1. Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi.
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Winter, Kawika B., Chang, Kevin, Lincoln, Noa Kekuewa, and Winter, Kawika B.
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Research & information: general ,'āina momona ,Artocarpus altilis ,Colocasia esculenta ,Hawai'i ,Hawaii ,Hawaiian Islands ,Hawaiʻi ,Native Hawaiian ,Native Hawaiian fishpond ,agro-ecology ,ahupuaa ,alternative regime state ,aquaculture ,biocapacity ,biocultural ,biocultural conservation ,biocultural monitoring ,biocultural resource management (BRM) ,biocultural restoration ,bleaching ,breadfruit ,co-management ,collaboration ,community engagement ,community restoration ,community-based management ,conservation ecology ,cultural revitalization ,cultural services ,ecosystem services ,fisheries ,flooded field systems ,food energy water ,food systems ,groundwater ,human land use footprint ,indigenous agriculture ,indigenous knowledge ,indigenous resource management ,indigenous science ,institutional fit ,kava ,konohiki ,land-use ,lo'i kalo ,management ,mariculture ,microbes ,microbial source tracking ,nutrients ,portable biocultural toolkit ,research ethics ,resilience ,restoration ,ridge-to-reef ,sacred ecology ,scenario ,scientific tools ,sediment ,social-ecological community ,social-ecological system ,social-ecological system theory ,social-ecological systems ,social-ecological zone ,sugarcane ,sustainability ,sustainable agriculture ,sweet potato ,taro ,traditional agriculture ,traditional ecological knowledge ,traditional resource management ,wetland agriculture - Abstract
Summary: Biocultural restoration is a process by which the various connections between humanity and nature, as well as between People and Place are revived to restore the health and function of social-ecological systems. This collection explores the subject of biocultural restoration and does so within the context of Hawaiʻi, the most remote archipelago on the planet. The Hawaiian Renaissance, which started in the 1970s, has led to a revival of Hawaiian language, practices, philosophy, spirituality, knowledge systems, and systems of resource management. Many of the leading Indigenous and local scholars of Hawaiʻi who were born into the time of the Hawaiian Renaissance contributed to this collection. More than a third of the authors are of Indigenous Hawaiian ancestry; each paper had at least one Indigenous Hawaiian author, and several papers had a Hawaiian lead author, making this the largest collection to date of scientific publications authored by Indigenous Hawaiians (Kānaka ʻŌiwi). In addition, the majority of authors are women, and two of the papers had 100 percent authorship by women. This collection represents a new emphasis in applied participatory research that involves academics, government agencies, communities and both private and non-profit sectors.