Presentation Abstract
What do you think we need to know about people to advance the ecosystem recovery goals of our transboundary region? The Social Science for the Salish Sea (S4) project convened 40 researchers and practitioners from academic, governmental, non-profit and Indigenous organizations in Washington and British Columbia to scope an action-oriented “human dimensions” research agenda for our region. In this panel we will present our results, process, recommendations, and progress toward implementing the S4 agenda, and invite your questions and feedback in an interactive audience discussion. We identified 33 social science topics serving 4 major ecosystem recovery goals: ecological health, human well-being, social integrity, and social-ecological resilience. We then prioritized topics based on urgency, usefulness, awareness-raising potential, and fundability. The highest priority topic that emerged was: “How does, and will, climate change impact the holistic health and well-being of Salish Sea communities?” Other priority topics included the effects of urbanization and development on social-ecological systems; whether the legal framework is facilitating ecological goals; how representation, or lack thereof, of a diversity of people in resource decision-making affects outcomes for those people; and how Indigenous knowledge systems and governance can be meaningfully applied in ecosystem recovery. In discussion, we will invite you, the audience, to further develop the proposed topics based on your own human dimensions research needs and imagine ways to apply the agenda in your own work. With this first effort to create a social science research agenda for the Salish Sea, we aim to inspire and support new research that illuminates the human causes and consequences of environmental change, and identifies socially feasible, equitable, and efficient pathways to ecosystem recovery. Panelists: Sara Jo Breslow, PhD Environmental Anthropologist and Freelance Consultant Research Scientist, University of Washington Leah Kintner Former Ecosystem Recovery Manager Puget Sound Partnership Dr. David J. Trimbach Research Associate Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University Nathan J. Bennett, PhD Freelance Consultant Chair, People and the Ocean Specialist Group, IUCN Principal, The Peopled Seas Initiative Erin Hanson Policy Advisor & Manager Sacred Trust Treaty, Lands, and Resources Department, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Leif Anderson Economist, NWFS NOAA Dr. Jamie Donatuto Community Environmental Health Analyst Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Heather Cole The Nature Conservancy
Session Title
Social Science for the Salish Sea: An Interactive Discussion to Build a Research Agenda (Panel) (Panel)
Conference Track
SSE1: Science for the Future
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2022 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE-panels-125
Start Date
27-4-2022 11:30 AM
End Date
27-4-2022 1:00 PM
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Text
Language
English
Social Science for the Salish Sea: An Interactive Discussion to Build a Research Agenda
What do you think we need to know about people to advance the ecosystem recovery goals of our transboundary region? The Social Science for the Salish Sea (S4) project convened 40 researchers and practitioners from academic, governmental, non-profit and Indigenous organizations in Washington and British Columbia to scope an action-oriented “human dimensions” research agenda for our region. In this panel we will present our results, process, recommendations, and progress toward implementing the S4 agenda, and invite your questions and feedback in an interactive audience discussion. We identified 33 social science topics serving 4 major ecosystem recovery goals: ecological health, human well-being, social integrity, and social-ecological resilience. We then prioritized topics based on urgency, usefulness, awareness-raising potential, and fundability. The highest priority topic that emerged was: “How does, and will, climate change impact the holistic health and well-being of Salish Sea communities?” Other priority topics included the effects of urbanization and development on social-ecological systems; whether the legal framework is facilitating ecological goals; how representation, or lack thereof, of a diversity of people in resource decision-making affects outcomes for those people; and how Indigenous knowledge systems and governance can be meaningfully applied in ecosystem recovery. In discussion, we will invite you, the audience, to further develop the proposed topics based on your own human dimensions research needs and imagine ways to apply the agenda in your own work. With this first effort to create a social science research agenda for the Salish Sea, we aim to inspire and support new research that illuminates the human causes and consequences of environmental change, and identifies socially feasible, equitable, and efficient pathways to ecosystem recovery. Panelists: Sara Jo Breslow, PhD Environmental Anthropologist and Freelance Consultant Research Scientist, University of Washington Leah Kintner Former Ecosystem Recovery Manager Puget Sound Partnership Dr. David J. Trimbach Research Associate Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University Nathan J. Bennett, PhD Freelance Consultant Chair, People and the Ocean Specialist Group, IUCN Principal, The Peopled Seas Initiative Erin Hanson Policy Advisor & Manager Sacred Trust Treaty, Lands, and Resources Department, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Leif Anderson Economist, NWFS NOAA Dr. Jamie Donatuto Community Environmental Health Analyst Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Heather Cole The Nature Conservancy
