Sharing Ecosystem Services: Building More Sustainable and Resilient Society

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Using “the sharing paradigm” as a guiding concept, this book demonstrates that “sharing” has much greater potential to make rural society resilient, sustainable and inclusive through enriching all four sharing dimensions: informal, mediated, communal and commercial sharing. The chapters are divided into two parts, one that focuses on case studies of the sharing ecosystem services in Japan, the other on case studies from around the world including in the regions of Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America and Europe. Reflecting the recent growing attention to sharing concept and its application to economic and urban context, this publicationexplores opportunities and challenges to build more resilient and sustainable society in harmony with nature by critical examination of sharing practices in rural landscapes and seascapes around the world. This book introduces not only traditional communal and non-market sharing practices in different rural areas, but also new forms of sharing through integration of traditional practices and modern science and technologies. Front Matter ....Pages i-vi What and How Are We Sharing? The Academic Landscape of the Sharing Paradigm and Practices: Objectives and Organization of the Book (Osamu Saito, Hyeonju Ryu)....Pages 1-19 Home-Based Food Provision and Social Capital in Japan (Chiho Kamiyama, Shizuka Hashimoto, Osamu Saito)....Pages 21-33 Food Provisioning Services Via Homegardens and Communal Sharing in Satoyama Socio-ecological Production Landscapes on Japan’s Noto Peninsula (Chiho Kamiyama)....Pages 35-53 Non-market Food Provisioning Services on Hachijo Island, Japan, and Its Implications for Building a Resilient Island (Osamu Saito, Kana Tatebayashi, Chiho Kamiyama, Takanori Matsui)....Pages 55-86 Sharing Experiences and Associated Knowledge in the Changing Waterscape: An Intergenerational Sharing Program in Mikatagoko Area, Japan (Ryoto Tomita, Hasu Project (a NGO in Mikatagoko area), Takehito Yoshida)....Pages 87-115 Sustaining Diverse Knowledge Systems in SEPLs: Sharing Tacit Knowledge of Apiculture and Mushroom Production with Future Generations (Ryo Kohsaka, Ai Tashiro, Marie Rogel, Yuta Uchiyama)....Pages 117-136 Can New and Traditional Sharing Practices Be Integrated? The Case of Use of Natural Resources in Palau, Micronesia (Akiko Iida, Yasukazu Hama, Christopher Kitalong)....Pages 137-157 Solidarity Economy in Brazil: Towards Institutionalization of Sharing and Agroecological Practices (Kei Otsuki, Fabio de Castro)....Pages 159-178 Sharing Knowledge and Value for Nurturing Socioecological Production Landscapes: A Case of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Rejoso Watershed, Indonesia (Beria Leimona, Francesca L. McGrath, Ni’matul Khasanah)....Pages 179-196 Sharing Place: A Case Study on the Loss of Peri-urban Landscape to Urbanization in India (Mrittika Basu, Osamu Saito, Shizuka Hashimoto, Rajarshi Dasgupta)....Pages 197-213 Cow Sharing and Alpine Ecosystems: A Comparative Case Study of Sharing Practices and Property Rights (Katharina Gugerell, Marianne Penker, Pia Kieninger)....Pages 215-232 Synthesis: Can Sharing Enhance the Sustainability and Resilience of Our Society? (Osamu Saito, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Manosi Abe)....Pages 233-265 Correction to: Sustaining Diverse Knowledge Systems in SEPLs: Sharing Tacit Knowledge of Apiculture and Mushroom Production with Future Generations (Ryo Kohsaka, Ai Tashiro, Marie Rogel, Yuta Uchiyama)....Pages C1-C1