Approaches to identifying stakeholders in environmental management: Insights from practitioners to go beyond the ‘usual suspects’

Colvin, Rebecca; Witt, Bradd; Lacey, Justine

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.12.032

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“…Such implications, where taken up by industry, have the potential to address previous criticisms of the field by ensuring that the concept of SLO does not serve to reinforce the inherent power hierarchies and systems of marginalisation that potentially exist around resource developments Williams & Walton, 2013). These considerations extend the insights into and application of stakeholder identification processes to include dialogue processes in SLO, building on previous work in stakeholder theory, analysis, and engagement studies (e.g., Colvin et al, 2016). and confirms previous empirical and theoretical work arguing the centrality of meaningful engagement in the context of SLO (e.g., Williams & Walton, 2013) …”

Section: Contributions To Knowledgesupporting

confidence: 73%

“…Colvin et al (2016) describe this identification process as being both an 'art' that relies on the intuition and past experiences of the individual practitioner and a 'science' involving systematic approaches to identification based on, for example, geographic location or using a stakeholder mapping framework such as those in Figures 1 and 2. In this sense, "the 'art' of stakeholder identification represents the idiosyncrasies unique to each individual practitioner which guide the application and interpretation of the 'science' of stakeholder identification" (Colvin et al, 2016, p. 272).…”

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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This thesis explores the multifaceted role of dialogue in the context of social licence to operate (SLO) in the extractives sector (including mining and gas extraction). SLO is a concept that describes the ongoing and dynamic social acceptance of a resource development by local communities and other stakeholders who have the power to influence company operations. There has been discourse by extractives companies and in academia about the importance of 'meaningful dialogue' as one form of engagement that contributes to developing and maintaining a social licence. The relationship between dialogue and SLO, however, has undergone relatively little explicit, in-depth examination. I use a mixed methods approach to address this gap by exploring the role of dialogue in social licence from three standpoints: (a) a theoretical perspective, drawing on literature from multiple disciplines; (b) stakeholder engagement practitioner perspectives using qualitative, semi-structured interviews; and (c) perceptions of residents in Australian mining communities through a quantitative, social psychological survey.Through this body of work, I make five contributions to the SLO field of knowledge. The first is an interdisciplinary conceptual framework considering the role of dialogue in SLO. The second is a coherent understanding of dialogue and potential outcomes from dialogue specific to SLO. The third is a reconceptualisation of two core factors that have previously been established as central to SLO: trust and procedural fairness, bringing conceptual depth to an under-theorised field.The fourth is an analysis of how dialogue can potentially reinforce the illegitimate power asymmetries it may seek to redress with implications for stakeholder identification and engagement processes. The fifth is a model establishing empirical relationships between community members' experiences of dialogue and other factors central to SLO including company-community relationship, perceptions of procedural fairness, company-community trust, and social acceptance.I argue, based on these theoretical and empirical findings, that dialogue has a critical but complex role to play in the processes of social licence engagement. I discuss each set of results in relation to the SLO literature. Implications for theory are highlighted, pointing to areas of future research that might usefully build on current findings. Implications for industry also are drawn to propose evidence-based considerations for the design, implementation, and evaluation of current and future engagement strategies used by companies to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue in attempts to establish and maintain a social licence.3

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Section: Contributions To Knowledgesupporting

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Section: Figure 1 Stakeholder Analysis Grid Adapted From Eden and Acmentioning

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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“…Stakeholder engagement, by considering more comprehensive information inputs (Reed, 2008), is recognized as essential for developing effective, equitable, sustainable and conflict-free environmental management strategies (Grimble and Wellard, 1997;Jolibert and Wesselink, 2012;Colvin et al, 2016). Therefore, by placing stakeholders at the centre of the development and implementation of the decision process dealing with conflicts of interest in alien species, our framework provides a workable and effective approach to reduce the risk of failing to implement alien species management strategies.…”

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A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species

Novoa

Shackleton

Canavan

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Management

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a b s t r a c tAlien species can have major ecological and socioeconomic impacts in their novel ranges and so effective management actions are needed. However, management can be contentious and create conflicts, especially when stakeholders who benefit from alien species are different from those who incur costs. Such conflicts of interests mean that management strategies can often not be implemented. There is, therefore, increasing interest in engaging stakeholders affected by alien species or by their management. Through a facilitated workshop and consultation process including academics and managers working on a variety of organisms and in different areas (urban and rural) and ecosystems (terrestrial and aquatic), we developed a framework for engaging stakeholders in the management of alien species. The proposed framework for stakeholder engagement consists of 12 steps: (1) identify stakeholders; (2) select key stakeholders for engagement; (3) explore key stakeholders' perceptions and develop initial aims for management; (4) engage key stakeholders in the development of a draft management strategy; (5) reexplore key stakeholders' perceptions and revise the aims of the strategy; (6) co-design general aims, management objectives and time frames with key stakeholders; (7) co-design a management strategy; (8) facilitate stakeholders' ownership of the strategy and adapt as required; and (9) implement the strategy and monitor management actions to evaluate the need for additional or future actions. In case additional management is needed after these actions take place, some extra steps should be taken: (10) identify any new stakeholders, benefits, and costs; (11) monitor engagement; and (12) revise management strategy. Overall, we believe that our framework provides an effective approach to minimize the impact of conflicts created by alien species management.

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“…Others have focused on identifying criteria to evaluate the effects produced by collaborative natural resource management [25,26]. Further studies have explored approaches to identifying stakeholders in environmental management [27]. What these studies have in common is the key role of participative processes for engaging stakeholders in governance systems, trying to attribute them the same weight.…”

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“…The farmers, in fact, did not perceive their role in the un-sustainability of the system management, or did not feel that the issue affected their own livelihood. A participatory action research process started in 2008 [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] and involved interdisciplinary teams composed of agronomists, economists, animal scientists, meteorologists, and social scientists. This research pathway was able to consolidate a long-term trust relationship between researchers and local stakeholders [38][39][40][41][42] and revealed asymmetries between the effective cooperation among livestock farmers and the fragmentation of competences and actions among the public institutional actors in the same catchment.…”

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Re-Staging La Rasgioni: Lessons Learned from Transforming a Traditional Form of Conflict Resolution to Engage Stakeholders in Agricultural Water Governance

Ruiu

Maurizi

Sassu

et al. 2017

Water

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This paper presents an informal process inspired by a public practice of conflict mediation used until a few decades ago in Gallura (NE Sardinia, Italy), named La Rasgioni (The Reason). The aim is twofold: (i) to introduce an innovative method that translates the complexity of water-related conflicts into a "dialogical tool", aimed at enhancing social learning by adopting theatrical techniques; and (ii) to report the outcomes that emerged from the application of this method in Arborea, the main dairy cattle district and the only nitrate-vulnerable zone in Sardinia, to mediate contrasting positions between local entrepreneurs and representatives of the relevant institutions. We discuss our results in the light of four pillars, adopted as research lenses in the International research Project CADWAGO (Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance), which consider the specific "social-ecological" components of the Arborea system, climate change adaptability in water governance institutions and organizations, systemic governance (relational) practices, and governance learning. The combination of the four CADWAGO pillars and La Rasgioni created an innovative dialogical space that enabled stakeholders and researchers to collectively identify barriers and opportunities for effective governance practices. Potential wider implications and applications of La Rasgioni process are also discussed in the paper.

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Approaches to identifying stakeholders in environmental management: Insights from practitioners to go beyond the ‘usual suspects’

Cited by 155 publications

References 48 publications

The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species

Re-Staging La Rasgioni: Lessons Learned from Transforming a Traditional Form of Conflict Resolution to Engage Stakeholders in Agricultural Water Governance

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