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 Name : Rachel Dacks
Title : Assistant Professor
Unit : Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Address : 1910 East West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Room : Sherman Lab 227
Phone : (808) 956-8825
Fax : (808) 956-6539
E-mail : rdacks@hawaii.edu
Specialties : biocultural conservation, cultural ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, participatory and place-based methods, human dimensions of fisheries, marine biology, Indigenous marine resource management in the Pacific Islands
Professional Prep/Appointments :
Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Specialization in Marine Biology
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2018
Master of Science in Zoology, Specialization in Marine Biology
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a Specialization in Marine Science
Boston University, 2007
Research Interests :
Selected Publications :
Dacks R., McMillen H, Heimuli P, Kahaleua K, Burgess S, Giardina CP, Francisco K, Ticktin T. (2021). The Important Role of Environmental Stewardship Groups in Supporting Human Health and Well-Being. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3(710355).
Dacks, R., Ticktin, T., Jupiter, S. D., & Friedlander, A. M. (2020). Investigating the role of fish and fishing in sharing networks to build resilience in coral reef social-ecological systems. Coastal Management, 48(3), 165–187.
Sterling, E.J., P. Pascua, A. Sigouin, N. Gazit, L. Mandle, E. Betley, J. Aini, S. Albert, S. Caillon, J.E. Caselle, S.H. Cheng, J. Claudet, R. Dacks, … J. McCarter. (2020). Creating a space for place and multidimensional well‑being: lessons learned from localizing the SDGs. Sustainability Science, (0123456789).
Dacks, R., Lewis, S. A., James, P., Marino, L. L., & Oleson, K. (2020). Documenting baseline value chains of Palau’s nearshore and offshore fisheries prior to implementing a large-scale marine protected area. Marine Policy, 103754.
Dacks, R., Ticktin, T., Mawyer, A., Caillon, S., Claudet, J., Fabre, P., … Wongbusarakum, S. (2019). Developing biocultural indicators for resource management. Conservation Science and Practice, 1(6), e38.
Dacks, R., Ticktin, T., Jupiter, S. D., & Friedlander, A. (2018). Drivers of fishing at the household scale in Fiji. Ecology and Society, 23(1).
Ticktin, T., Quazi, S., Dacks, R., Tora, M., McGuigan, A., Hastings, Z., & Naikatini, A. (2018). Linkages between measures of biodiversity and community resilience in Pacific Island agroforests. Conservation Biology, 32(5), 1085–1095.
Sterling, E. J., C. Filardi, A. Toomey, A. Sigouin, E. Betley, N. Gazit, J. Newell, S. Albert, D. Alvira, N. Bergamini, M. Blair, D. Boseto, K. Burrows, N. Bynum, S. Caillon, J. E. Caselle, J. Claudet, G. Cullman, R. Dacks, … S. D. Jupiter. (2017). Biocultural approaches to well-being and sustainability indicators across scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(12), 1798–1806.
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