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Effective landscape management in Pacific Island Countries requires understanding local contexts. Projects must consider stakeholder needs, governance, and climate resilience for sustainable ecosystem services.

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  • Ecology
  • Environmental Management
  • Social Science

Background:

  • Pacific Island Countries aim to manage landscape multifunctionality for ecosystem services.
  • Natural resource management strategies often fail without considering local contexts and stakeholder needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To generate local insights on factors influencing stakeholder access to and benefits from landscape resources in Ba, Fiji.
  • To guide landscape multifunctionality management by identifying key determinants and challenges.

Main Methods:

  • Fieldwork in Ba, Fiji.
  • Analysis of institutional, geographic, and socio-economic factors.
  • Stakeholder engagement to understand access and benefit capacities.

Main Results:

  • Hierarchical governance systems create barriers to effective landscape management.
  • Context-appropriate, multi-scale governance is crucial, fostering communication and community involvement.
  • Spatial considerations, stakeholder capacities, and institutional structures mediate resource access.
  • Climate stressors impact ecosystem services and access, necessitating resilience-building.

Conclusions:

  • Management of landscape multifunctionality must be context-specific and inclusive.
  • Establishing effective multi-scale governance that supports community knowledge and participation is vital.
  • Integrating spatial planning, capacity building, and climate resilience is essential for sustainable landscape management and ecosystem service provision.