From scientific models to companion modelling: engaging a dialogue with local actors in an Amazonian floodplain about biodiversity management at a territorial level

Bommel Pierre, Bonnet Marie-Paule, Coudel Emilie, Haentjens Eva, Kraus Cleber Nunes, Laques Anne-Elisabeth, Melo Gustavo, Nasuti Stephanie, Nogueira Ina De Souza. 2015. From scientific models to companion modelling: engaging a dialogue with local actors in an Amazonian floodplain about biodiversity management at a territorial level. In : Proceedings of the 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology and 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology " Mission biodiversity: choosing new paths for conservation". Visconti P. (ed.), Game E. (ed.), Mathevet R. (ed.), Wilkerson M. (ed.). Washington DC : Society for conservation biology, Résumé, 77-78. International Congress for Conservation Biology. 27, Montpellier, France, 2 Août 2015/6 Août 2015.

Note générale : A l'occasion de ce congrès, s'est également déroulé le 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology, du 2 au 6 août 2015, Montpellier, France

Résumé : The Amazonian floodplain is among the most productive and diversified ecosystems in the world. The moving littoral enables a rapid nutrient recycling, explaining the large productivity and biodiversity of the system. Attracted by such favourable conditions for agricultural activities and fishing, populations have settled in the floodplains and developed complementary activities to cope with important variations in their environment, between the flood season and the dry season. However, in the past decades, the rhythm of these floodplains has changed, obliging the actors to deal with great uncertainty. Based on several years of hydrological and biogeochemical studies to understand the reasons of these environmental changes, the “life scientists” of our team invited the “social scientists” with the following question: Can the results about the dynamics of these floodplains help local populations better anticipate the future fluctuations of the river and adapt their activities to be less vulnerable to such change? To address this, we first chose to turn the perspective around: what were the preoccupations and strategies of local populations and what did they expect from scientists? The challenge was to enable the perceptions and knowledge of local populations to dialogue with scientific knowledge. Based on a Companion Modelling approach, we engaged a participatory process to collectively discuss the current situation and possible future scenarios. Using a role-playing game as an interface for this dialogue, we have progressively built a model to integrate both the knowledge of the local actors regarding their practices and possible environmental impacts and the knowledge of the scientists on environmental dynamics. This has obliged researchers to learn to work together and simplify their knowledge, and requires finding common points of interest with local populations, translating “biodiversity” into concrete issues that have a meaning for local actors. (Texte intégral)

Mots-clés libres : Companion modelling, Amazonian floodplain, Biodiversity

Classification Agris : P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
E14 - Economie et politique du développement
U30 - Méthodes de recherche
E51 - Population rurale

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bommel Pierre, CIRAD-ES-UPR GREEN (BRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-7776-9075
• Bonnet Marie-Paule, IRD (FRA)
• Coudel Emilie, CIRAD-ES-UPR GREEN (BRA)
• Haentjens Eva
• Kraus Cleber Nunes, UNB [Universidade de Brasilia] (BRA)
• Laques Anne-Elisabeth, IRD (FRA)
• Melo Gustavo, CIRAD-ES-UPR GREEN (FRA)
• Nasuti Stephanie, UNB [Universidade de Brasilia] (BRA)
• Nogueira Ina De Souza, UNB [Universidade de Brasilia] (BRA)

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