IPSI Case Study Summary Sheet
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Basic Information
Title of case study (should be concise and within approximately 25 words)
Resilience assessment workshops and beyond: Fostering adaptive co-management in Taiwan’s SEPLS
Submitting IPSI member organization(s)Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan and National Dong Hwa University (NDHU)
Other contributing organization(s) (IPSI members and/or non-members)
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST)
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA)
Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute (TESRI)
Author(s) and affiliation(s)1) Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan:
Dr. Hwa-Ching Lin, Director General
Ms. Yu-Chuan Lo, Director of Conservation Division
Dr. Chih-Chin Shih, Chief of Habitat Management Section of Conservation Division
Ms. Wei-Ya Chang, Staff of Habitat Management Section of Conservation Division
Mr. Chung-Jen Hsiao, Director of Luodong Forest District Office
Ms. Yu-Fei Hsiao, Associate Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Luodong Forest District Office
Ms. Jung-Sheng Shia, Director of Hsinchu Forest District Office
Ms. Chia-Yu Lin, Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Hsinchu Forest District Office
Mr. Hung-Yi Chang, Director of Dongshih Forest District Office
Ms. Ya-Ching Hsu, Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Dongshih Forest District Office
Mr. Cheng-Hsien Lee, Director of Nantou Forest District Office
Ms. Chia-Ling Chang, Associate Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Nantou Forest District Office
Mr. Tai Chang, Director of Chiayi Forest District Office
Mr. Tsung-Wei Wang, Associate Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Chiayi Forest District Office
Ms. Jui-Fen Yang, Director of Pingtung Forest District Office
Ms. Chung-yueh Yang, Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Pingtung Forest District Office
Mr. Chium-Tse Huang, Director of Hualien Forest District Office
Ms. Fang-Chia Hsu, Director of Yuli Ranger Stations of Hualien Forest District Office
Dr. Chang-Yu Wu, Director of Taitung Forest District Office
Ms. Hui-Chun Hsu, Technical Specialist of Recreation Section of Taitung Forest District Office2) National Dong Hwa University (NDHU, TPSI-East):
Dr. Paulina G. Karimova, Post-doc Researcher
Ms. Hui-An He, Research Assistant*Dr. Kuang-Chung Lee, Professor, *corresponding author (kclee2000@gmail.com)
3) National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST, TPSI-South)
Dr. Mei-Hui Chen, Professor
4) Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA, TPSI-North):Dr. Hsin-Hsun Huang, Assistant Professor
5) Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute (TESRI, TPSI-West):
Dr. Mei-Li Hsueh, Head of Interpretive Education Division
Format of case study (manuscript or audiovisual) Manuscript
Language
EnglishKeywords (3-5 key concepts included in the case study)adaptive co-management, resilience assessment workshops, Taiwan Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative,
Taiwan Ecological Network
Date of submission (or update, if this is an update of an existing case study)
April 2023
Forestry Bureau Website (in English):https://www.forest.gov.tw/EN
Web link (of the case study or lead organization if
Webpage of the Satoyama Initiative on the Forestry Bureau
available for more information)
Website (in English):https://conservation.forest.gov.tw/EN/0002040

Geographical Information
Country (where site(s) or activities described in the case study are located – can be multiple, or even “global”)
Chinese Taipei, Taiwan
Location(s) (within the country or countries – leave blank if specific location(s) cannot be identified)
Nationwide
Longitude/latitude or Google Maps link (if location is identified)
Nationwide
Ecosystem(s) (please place an “x” in all appropriate boxes)xxxx
ForestGrassland
Agricultural
In-land water
Coastalx
Dryland
Mountain
Urban/peri-urban
Other (Please specify) Wetland
Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics of the area (within 50 words)
Eight SEPLS in northern (Taoyuan City and Yilan County), western (Taichung City and Nantou County), southern(Chiayi and Pingtung Counties), and eastern (Hualien and Taitung Counties) parts of Taiwan, covering in-land(water, mountain, forest, and grassland) and coastal ecosystem types, territories of ethnic Han Chinese (mainly
Hakka, Hokkien) and Indigenous communities.
Description of human-nature interactions in the area (land-use, traditional resource management practices etc. – within 50
words)

Farming (paddy rice, dry crops, bamboo, fruits, etc.), gathering of wild plants, gardening, aquaculture, hunting,fishing, community-based eco-tourism.

Contents
Note: The following fields are used for information about activities described in the case study or the production of the case study itself,and contents may vary depending on the nature of the case study. For example, a case study about on-the-ground activities may include
the rationale, objectives etc. for the activities; a case study about a SEPLS-related policy may describe the policymaking process; or acase study describing a SEPLS may address particular practices used there. Please make an effort to fill as many fields as possible.

Status (“ongoing” or “completed”)

Ongoing

Period (MM/YY to MM/YY)

12/2020-10/2022
and onwards

Rationale (why activities or policies described, or information shared in the case study are needed – within 50 words)
Five years since the establishment of Taiwan Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (TPSI), its four regional
exchange bases (TPSI-N, W, S, and E) and eight district offices of the Forestry Bureau had already possessedrich experiences related to biodiversity conservation, sustainable production, and local livelihoods in SEPLS
under their mentorship. A gap remained, however, in a comprehensive understanding of socio-ecologicalresilience in TPSI SEPLS – both a result of the efforts already made and for a sustainable adaptive comanagement of SEPLS in the future. In other words, “How are we doing?” and “What can we do better?” werethe main questions to be answered.
Objectives (goals of activities or policies described, or of producing the case study – within 50 words)(1) to develop locally-sensitive indicators of resilience for eight TPSI SEPLS – mentored by eight district offices of
the Forestry Bureau and four regional exchange bases of TPSI,(2) to conduct community-based resilience assessment workshops (RAWs) in eight TPSI SEPLS to (a) assess theirsocio-ecological resilience, (b) identify environmental and socio-economic risks and resources, and (c) elicit themost urgent issues and priority interventions for adaptive co-management in TPSI SEPLS, and(3) examine the role of RAWs as a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for Taiwan’s conservation policy –Taiwan Ecological Network (TEN)
Activities and/or practices employed (within 50 words)
Training of trainers workshops, localisation of indicators of resilience and implementation of community-basedRAWs in eight TPSI SEPLS with the assistance from eight district offices of the Forestry Bureau and four TPSI
regional exchange bases, joint workshops on discussion of RAWs results, development and publication of
relevant knowledge and capacity-building materials (articles, guidebooks, video-recordings)
Monitoring methodology (e.g. GIS-based monitoring, citizen science, Resilience Indicators in SEPLS, survey - within 40 words)
Resilience Indicators in SEPLS (Bergamini et al., 2014) localised and adapted to place-based specifics of eight
TPSI SEPLS
Results (within 50 words)
Immediate project outcomes correspond to its objectives (as above). Extended project outcomes will include:
analysis and integration of RAWs results into adaptive landscape-(seascape) management in eight case study
SEPLS (local scale); inclusion of RAWs as a monitoring and evaluation tool within TEN for 2022-2025 period(national scale); sharing of the project’s experiences across IPSI network and with other interested
international partners (global scale).
Lessons learned (factors in success or failure, challenges and opportunities – within 40 words)
Factors in success: support and interest from all project stakeholders (in particular, policy support from theForestry Bureau), capacity building and experience sharing across TPSI network, flexible adjustments
throughout the implementation of the project.
Challenges: COVID-19 and related restrictions on in-person activities, project’s time constraints preventing amore in-depth local engagement.
Opportunities: integration of RAWs results into adaptive landscape-(seascape) management in SEPLS, future
RAWs in other areas on a SEPLS-to-SEPLS learning basis.
Funding (any relevant information about funding of activities or projects described in the case study)
Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) 2020; the Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Contributions to Global Agendas
CBD Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (https://www.cbd.int/gbf/targets/)
Please place an "x" under a number to rate how much this case study contributes to each CBD Target.
Note 1: The number scale goes from 1, the lowest rating, to 5, the highest rating. N/A indicates “not applicable”.
Note 2: Please only mark those to which the case study has or will actually contribute, not those to which it could potentiallycontribute in the future.

TargetContribution

Description
1

1. Reducing threats to biodiversity

1

3

4

Ensure that all areas are under participatory, integrated and biodiversity inclusive
spatial planning and/or effective management processes addressing land- andsea-use change, to bring the loss of areas of high biodiversity importance,
including ecosystems of high ecological integrity, close to zero by 2030, while
respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

2

Ensure that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of areas of degraded terrestrial, inland
water, and marine and coastal ecosystems are under effective restoration, inorder to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecologicalintegrity and connectivity.

3

Ensure and enable that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of terrestrial and inland
water areas, and of marine and coastal areas, especially areas of particularimportance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively
conserved and managed through ecologically representative, well-connected andequitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based
conservation measures, recognizing indigenous and traditional territories, whereapplicable, and integrated into wider landscapes, seascapes and the ocean, while
ensuring that any sustainable use, where appropriate in such areas, is fully
consistent with conservation outcomes, recognizing and respecting the rights ofindigenous peoples and local communities, including over their traditional
territories.

4

Ensure urgent management actions to halt human induced extinction of known
threatened species and for the recovery and conservation of species, in particularthreatened species, to significantly reduce extinction risk, as well as to maintainand restore the genetic diversity within and between populations of native, wildand domesticated species to maintain their adaptive potential, including throughin situ and ex situ conservation and sustainable management practices, andeffectively manage human-wildlife interactions to minimize human-wildlife
conflict for coexistence.

5

Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, safe andlegal, preventing overexploitation, minimizing impacts on non-target species andecosystems, and reducing the risk of pathogen spillover, applying the ecosystemapproach, while respecting and protecting customary sustainable use byindigenous peoples and local communities.

62

Eliminate, minimize, reduce and or mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species
on biodiversity and ecosystem services by identifying and managing pathways of
the introduction of alien species, preventing the introduction and establishment

5

x

x

x

x

x

x

N/A

2. Meeting people’ s needs through sustainable use and benefit-sharingof priority invasive alien species, reducing the rates of introduction andestablishment of other known or potential invasive alien species by at least 50 per
cent by 2030, and eradicating or controlling invasive alien species, especially inpriority sites, such as islands.

7

Reduce pollution risks and the negative impact of pollution from all sources by
2030, to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity and ecosystem functions andservices, considering cumulative effects, including: (a) by reducing excess
nutrients lost to the environment by at least half, including through more
efficient nutrient cycling and use; (b) by reducing the overall risk from pesticides
and highly hazardous chemicals by at least 8half, including through integrated
pest management, based on science, taking into account food security andlivelihoods; and (c) by preventing, reducing, and working towards eliminating
plastic pollution.

8

Minimize the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity
and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk
reduction actions, including through nature-based solution and/or ecosystembased approaches, while minimizing negative and fostering positive impacts ofclimate action on biodiversity.

9

Ensure that the management and use of wild species are sustainable, thereby
providing social, economic and environmental benefits for people, especiallythose in vulnerable situations and those most dependent on biodiversity,
including through sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services
that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encouraging customary sustainable
use by indigenous peoples and local communities.

10

Ensure that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are
managed sustainably, in particular through the sustainable use of biodiversity,
including through a substantial increase of the application of biodiversity friendly
practices, such as sustainable intensification, agroecological and other innovative
approaches, contributing to the resilience and long-term efficiency andproductivity of these production systems, and to food security, conserving andrestoring biodiversity and maintaining nature’s contributions to people, including
ecosystem functions and services.

11

Restore, maintain and enhance nature’s contributions to people, including
ecosystem functions and services, such as the regulation of air, water andclimate, soil health, pollination and reduction of disease risk, as well as protection
from natural hazards and disasters, through nature-based solutions and/or
ecosystem-based approaches for the benefit of all people and nature.

12

Significantly increase the area and quality, and connectivity of, access to, andbenefits from green and blue spaces in urban and densely populated areas
sustainably, by mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, and ensure biodiversity-inclusive urban planning, enhancing native
biodiversity, ecological connectivity and integrity, and improving human healthand well-being and connection to nature, and contributing to inclusive and

x

x

x

x

x

x

3. Tools and solutions for implementation and mainstreaming

sustainable urbanization and to the provision of ecosystem functions andservices.

13

Take effective legal, policy, administrative and capacity-building measures at alllevels, as appropriate, to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits thatarise from the utilization of genetic resources and from digital sequence
information on genetic resources, as well as traditional knowledge associatedwith genetic resources, and facilitating appropriate access to genetic resources,and by 2030, facilitating a significant increase of the benefits shared, in
accordance with applicable international access and benefit-sharing instruments.

14

Ensure the full integration of biodiversity and its multiple values into policies,
regulations, planning and development processes, poverty eradication strategies,
strategic environmental assessments, environmental impact assessments and, as
appropriate, national accounting, within and across all levels of government andacross all sectors, in particular those with significant impacts on biodiversity,
progressively aligning all relevant public and private activities, and fiscal andfinancial flows with the goals and targets of this framework.

xx

Take legal, administrative or policy measures to encourage and enable business,and in particular to ensure that large and transnational companies and financial
institutions:(a) Regularly monitor, assess, and transparently disclose their risks, dependencies
and impacts on biodiversity, including with requirements for all large as well astransnational companies and financial institutions along their operations, supply
and value chains, and portfolios;
15(b) Provide information needed to consumers to promote sustainableconsumption patterns;x(c) Report on compliance with access and benefit-sharing regulations andmeasures, as applicable;
in order to progressively reduce negative impacts on biodiversity, increase
positive impacts, reduce biodiversity-related risks to business and financial
institutions, and promote actions to ensure sustainable patterns of production.

16

Ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainableconsumption choices, including by establishing supportive policy, legislative or
regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate
information and alternatives, and by 2030, reduce the global footprint ofconsumption in an equitable manner, including through halving global foodwaste, significantly reducing overconsumption and substantially reducing waste
generation, in order for all people to live well in harmony with Mother Earth.

17

Establish, strengthen capacity for, and implement in all countries, biosafetymeasures as set out in Article 8(g) of the Convention on Biological Diversity andmeasures for the handling of biotechnology and distribution of its benefits as set
out in Article 19 of the Convention.

18

Identify by 2025, and eliminate, phase out or reform incentives, including
subsidies, harmful for biodiversity, in a proportionate, just, fair, effective and

x

x

x

equitable way, while substantially and progressively reducing them by at least$500 billion per year by 2030, starting with the most harmful incentives, and scale
up positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Substantially and progressively increase the level of financial resources from all
sources, in an effective, timely and easily accessible manner, including domestic,
international, public and private resources, in accordance with Article 20 of theConvention, to implement national biodiversity strategies and action plans,
mobilizing at least $200 billion per year by 2030, including by:(a)
Increasing total biodiversity related international financial resources fromdeveloped countries, including official development assistance, and fromcountries that voluntarily assume obligations of developed country Parties, todeveloping countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island
developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition, to at least$20 billion per year by 2025, and to at least $30 billion per year by 2030;(b)
Significantly increasing domestic resource mobilization, facilitated by the
preparation and implementation of national biodiversity finance plans or similar
instruments according to national needs, priorities and circumstances;

19(c)Leveraging private finance, promoting blended finance, implementing
strategies for raising new and additional resources, and encouraging the private
sector to invest in biodiversity, including through impact funds and other
instruments;x(d)Stimulating innovative schemes such as payment for ecosystem services,
green bonds, biodiversity offsets and credits, and benefit-sharing mechanisms,with environmental and social safeguards;(e)
Optimizing co-benefits and synergies of finance targeting the biodiversity
and climate crises;(f)Enhancing the role of collective actions, including by indigenous peoples
and local communities, Mother Earth centric actions[1] and non-market-based
approaches including community based natural resource management and civilsociety cooperation and solidarity aimed at the conservation of biodiversity;(g)Enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of resource
provision and use;

20

Strengthen capacity-building and development, access to and transfer oftechnology, and promote development of and access to innovation and technicaland scientific cooperation, including through South‑South, North-South andtriangular cooperation, to meet the needs for effective implementation,
particularly in developing countries, fostering joint technology development andjoint scientific research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity and strengthening scientific research and monitoring capacities,
commensurate with the ambition of the goals and targets of the Framework.

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Ensure that the best available data, information and knowledge are accessible todecision makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable
governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity, and tostrengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, researchand knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge,
innovations, practices and technologies of indigenous peoples and local
communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed
consent,[2] in accordance with national legislation.

x

22

Ensure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive
representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice andinformation related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities,
respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, territories, resources, andtraditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, andpersons with disabilities and ensure the full protection of environmental humanrights defenders.

x

23

Ensure gender equality in the implementation of the Framework through agender-responsive approach, where all women and girls have equal opportunityand capacity to contribute to the three objectives of the Convention, including byrecognizing their equal rights and access to land and natural resources and theirfull, equitable, meaningful and informed participation and leadership at all levelsof action, engagement, policy and decision-making related to biodiversity.

x

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs)
Please place an “x” in the “direct” or “indirect” boxes next to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to which the work
described in this case study contributes as appropriate. Note: please mark only those that the case actually has made or is making acontribution, not those to which it could make a potential contribution in the future.
SDG
Description
DirectIndirect

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainableagriculturex

Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all agesxEnsure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for allx

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive
employment, and decent work for allx

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, andfoster innovation
Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patternsxTake urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsxConserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable
development
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably
manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, andhalt biodiversity lossxx

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide accessto justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership forsustainable developmentx