Analysis of Power in Fisheries Co-Management: Experiences from Malawi

Njaya, Friday; Donda, Steve; Béné, Christophe

doi:10.1080/08941920.2011.627912

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“…The overall result is usually voluntary compliance, which eventually disadvantages locals and erodes local institutions [6,40]. On the other hand, if central states fail to devolve power to local communities in joint management arrangements and consistently take a position of commanding, imposing and enforcing alien rules and regulations, the negotiated fulcrum is lost, sporadic illegal activities may emerge and the management system is likely to fail [17,[48][49][50][51][52].…”

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Conditions for Sustainability of the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi

Kosamu

2014

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Abstract:The Elephant Marsh, a wetland in Southern Malawi, is important for small-scale fisheries. It is managed by local institutions, which are not formally linked to any state institutions. This paper uses qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to examine factors for sustainability at 24 fishing villages around the wetland using a hypothesis that "If strong local institutions (with or without government support) exist in an environment where resource users take collective action, and there is no or minimal conflictive interference, small-scale fisheries become sustainable". It was revealed that the sustainability of small-scale fisheries management at Elephant Marsh relies heavily on the strength of local fisheries' committees. Future interventions on fisheries management at the resource should, therefore, pay particular attention to protecting and (re)building collective social capital, especially in the leadership of fisheries committees.

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Section: Small-scale Fisheries Management In Developing Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conditions for Sustainability of the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi

Kosamu

2014

Sustainability

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“…and the political processes by which knowledge is created, confirmed or denied (Burchell et al 1991;Foucault 1991). Political ecologists build on political philosophy in the specific context of the environment to study the narratives of different knowledge systems about environmental change, examining how dominant knowledge systems reflect the power of dominant groups, potentially subverting the insights of marginalized people (Fairhead and Leach 1995;Batterbury et al 1997;Forsyth 2003;Dryzek 2005;Njaya et al 2012;Robbins 2012).…”

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“…Despite the potential of individuals with different knowledge systems to contribute experiential and tacit knowledge about their environments (Fairhead and Leach 1995;Batterbury et al 1997;Forsyth 2003;Dryzek 2005;Njaya et al 2012;Robbins 2012), scientific knowledge has emerged as a dominant lens through which humanity makes sense of, and decisions about, environmental change (Ellis 2005;Smith and Sharp 2012;Partidario and Sheate 2013). However, major international research initiatives to understand and govern environmental change (e.g.…”

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Bridging knowledge systems to enhance governance of environmental commons: A typology of settings

Rathwell¹,

Armitage²,

2015

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Abstract:We offer a typology of settings to bridge scientific and indigenous knowledge systems and to enhance governance of the environmental commons in contexts of change. We contribute to a need for further clarity on how to incorporate diverse knowledge systems and in ways that contribute to planning, management, monitoring and assessment from local to global levels. We ask, what settings are discussed in the resource and environmental governance literature to support efforts to bridge indigenous and scientific knowledge systems? The objectives are: 1) to offer a typology that organizes various settings to bridge knowledge systems; and 2) to elaborate on how these settings function independently and in concert, using examples from a diverse literature in addition to field research experience. Our focus is on indigenous and scientific knowledge, but the typology offers lessons to bridge diverse knowledge systems more generally, and in ways that are sensitive to a moral, political and process-based approach. The typology includes specific methods and processes, brokering strategies, governance and institutional contexts, and the arena of epistemology. We describe each setting in the typology, and provide examples to reflect on the function and potential outcomes of different settings. Insights from our synthesis can inform policy and participatory action. 852Kaitlyn Joanne Rathwell et al. Keywords:Arctic, Environmental governance, indigenous knowledge, knowledge systems, multi-level governance, traditional knowledge Acknowledgements: We would like to thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful feedback on an earlier version of this manuscript. Rathwell

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“…Within the fisheries sector, some scholars have shown the utility of examining gender through intersecting identities of class, caste, and power in determining the livelihood options available to men and women (Hapke & Ayyankeril, 2004) while others have shown how an intersectional analysis of power conditions unexpected outcomes of fisheries decentralization (Béné et al, 2009;Njaya, Donda, & Béné, 2012). Outside of fisheries, other scholars have shown the utility of intersectional analysis in understanding resource access and use patterns (Lau & Scales, 2016) and in investigating the diverse implications of climate change for different individuals and groups (Kaijser & Kronsell, 2013).…”

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A Gendered Analysis of Fisherfolk’s Livelihood Adaptation and Coping Responses in the Face of a Seasonal Fishing Ban in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, India

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Summary. -This study investigates how people respond to economic stresses incurred as a result of natural resource regulations. Previous research has demonstrated that in some cases, men and women adapt differently to livelihood stresses. We argue that looking only at an individual's sex is insufficient for understanding why they adapt the way they do. Instead, using the framework of intersectionality, we examine individuals' adaptation strategies and coping responses influenced not only by their sex but also their power and class. Using the case of a closed fishing season in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India we employ interviews, seasonal activities calendars, and surveys to identify key variables that influence an individual's likelihood of employing reactive strategies that may threaten their longer term livelihood sustainability. We show that if we categorize individuals only by sex, then women are more likely to resort to reactive coping than men. However, this sex divide in reactive coping is driven by particular subsets of people who also lack power and/or capital. Furthermore, we find that power and class lead to different outcomes for men and women, with networked power most helpful to women above a certain financial threshold. This study highlights the necessity of examining gender and livelihood adaptations beyond the male versus female dichotomy: considering intersecting and locally relevant measures of power, class, and sex are pivotal in understanding why people adapt and cope the way they do. This understanding of adaptation options may also have implications for resource management decisions that do not force individuals to choose between long-term livelihood resilience and response to immediate stresses.

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Analysis of Power in Fisheries Co-Management: Experiences from Malawi

Cited by 53 publications

References 17 publications

Conditions for Sustainability of the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi

Conditions for Sustainability of the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi

Bridging knowledge systems to enhance governance of environmental commons: A typology of settings

A Gendered Analysis of Fisherfolk’s Livelihood Adaptation and Coping Responses in the Face of a Seasonal Fishing Ban in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, India

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