Social-ecological feedbacks lead to unsustainable lock-in in an inland fishery |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;2. Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA, USA;3. Department of Geography, Universidad de Concepción, Chile;4. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;5. Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;6. Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;7. Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA;8. Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA;9. Association Camerounaise pour l’Education Environnementale, Maroua, Cameroon;10. Department of Anthropology, Maroua University, Cameroon;11. Centre d’Appui a la Recherche et au Pastoralisme, Maroua, Cameroon;12. School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;13. German Society for International Cooperation, Yaounde, Cameroon;14. Sahel Institute for Higher Studies, Maroua University, Cameroon;1. Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany;2. Professorship of Industrial Biocatalysis, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany;3. TUM AlgaeTec Center, Ottobrunn, Germany;1. Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 2311, Daehwa-Dong, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 10223, Republic of Korea;2. Hanbat National University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Daejeon-Si 34158, Republic of Korea;3. Hongik University, School of Urban and Civil Engineering, Seoul 04066, Republic of Korea;1. Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada;2. Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;3. Department of Geography and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;1. Department of Botany, University of Hawaíi Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA;2. Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada;3. MPG Ranch, Soil Ecology, 1001 S. Higgins Ave, Suite A3, Missoula, MT 59801, USA;4. University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA |
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| Abstract: | This interdisciplinary paper presents an empirical analysis of techno-institutional lock-in in a regional fishery, in the Logone floodplain in the Far North Region of Cameroon. In the Logone floodplain, one fishing technique is spreading exponentially even though it is changing the social, hydrological and ecological dynamics of the system in ways that are largely considered problematic by local communities. We use a complex systems framework to analyze large hydrological and socio-economic datasets. Results show how social-ecological feedbacks foster the spread of the technique and contribute to the process of lock-in. The lock-in leads to a resistance to change despite awareness of the technique’s impact, a situation that may also be described as a social-ecological trap. We identify and explain four kinds of positive feedback loops relating to socio-economic, behavioral, demographic and hydrological processes, respectively. We also identify possible solutions that consider the complexity of the feedback loops across multiple dimensions of the floodplain system. |
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| Keywords: | Social-ecological system Common-pool resources Lock-in Social-ecological trap Fishery African floodplain |
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