Abstract
Tsuchiya, K., M. Aoyagi, T. Okuro, and K. Takeuchi. 2014. The potential of, and threat to, the transfer of ecological knowledge in urban areas: the case of community-based woodland management in Tokyo, Japan. Ecology and Society 19(2): 25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06369-190225
Highlights
As the global population continues to concentrate in and around cities (UN 2011), it is increasingly important to conserve urban green spaces for their biodiversity and ecosystem services (Grimm et al 2008, Pickett et al 2011)
We address three main questions: (1) How is ecological knowledge acquisition linked to boundary and intra-group interactions? (2) Does holding knowledge mean the involvement in actual management activities? (3) Does the aging of community group members threaten the continuity of activities? We selected satoyama woodlands in peri-urban Tokyo, Japan as a study site
Whereas previous studies pointed out the loss of traditional ecological knowledge related to satoyama management because of the abandonment of traditional management (Cetinkaya 2009, Cetinkaya et al 2012), our analysis indicated that community group activities can mitigate the loss of ecological knowledge, especially in peri-urban areas
Summary
As the global population continues to concentrate in and around cities (UN 2011), it is increasingly important to conserve urban green spaces for their biodiversity and ecosystem services (Grimm et al 2008, Pickett et al 2011). National, and local organizations around the world have initiated conservation activities for the enhancement of the biodiversity and ecosystem services of green spaces in and around their cities (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2012). Urban ecosystem management by local government is often limited because management in protected areas is costly, and most governments have limited budgets (Colding et al 2006). Those employed to manage public parks may not have sufficient ecological knowledge, and do not understand how to maintain a park’s ecological characteristics (Andersson et al 2007). The management activities undertaken by these groups are often volunteer-based and they operate as nongovernmental organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other groups sharing a common interest, such as biological conservation (Ernstson et al 2008, Nielsen and Möller 2008)
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