Analysis and deliberation as a mechanism to assess changes in preferences for indicators of sustainable forest management: A case study in Puebla, Mexico

Rodríguez-Piñeros, Sandra; Lewis, David

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.051

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“…Successful collaborations are often bottom‐up and motivated by specific shared challenges, such as responses to pest outbreaks (Abrams et al 2017), fires (Stasiewicz and Paveglio 2018), and wildlife conflicts (Weladji and Tchamba 2003). Stakeholder engagement processes also can advance communication and collaboration among stakeholders, building management connectivity, and perhaps reversing ecological and management divergence (e.g., Brody 2003, Keough and Blahna 2006, Rodriguez‐Piñeros and Lewis 2013, Virapongse et al 2016). Continued research into the formation, effectiveness (or lack thereof), and durability of such relationships may help lend insights that landowners and land managers can use to replicate successful responses to emerging problems.…”

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Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

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Human-induced ecological boundaries, or anthropogenic ecotones, may arise where administrative boundaries meet on undeveloped lands. Landscape-level ecological processes related to factors such as fire, invasive species, grazing, resource extraction, wildlife, and water may be affected due to unique management strategies adopted by each administrative unit. Over time, different management can result in discernible ecological differences (e.g., species composition or soil characteristics). Thus, fragmentation in the management landscape can correspond to ecological fragmentation. Different ecological patterns may emerge due to an increase in the number of management units in a region, or due to an increase in the number of different types of management units in the region. Temporal effects and collaboration history can also affect the emergence of ecotones. We use conceptual models to explore the relationship between these aspects of management fragmentation and the anthropogenic ecotones between management parcels. We then use examples of different management challenges to explore how anthropogenic ecotones can disrupt ecological flows. Our models suggest that cross-boundary collaboration that enhances management connectivity is likely essential to ecological connectivity in the face of environmental and social change.

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Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

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“…In the past decade, experiments with putting these ideas into practice to address complex problems on many scales have been tried, including: energy facility siting and policy making (Andrews, Jonas, Mantell, & Solomon, 2008); the clean‐up of chemically and radiologically contaminated sites (Ashford & Rest, 1999; Bradbury, 1998; Bradbury et al., 2003); radioactive waste management (Guglielmo, 1998; Webler, Tuler, & Rosa, 2011); chemical weapons disposal (Goldberg, 2003); biofuels health risk management (Traviss, 2008); forest resource management (Rodriguez‐Piñeros & Lewis, 2013); regional planning (Burgess et al., 2007; Ramaswami et al., 2011); and municipal waste management (Petts, 2000, 2004; Renn, 1999; Renn & Klinke, 2004; Renn & Webler, 1998). It has also been proposed to be used in watershed management (Committee on Watershed Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, & National Research Council, 1999).…”

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Four Decades of Public Participation in Risk Decision Making

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Tuler

2018

Risk Analysis

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Over the past four decades, the promise of public participation to improve decisions, obtain legitimacy, and build capacity for risk decision making and management has had a mixed record. In this article, we offer a narrative of how public participation has evolved in the United States and we examine prospects for its future. We trace three forces that have had significant impact on practice: an emergent emphasis on democratic deliberation, a transition from dichotomous thinking about science versus politics to an integrated perspective, and the recognition that different parties to the decision‐making process bring valid epistemological contributions. The promise of public participation in risk decision making is challenged by loss of trust in institutions and individuals and by broad socio‐political dynamics that are weakening democratic values and processes. These include the scarcity of attitudes and aptitudes supportive of public participation among both individuals and institutions; an anti‐democratic political atmosphere that promotes disrespect; pursuit of private interests over the common good; failure to appreciate the limitations of dialogue and learning; underutilization of existing knowledge; and insufficient knowledge of how context matters. We end by offering several suggestions for focusing further research and improving practice.

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“…16 searchers of this case study argued that the social dimensions of sustainability are more important where the economic role of forestry activities is marginal, like in most Mediterranean forests (Rodriguez-Piñeros & Lewis, 2013). Ecosystem services are important in forests under all type of conditions.…”

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Criteria and indicators for sustainable forestry under Mediterranean conditions applicable in Spain at the forest management unit scale

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Aim of study: to identify criteria and indicators (C&I) of sustainable forest management (SFM) under Mediterranean conditions. The indicators are meant to monitor changes in the provision of ecosystem services at a local scale (forest management unit, FMU). We support that if a forest provides a bundle of ecosystem services its management can be considered sustainable; thus, we adjust C&I to an ecosystem services classification.Area of study: La Hunde y La Palomera, a public FMU in the region of Valencia (east of Spain), 100km southwest of the city of Valencia.Material and methods: first, a literature review of the following themes took part: SFM, features of Mediterranean forests, ecosystem services and C&I. Some C&I were proposed and, later on, a participatory process in Ayora, the municipality where the mentioned FMU is located, was carried out with different stakeholders (forestry professionals, users for recreation, hunters, environmentalists and professionals of cultural and rural development activities) in order for them to value the C&I proposed according to their management preferences for La Hunde y La Palomera.Research highlights:- 15 criteria and 133 indicators were identified: a balance has been achieved among economic, social and ecological concerns.- People value the ecological issues associated to forestry on top and the economic ones at the bottom.- Results suggest that SFM under Mediterranean conditions is based on more than one product and on the provision of several ecosystem services.Keywords: Sustainable forest management; ecosystem services; local scale, literature review, participation.

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Analysis and deliberation as a mechanism to assess changes in preferences for indicators of sustainable forest management: A case study in Puebla, Mexico

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

Coupled ecological and management connectivity across administrative boundaries in undeveloped landscapes

Four Decades of Public Participation in Risk Decision Making

Criteria and indicators for sustainable forestry under Mediterranean conditions applicable in Spain at the forest management unit scale

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