ABSTRACT The feedback relationships between resource-dependent human communities and their local ecosystem services may result in an undesirable SES dynamic where community wellbeing continually deteriorates. Yet, very little is known about the mechanisms that can facilitate reordering people’s relationship with ecosystem for sustained wellbeing. We argue that innovative approaches built upon local strengths are more likely to succeed in such an endeavour, and multi-level implementation can help sustainability and community wellbeing. The objective of this paper is to give an account of local people’s wellbeing in relation to ecosystem services and their changes, the drivers that change the ecosystem services and impact wellbeing, and the role of innovation in enhancing adaptability and SES resilience to changes and disturbances. We conducted our field research during 2014–2015 in a wetland region of northeastern Bangladesh, utilising Case study and participatory research methods. Our empirical investigation in selected wetland communities has revealed that: (i) community wellbeing and wetland SES resilience are subject to erosion due to multiple drivers of change operating at different temporal and spatial scales; (ii) the feedback relationships among these multiple drivers often adversely affect community wellbeing; and (iii) innovative strategies built on local strengths can help reorder people’s relationships with local ecosystems, restore community wellbeing, and enhance local sustainability. The key determinants of such reordering include entrepreneurial skills, knowledge, learning, and networking abilities of the locals. Intervention strategies should therefore pay more attention to the locals’ ability to innovate and adapt to ecological changes, especially through new or shifted livelihood initiatives.

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生态系统变化和社区福祉：增强孟加拉国湿地社区复原力的社会生态创新

摘要 依赖资源的人类社区与其当地生态系统服务之间的反馈关系可能导致社区福祉不断恶化的不良 SES 动态。然而，人们对有助于重新安排人们与生态系统关系以实现持续福祉的机制知之甚少。我们认为，建立在当地优势基础上的创新方法更有可能在这样的努力中取得成功，多层次的实施有助于可持续性和社区福祉。本文的目的是说明与生态系统服务及其变化相关的当地人民的福祉、改变生态系统服务和影响福祉的驱动因素，以及创新在增强适应性和 SES 对变化和干扰的适应能力方面的作用。我们在 2014-2015 年期间在孟加拉国东北部的湿地地区进行了实地研究，利用案例研究和参与式研究方法。我们对选定湿地社区的实证调查表明：(i) 社区福祉和湿地 SES 恢复力因在不同时间和空间尺度上运行的多种变化驱动因素而受到侵蚀；(ii) 这些多个驱动因素之间的反馈关系通常会对社区福祉产生不利影响；(iii) 以当地优势为基础的创新战略可以帮助重新安排人们与当地生态系统的关系，恢复社区福祉，并增强当地的可持续性。这种重新排序的关键决定因素包括当地人的创业技能、知识、学习和网络能力。