Stakeholder and social network analysis revealed a surprising diversity of stakeholders and the important role of both 'top-down' (government-led) and 'bottom-up' (community-led) initiatives in the dissemination of practical knowledge. The prevalence of native verge gardening has risen dramatically in the last ten years, accompanied by changes in governance, practical knowledge and social norms. We used participatory social network mapping to understand how knowledge of the transformative practice of native verge gardening was shared amongst stakeholders. We interviewed 30 stakeholders across State and local governments, horticulture and irrigation suppliers, peak bodies, environmental consultants, utility providers, developers, and champions of change. Street verges represent a realm of potential contention and opportunities for synergy, given the variety of functions and interests inherent in these strips of public land. In the city of Perth, a growing number of residents and management agencies are converting the humble street verge into low-growing gardens, often dominated by native plant species. Roadside vegetation on street verges can play an important role in contributing to urban ecosystem services and public green space. Other authors: Emma Ligtermoet (University of Western Australia), Cristina Estima Ramalho (University of Western Australia), Kirsten Martinus (University of Western Australia) Presenting author: Natasha Pauli (University of Western Australia) Acknowledgements: this research was supported by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research funding (ASEM/2016/101). Linking livelihood strategies, described by communities, with remotely sensed detection of ecosystem change enabled a spatially explicit assessment of contextual factors influencing coastal livelihood and ecosystem services.

Patterns of resource dependence identified within these mangrove ecosystems potentially increases the vulnerability of local communities to changes in biophysical processes associated with climate stressors, including inundation rates, sediment dynamics, saltwater incursion and carbon storage potential. Vegetation biomass and structure derived using Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 and Planetscope images was ground truthed and classified based on geomorphic setting. The research case study area extends the mangrove ecosystems near the mouth of the Ba River in northern Viti Levu, Fiji. Integrating remotely sensed indicators of biophysical health and qualitative information on fishing activities and land use practices, key socio-ecological system interlinkages were identified. Focused on mangrove ecosystems, this study used Earth observation data to examine the influence of biophysical interactions operating in inter-tidal environments on ecosystem services relevant to local livelihood. Livelihood in these environments are inextricably linked with coastal ecosystem health.

Susceptibility to climate variability and extremes is acutely felt by many natural resource-dependent coastal communities of the South Pacific. Other authors: Davies, K., Duncan, J., Bailey, M., Wales, N., Varea, R., Boruff, B., van Ogtrop, F. Presenting author: Eleanor Bruce (University of Sydney) These geonarratives do not profess to be authoritative or official but an awareness and acknowledgement of the relational and multilayered realities as embodied by participants through storytelling and mapping of their everyday geographies of emotion, natures, and bodies. Geonarratives are snapshots of stories captured creatively and cartographically. Using five mapping workshops in the Philippines as illustrations, I will discuss how geonarrative mapping was used, approached and practiced with the aim at making invisible stories visible, and enabling the storytelling of untold stories. The outcome is then used as visual basis and prompt to discuss, tell and perform their stories-so-far in a manner that allows stories to flow, meander and circle back consistent with the chosen style and modality of the participant. By enabling and encouraging the use of available materials at their immediate disposal, the participants produced drawings, collages, technology-aided illustrations, and other forms of visualizations to tell various spatial stories. This presentation examines a countercartographic form of storying and reevaluates the use and functional possibilities of geonarratives as a method and approach used in a subaltern setting that allows participants to tell stories in their own terms and in a manner they deem best captures their place-based often-untold narratives. Presenting author: Joseph Palis (University of the Philippines-Diliman)

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