Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

Bennett, Nathan; Roth, Robin; Klain, Sarah C.; Chan, Kai M. A.; Christie, Patrick; Clark, Douglas A.; Cullman, Georgina; Curran, Deborah; Durbin, Trevor J.; Epstein, Graham; Greenberg, Alison; Nelson, Michael Paul; Sandlos, John; Stedman, Richard C.; Teel, Tara L.; Thomas, Rebecca; Veríssimo, Diogo; Wyborn, Carina

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.006

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“…Human dimensions/governance assessments, for example, are commonly used to support collaborative planning efforts and could help to advance restoration and conservation processes. Guidance for such assessments is readily available (Bennett et al, 2017; https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/humandimensions/index).…”

Section: Study How People Do Collaborative Planning and Apply Lessonsmentioning

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Policy pivot in Puget Sound: Lessons learned from marine protected areas and tribally-led estuarine restoration

Christie¹,

Fluharty²,

Kennard³

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Environmental change amplifies the challenge of protecting and restoring Puget Sound. As rising pressures from population growth, development, unsustainable resource use, climate impacts and other factors alter this urbanizing basin, efforts to recover salmon and ecosystem health and to enhance climate resilience face unprecedented social complexities and intensifying competition for space. A multi-method study of citizen and practitioner perspectives on protection and restoration suggests that capacity to manage under these conditions can be improved through strengthening an approach that has already become central in restoration practice: multiple-benefit planning. In this research, we examine and compare planning approaches used to develop marine protected areas (MPA) and estuary restoration (ER) projects in Puget Sound. Surveying non-tribal public attitudes toward these projects, we found limited knowledge concerning existing MPAs but support for wider use of such protections. We find that initiatives pursuing conservation, protection, restoration and resilience can gain advantage from (a) broadly inclusive and collaborative planning; (b) recognition of tribal treaty rights, management authorities, and leadership; (c) careful consideration and mitigation of project impacts on affected people (e.g. especially tribal and non-tribal fisheries for MPAs; farm interests and landowners for restoration projects). We note that "no-take" MPA designation has stalled, while ER efforts are overcoming sharp objections and controversies by crafting projects to deliver multiple social-ecological benefits: improved flood control and drainage, salmon recovery, recreational enjoyment, and resilience to climate change. Comparable strategies have not yet evolved in designation of "no-take" MPAs in Puget Sound. We offer conclusions and recommendations for accelerating conservation and resilience initiatives to keep pace with a changing environment. A key human dimensions research-based recommendation is that increasing environmental pressures intensify the need to strengthen collaborative and sustained planning and implementation processes.

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Section: Study How People Do Collaborative Planning and Apply Lessonsmentioning

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Policy pivot in Puget Sound: Lessons learned from marine protected areas and tribally-led estuarine restoration

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Kennard³

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“…The social sciences have much experience to bring to the challenge of wildlife conservation management (Bennett et al 2017), and inhabited islands may be a test case for applying them. Although human communities on islands tend to have unique characteristics as a result of their isolation and the nature of their existence, they also tend to be more engaged with their environment through their livelihoods.…”

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Wildlife conservation management on inhabited islands

Allen

Cox

Fleming

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Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Marine conservation is often motivated by both ecological and social concerns [49]. There is also increasing attention to good governance [50,51] and the human dimensions of marine conservation [39,42,52,53]. Yet, overall, it is difficult to determine the extent to which past marine conservation processes and actions have been inclusive and just in practice.…”

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“…Given continuing change and uncertainty, ecological rationales alone will not be enough to guide conservation actions. Proactive attention to social considerations will pay dividends and help to avoid costly mistakes for conservation [52]. Both social and natural sciences will play vital and complementary roles in supporting the dual priorities of socially responsible and ecologically effective conservation policies and practice.…”

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An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation

Bennett¹,

Teh²,

Ota³

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A B S T R A C TMarine conservation actions are promoted to conserve natural values and support human wellbeing. Yet the quality of governance processes and the social consequences of some marine conservation initiatives have been the subject of critique and even human rights complaints. These types of governance and social issues may jeopardize the legitimacy of, support for and long-term effectiveness of marine conservation. Thus, we argue that a clearly articulated and comprehensive set of social standards -a code of conduct -is needed to guide marine conservation. In this paper, we draw on the results of an expert meeting and scoping review to present key principles that might be taken into account in a code of conduct, to propose a draft set of foundational elements for inclusion in a code of conduct, to discuss the benefits and challenges of such a document, and to propose next steps to develop and facilitate the uptake of a broadly applicable code of conduct within the marine conservation community. The objectives of developing such a code of conduct are to promote fair conservation governance and decision-making, socially just conservation actions and outcomes, and accountable conservation practihttp://dx

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Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

Cited by 764 publications

References 168 publications

Policy pivot in Puget Sound: Lessons learned from marine protected areas and tribally-led estuarine restoration

Policy pivot in Puget Sound: Lessons learned from marine protected areas and tribally-led estuarine restoration

Wildlife conservation management on inhabited islands

An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation

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