Beyond traditional stakeholder engagement: Public participation roles in California's statewide marine protected area planning process

Sayce, Kelly; Shuman, Craig S.; Connor, Darci; Reisewitz, Annie; Pope, Elizabeth M.; Miller-Henson, Melissa; Poncelet, Eric C.; Monié, Dominique; Owens, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.06.012

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“…We have chosen to use the word stakeholder in this way, however, because it retains our alignment with those involved in the decision-making process being studied. It is also consistent with the terminology of other authors who have written about the MLPA Initiative , Merrifield et al 2013, Sayce et al 2013, Cravens 2016 and reflects the division of roles within the process. For participants in the MLPA Initiative, "stakeholder" was a category distinct from scientist and staff; it referred to the RSG members and other citizens providing comment on marine protected area locations.…”

Section: Case Study: Marinemapsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…"Best available science" commonly governs how much science is required for decision making, but this is a fluid, and sometimes ambiguous, legal standard; its meaning is influenced by agency practice and local circumstance (Francis et al 2005, Gerlach et al 2013. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss4/art30/ The MLPA Initiative that implemented the law was a publicprivate partnership designed to model a participatory and transparent planning process (Sayce et al 2013). The MLPA Initiative and implementing agencies divided the coast into four study regions (see Fig.…”

Section: Case Study: Marinemapmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Negotiating credibility and legitimacy in the shadow of an authoritative data source

Cravens¹,

Ardoin²

2016

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ABSTRACT. Environmental agencies designate certain datasets as "authoritative," or official datasets for use in decision making. Although this is a common administrative term, the notion of certain sources being authoritative has received minimal attention in the social science literature. Science translates into environmental decisions when it is perceived as being salient, credible, and legitimate. But the actual process by which data come to be viewed as credible and legitimate has received little attention. Drawing on 58 semistructured interviews, we examine the mutual negotiation and social learning that occurred during the course of a planning process focused on the development of new marine protected areas in California, under the auspices of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. A geospatial decision support tool, MarineMap, was viewed by scientists and state agency staff as an authoritative data source. Stakeholder acceptance of certain data, however, required extended dialogue and trust building over time. Acceptance of the data and tool influenced participant views of the planning process as a whole. This case reveals that the ways in which conversations about ambiguous or missing data are conducted influence stakeholders' trust in scientific analysis, as well as their belief in the legitimacy of decision making.

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Section: Case Study: Marinemapsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Case Study: Marinemapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiating credibility and legitimacy in the shadow of an authoritative data source

Cravens¹,

Ardoin²

2016

E&S

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“…It has been argued that scientists need to move from professional, specialized research toward interpreting and integrating different systems of knowledge, and acting as brokers in establishing a continuous dialog and learning process between science and practitioners (Folke et al 2005, Sayce et al 2013. In both case studies, the academics involved were from various scientific disciplines in the environmental and social sciences, but were also skilled and experienced facilitators of participatory techniques.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In both case studies, the academics involved were from various scientific disciplines in the environmental and social sciences, but were also skilled and experienced facilitators of participatory techniques. The latter competences are considered important to motivate participants and establish multidirectional channels for exchanging information and promoting a constructive dialog (Avgitidou 2009, Sayce et al 2013). Legitimacy and trust were achieved both by seeking strategic local partners (e.g., municipal policymakers) and by building successful narratives (Raven et al 2016) around the societal and economic opportunities that could arise through adaptation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate adaptation, transitions, and socially innovative action-research approaches

Campos¹,

Alves²,

Dinis³

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT. Climate change may be a game-changer for scientific research by promoting a science that is grounded in linking the production of knowledge and societal action in a transition toward more sustainable development pathways. Here, we discuss participatory action-research (PAR) as a way of thinking and leading investigations that may promote incremental and transformative changes in the context of climate change adaptation research. Our exploration is addressed in the Portuguese context, where PAR and sustainable transition studies are still marginal, and adaptation processes are a recent topic on political agendas. We describe the characteristics of PAR and use two studies of adaptation to illustrate how research and practice co-evolve through interactive cycles. The two studies are works in progress, rather than completed PAR processes. Climate change adaptation is an ongoing and long-term process. Moreover, in Portugal, as in many regions of the world, climate change adaptation is a fairly new topic. Thus, both case studies are now initiating a long-term process of change and adaptation. The completion of one research cycle is a realistic expectation that we have achieved in the two case study experiences. In our discussion of the case studies, we consider how these experiences provide insights into the role of PAR for long-term regime changes. We conclude by pointing to the societal needs addressed by PAR, as a pragmatically oriented and context-specific research design. The approach can be complementary to other frameworks in sustainable transition studies such as transition management. Being more pragmatically oriented, PAR cycles may influence incrementally transformative changes that can be guided by transition management's long-term design for governing sustainable transitions.

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“…Incorporating the views of the public into planning decisions gives the decisions greater legitimacy (Hage, Leroy and Petersen 2009), and it increases empowerment and enhances vision-making and advocacy capabilities (Reed 2008;Ricketts 2008;Pacione 2014). It can be used to inform and involve a more diverse public audience, strengthen mutual understanding, cross interest relationships, explore and integrate new ideas and solutions that may not have been considered otherwise, and ensure that planning and decision-making are informed by the needs and interests of the communities affected (Sayce et al 2013). The participation process strengthens regional identity, initiates a process of social learning, enhances local knowledge, and promotes comparative advantages based on local knowledge (Meyer 1999;Garofoli and Musyck 2001;Geoghegan, Renard and Brown 2004;Abels 2007;Zumaglini et al 2008).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Achieving sustainable spatial development in the Alps through participatory planning

Nared

Visković

Cremer-Schulte³

et al. 2015

AGS

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ABSTRACT:This article analyzes the legal frameworks of participatory planning in Alpine countries and assesses its role in achieving more sustainable spatial development in the Alps. Our research analyzed twenty-seven legal acts from seven Alpine countries and shows that the role of stakeholder participation in spatial planning has gradually increased. However, participation still remains at a rather unsatisfactory level, mainly because of its pro-forma character and practitioners' insufficient knowledge on how to implement it. To increase the use of participatory processes, it is important 1) to convince planning stakeholders that participation is a key instrument in ensuring sustainable spatial development and 2) to inform practitioners about participatory methods and techniques.

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Beyond traditional stakeholder engagement: Public participation roles in California's statewide marine protected area planning process

Cited by 89 publications

References 34 publications

Negotiating credibility and legitimacy in the shadow of an authoritative data source

Negotiating credibility and legitimacy in the shadow of an authoritative data source

Climate adaptation, transitions, and socially innovative action-research approaches

Achieving sustainable spatial development in the Alps through participatory planning

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