosystems
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External threats
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Discussion
• High consumption of FPES for food, medicine, construction material.
• “Zambia woodlands are a pharmacy, a supermarket, a buildingsupply store, a grazing resource, cultural heritage site andspiritual temple”
• Pressure on forests are reducing the provisioning of FCES
• Ethnic diversity and erosion of social norms
Discussion
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Discussion
• The appreciation of cultural services by many indigenous people is profound (Butler and Oluoch-Kosura 2006).
• Spiritual bonds with sacred landscapes (Butler and Oluoch-Kosura 2006)
• Ritual practices
• Indigenous knowledge
• All the main uses boarder on Cultural identity
Discussion
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• Zambia’s forest ecosystems provide important FCES
• FCES are dependant on tribe and people’s relationship with
the forests
• Current deforestation and forest degradation pose a danger to
cultural erosion among indigenous people especially near
urban areas.
• Need to incorporate cultural uses of forests in policy and
practice to guide integrated landscape management
Conclusions