Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo

In order for local community views to be incorporated into new development initiatives, their perceptions need to be clearly understood and documented in a format that is readily accessible to planners and developers. The current study sought to develop a predictive understanding of how the Punan Pe...

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Main Authors: Cunliffe, R.N., Lynam, T.J.P., Sheil, Douglas, Wan, M., Salim, A., Basuki, I., Priyadi, H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19745
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author Cunliffe, R.N.
Lynam, T.J.P.
Sheil, Douglas
Wan, M.
Salim, A.
Basuki, I.
Priyadi, H.
author_browse Basuki, I.
Cunliffe, R.N.
Lynam, T.J.P.
Priyadi, H.
Salim, A.
Sheil, Douglas
Wan, M.
author_facet Cunliffe, R.N.
Lynam, T.J.P.
Sheil, Douglas
Wan, M.
Salim, A.
Basuki, I.
Priyadi, H.
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description In order for local community views to be incorporated into new development initiatives, their perceptions need to be clearly understood and documented in a format that is readily accessible to planners and developers. The current study sought to develop a predictive understanding of how the Punan Pelancau community, living in a forested landscape in East Kalimantan, assigns importance to its surrounding landscapes and to present these perceptions in the form of maps. The approach entailed the iterative use of a combination of participatory community evaluation methods and more formal modeling and geographic information system techniques. Results suggest that landscape importance is largely dictated by potential benefits, such as inputs to production, health, and houses. Neither land types nor distance were good predictors of landscape importance. The gridcell method, developed as part of the study, appears to offer a simple technique to capture and present the knowledge of local communities, even where their relationship to the land is highly complex, as was the case for this particular community.
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spelling CGSpace197452025-01-24T14:12:45Z Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo Cunliffe, R.N. Lynam, T.J.P. Sheil, Douglas Wan, M. Salim, A. Basuki, I. Priyadi, H. tropical forests landscape landscape ecology traditional society ethnic groups resource utilization participation valuation methodology geographical information systems In order for local community views to be incorporated into new development initiatives, their perceptions need to be clearly understood and documented in a format that is readily accessible to planners and developers. The current study sought to develop a predictive understanding of how the Punan Pelancau community, living in a forested landscape in East Kalimantan, assigns importance to its surrounding landscapes and to present these perceptions in the form of maps. The approach entailed the iterative use of a combination of participatory community evaluation methods and more formal modeling and geographic information system techniques. Results suggest that landscape importance is largely dictated by potential benefits, such as inputs to production, health, and houses. Neither land types nor distance were good predictors of landscape importance. The gridcell method, developed as part of the study, appears to offer a simple technique to capture and present the knowledge of local communities, even where their relationship to the land is highly complex, as was the case for this particular community. 2006 2012-06-04T09:12:41Z 2012-06-04T09:12:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19745 en Cunliffe, R.N., Lynam, T.J.P., Sheil, D., Wan, M., Salim, A., Basuki, I., Priyadi, H. 2006. Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo . Ambio 36 (7) :593-599. ISSN: 0044-7447.
spellingShingle tropical forests
landscape
landscape ecology
traditional society
ethnic groups
resource utilization
participation
valuation
methodology
geographical information systems
Cunliffe, R.N.
Lynam, T.J.P.
Sheil, Douglas
Wan, M.
Salim, A.
Basuki, I.
Priyadi, H.
Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title_full Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title_fullStr Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title_short Developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the Punan-Pelancau of East Kalimantan, Borneo
title_sort developing a predictive understanding of landscape importance to the punan pelancau of east kalimantan borneo
topic tropical forests
landscape
landscape ecology
traditional society
ethnic groups
resource utilization
participation
valuation
methodology
geographical information systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19745
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