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TitleINTEGRATING LOCAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT SOIL SALINITY MONITORING IN THE AMUDARYA RIVER BASIN
AbstractThe role of monitoring is changing due to the increasing awareness of complexity and uncertainty in environmental resources management. Monitoring systems are required to support critical reflection about the effectiveness of actions toward the achievement of management objectives. To this aim, monitoring should be based on a strong integrated and multi-scale approach. Monitoring costs could be prohibitive if the monitoring is only based on traditional scientific methods of measurements. To deal with these issues, the design of an innovative monitoring system should be based on the integration between different sources of knowledge and information. In this work the usability of local knowledge to support environmental monitoring is investigated. A multi-step participatory monitoring design process has been implemented aiming to design a program for soil salinity monitoring in the lower Amudarya river basin in Uzbekistan. Although there is an increasing awareness of the importance of stakeholders being involved in decision processes, the current socio - cultural and institutional context is not favourable to the participatory approach. The choice of method to be implemented in this work was influenced by such conditions. The analysis of the lessons learned from the experiences gained in this project revealed some important clues concerning the development of a locally-based monitoring program. These lessons can be subdivided according to three fundamental issues: the long term involvement of local community members in monitoring activities, the acceptance of locally-based monitoring systems by decision makers, and the reliability of monitoring information.
SourceJournal of environmental management 91, pp. 1718–1729
KeywordsLocal knowledge; Participatory monitoring design process; Soil salinity monitoring; Knowledge integration
JournalJournal of environmental management
EditorAcademic Press., New York, Regno Unito
Year2010
TypeArticolo in rivista
DOI10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.03.010
AuthorsGIORDANO R.(1); LIERSCH S.(2); VURRO M.(1); HIRSCH D.(3)
Text42376 2010 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.03.010 ISI Web of Science WOS WOS 000279062800012 Local knowledge; Participatory monitoring design process; Soil salinity monitoring; Knowledge integration INTEGRATING LOCAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT SOIL SALINITY MONITORING IN THE AMUDARYA RIVER BASIN GIORDANO R. 1 ; LIERSCH S. 2 ; VURRO M. 1 ; HIRSCH D. 3 1 National Research Council Water Research Institute, via De Blasio, 5 70123, Bari, Italy 2 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK , Research Domain II Climate Impacts Vulnerabilities, PO Box 60 12 03, D 14412 Potsdam, Germany 3 United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security UNU EHS , UN Campus, Hermann Ehlers Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany The role of monitoring is changing due to the increasing awareness of complexity and uncertainty in environmental resources management. Monitoring systems are required to support critical reflection about the effectiveness of actions toward the achievement of management objectives. To this aim, monitoring should be based on a strong integrated and multi scale approach. Monitoring costs could be prohibitive if the monitoring is only based on traditional scientific methods of measurements. To deal with these issues, the design of an innovative monitoring system should be based on the integration between different sources of knowledge and information. In this work the usability of local knowledge to support environmental monitoring is investigated. A multi step participatory monitoring design process has been implemented aiming to design a program for soil salinity monitoring in the lower Amudarya river basin in Uzbekistan. Although there is an increasing awareness of the importance of stakeholders being involved in decision processes, the current socio cultural and institutional context is not favourable to the participatory approach. The choice of method to be implemented in this work was influenced by such conditions. The analysis of the lessons learned from the experiences gained in this project revealed some important clues concerning the development of a locally based monitoring program. These lessons can be subdivided according to three fundamental issues the long term involvement of local community members in monitoring activities, the acceptance of locally based monitoring systems by decision makers, and the reliability of monitoring information. 91 http //www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479710000824 Integrating local and technical knowledge to support soil salinity monitoring in the Amudarya river basin Article_published.pdf Articolo in rivista Academic Press. 0301 4797 Journal of environmental management Journal of environmental management J. environ. manag. raffaele.giordano GIORDANO RAFFAELE michele.vurro VURRO MICHELE TA.P04.005.008 Integrazione di metodologie per il monitoraggio e la modellizzazione per la gestione delle risorse idriche