AMWI
living lab
Living lab AMWI
The AMWI Living Lab aims to co-design, implement, and assess Nature-based Solutions (NbS) applied to the high volcanic islands of French Polynesia, from the mountain ridge to the reef crest.
e meta–socio-ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the growing impact of contrasting pressures that threaten the well-being and health of populations highly dependent on their environments and the resources they provide.
Thématiques couvertes par AMWI
- Improving human and ecosystem health
- Promoting sustainable primary food systems
Priority scientific questions
The activities of the AMWI Living Lab are structured around four main research questions, which will be developed through several actions:
- How have past and present forms of management of terrestrial, coastal, and marine environments contributed – and continue to contribute – to shaping the dynamics of Polynesian socio-ecosystems?
- Can innovative Nature-based Solutions (NbS) be co-developed to support the conservation and/or restoration of degraded meta-ecosystems in tropical island environments, in order to maintain access to sustainable biological resources while safeguarding both human and environmental health?
- How can we co-design and test together with local stakeholders adaptive management strategies that enable the implementation of identified NbS, while drawing inspiration from customary resource management practices to design multifunctional, sustainable, and resilient watershed landscapes?
- Can we jointly design biocultural indicators to assess the impact of the designed and implemented NbS to ensure the long-term monitoring of marine and terrestrial biodiversity?
Living Lab actions
The AMWI Living Lab structures its activities around two main areas:
- Transformative change in agricultural and aquaculture practices, reducing the use of harmful chemicals or animal-based feed, and developing innovative anti-erosion systems
- Restoration of riparian and coastal ecosystems to ensure the resilience and productivity of lagoons and their resources
Academic partners
Research units
CRIOBE – Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement
MSH-P – Pacific Social Sciences Research Center
SECOPOL – Health and Ecosystem Services in Polynesia
Societal partners
Living Lab AMWI Identity Sheet (FR)
Living Lab coordinators
Guillaume Mitta, Biologist at Ifremer
Jean Wencelius, Anthropologist at CNRS
Tamatoa Bambridge, Sociologist at CNRS
