Bridging for Better Conservation Fit in Indonesia's Coastal-Marine Systems

Berdej, Samantha; Armitage, Derek

doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00101

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“…Other research shows that coordination that takes place horizontally across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries can be crucial to solve environmental problems (Berdej and Armitage 2016), particularly when these problems manifest themselves as systemic crises that demand quick political attention. Boin (2009), for example, argues that decisions in the presence of pivotal crises emerge from various alternative loci of decision making and coordination, instead of central decision makers.…”

Section: Coordination and Institutional Fit In Complex Governance Sysmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Absent this type of collective action, the likelihood of overexploitation or misuse of resources grows rapidly (Ostrom 1990, Berardo 2014, a problem that can be exacerbated particularly when multiple levels of government are involved in management actions (Guerrero et al 2015, Berdej and Armitage 2016, Ekstrom and Crona 2017. The resulting lack of fit between ecosystems and governing institutions may be a leading cause of significant environmental degradation in social-ecological systems across the planet (Folke et al 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systemic coordination and the problem of seasonal harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

Berardo¹,

Turner²,

Rice³

2019

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The management of natural resources may potentially be improved when governance structures in social-ecological systems enable coordination among multiple actors who may operate on the same or different geographic and/or governmental scales. In this article, we analyze the network of formal coordination ties that link governmental and nongovernmental actors in the Maumee River watershed, which is the largest source of phosphorus loading into Lake Erie, one of the five Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. Since the 1990s, Lake Erie has seen a return of the seasonal harmful algal blooms (HAB) that were common in the 1960s and 1970s, and considerable research suggests that they might be triggered by excessive amounts of phosphorus produced by agriculture. Analyzing an assortment of documents that collectively detail how stakeholders relate to each other on the topic of nutrient management in the watershed, we examine who are the actors that are more likely to fulfill coordination roles, and the scales at which coordination takes place (vertically vs horizontally). Results suggest that coordination has been formalized vertically, with actors who operate at higher governmental levels being more likely to coordinate the activities of actors at lower levels. In addition, we see evidence of horizontal coordination but only in the confines of the individual state jurisdictions that share the watershed. We see this as a potentially important obstacle to solving the HABs problem in Lake Erie, given that the management of interjurisdictional watersheds is likely to be ineffective in the absence of proper coordination across the different jurisdictions that share the watershed.

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Section: Coordination and Institutional Fit In Complex Governance Sysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systemic coordination and the problem of seasonal harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

Berardo¹,

Turner²,

Rice³

2019

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“…This interaction would increase the coverage and alignment of scale-specific perspectives between planning at different levels, which has been asserted as a means to overcoming mismatches between spatial and institutional scales (Maciejewski et al 2015). Moreover, bridging organizations (i.e., entities that connect social actors or groups) have been demonstrated to enhance alignment across different scales of an SES (e.g., governance, social, ecological) for improved conservation outcomes (such as increasing flexibility in management and decision making, coordination and cooperation among actors, and learning), as well as to facilitate iterative cycling between different levels of governance (Olsson et al 2007, Crona and Parker 2012, Horigue et al 2012, Berdej and Armitage 2016.…”

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Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of conservation planning at different scales: the Coral Triangle as a case study

Cheok¹,

Pressey²

2019

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Each year, hundreds of conservation plans are developed to direct limited resources toward conservation in priority areas. Conservation plans are developed at different levels, defined here as points on a range of spatial extent varying from global to local. However, approaches to integrate plans effectively across levels remain elusive. To plan across multiple levels most effectively, the relative strengths and weaknesses of planning at different levels must be understood. Taking the Coral Triangle region of the western Pacific Ocean as a case study, we apply an adapted social-ecological system (SES) framework to assess the scalar coverage of conservation plans, i.e., the extent to which plans developed at one level adequately consider the social and ecological levels and components (i.e., resource units, resource systems, governance systems, actors) of an SES. No conservation plans we assessed had complete cross-level coverage. Plans most adequately addressed social and ecological components at the same level of planning and, to a lesser extent, lower levels. In line with previous literature suggesting that social factors are most relevant at local levels, we found that local-level plans engaged with the greatest number of stakeholder groups, whereas higher level plans more adequately addressed ecological components.Given that it appears more practicable for higher level plans to consider components at lower levels, the onus should fall on higher level planning to link to lower levels. Achieving complete cross-level coverage will require vertical interactions between planning processes at different levels, and conceiving of planning processes across all levels as connected planning systems. We demonstrate how an adapted SES framework can be used by conservation planners to assess the cross-level coverage of their own plans and to formulate appropriate conservation objectives to address social and ecological components at different levels.Ecology and Society 24(4): 24 https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss4/art24/

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“…Importantly, a more dynamic framing of LK opens up conceptual space for exploring and pursuing the co-production of knowledge among all stakeholders in environmental management schemes (Golden et al 2014; Cohen & Steenbergen 2015; Berdej & Armitage 2016). This is evidenced in the literature by the rise of concepts such as ‘bridging knowledge’ (Rathwell et al 2015), as well as the ‘citizen science’ movement (Silvertown 2009).…”

Section: Co-producing Knowledge and Social Learningmentioning

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Changing understandings of local knowledge in island environments

Lauer

2017

Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYIsland ecosystems have rich marine biodiversity and high levels of terrestrial endemism, but are potentially the most vulnerable to climate change and anthropogenic stressors. To effectively manage environments, scholars and conservation practitioners have increasingly turned their attention to local islander knowledge (LK) and practices. To date, much of the literature treats LK definitionally rather than examining its theoretical underpinnings. This review focuses explicitly on the concept of LK and it describes three discernible phases of research marked by conceptual shifts. Over the 20th century, LK underwent a dramatic reversal from something understood as inferior and deficient to something that is valuable and empirically sound. This shift ushered in widespread acceptance of local islander knowledge as a unique, rich corpus of information that could be tapped by Western science to enhance community-based resource management. Over the last several decades, a third phase of LK research has emerged in which a more dynamic framing has developed, emphasizing LK's hybrid and adaptive dimensions, as well as its constitutive entanglements with other social–ecological processes. This has expanded the scope of inquiry into the strategies islanders employ as they adapt to changing social and environmental milieus, and as they attempt to co-produce knowledge with scientists and conservation practitioners.

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Bridging for Better Conservation Fit in Indonesia's Coastal-Marine Systems

Cited by 18 publications

References 57 publications

Systemic coordination and the problem of seasonal harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

Systemic coordination and the problem of seasonal harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie

Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of conservation planning at different scales: the Coral Triangle as a case study

Changing understandings of local knowledge in island environments

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