Does stakeholder involvement really benefit biodiversity conservation?

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Does stakeholder involvement really benefit biodiversity conservation?Contact CEH NORA team at noraceh@ceh.ac.ukThe NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. consider making processes more independent, and acknowledge and address underlying 42 biodiversity conflicts. The findings also emphasise the need to evaluate multi-level 43 conservation efforts in terms of processes, social outcomes and biodiversity outcomes. 44 45

Managing Biodiversity Through Stakeholder Involvement: Why, Who, and for What Initiatives?

“…These studies show the complexity of collaborative programs, their potential benefits, and the diversity of local arrangements that may be used to coordinate conservation initiatives. Young et al's (2013) study of the establishment of protected areas raises questions about the positive outcomes of stakeholder involvement for biodiversity conservation. The management and monitoring of conflicts between various stakeholders in biodiversity conservation and human activities has also been studied from a political and economic perspective (Young et al 2007).…”

“…The few studies on stakeholder management and biodiversity issues have essentially focused on the benefits and development process of inter-organizational collaboration for very specific biodiversity conservation programs, such as the Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Programme of the WHC (Cardskadden and Lober 1998), the Biodiversity Conservation Network of the Natural Heritage Inventory Program (Mahanty and Russell 2002;Salafsky et al 2001), and the Global Collaborative Initiatives for Biodiversity of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (Westley and Vredenburg 1997). In the same vein, case studies on the development of specific protected areas (Young et al 2013) and the marketing of green products (Westley and Vredenburg 1991) have explored the main difficulties and outcomes of inter-organizational collaboration on biodiversity issues. Nevertheless, the variety of organizations involved in this type of collaboration and the diversity of initiatives for biodiversity implemented have been overlooked in the literature.…”

“…Moreover, the real impacts of the measures analyzed on environmental performance and the conditions for their success are difficult if not impossible to evaluate from the sustainability reports analyzed. As highlighted by Young et al (2013), although stakeholder involvement in biodiversity conservation is generally encouraged, the effectiveness of such involvement has not yet been clearly demonstrated. Future research could delve deeper into the impacts and conditions for the success of stakeholder involvement through cases studies of collaborative measures for biodiversity.…”

Quelles questions émergentes pour les politiques publiques de biodiversité en France métropolitaine ? Résultats et perspectives

“…3/ L'intégration parfaite des thématiques et des échelles spatio-temporelles semble un mythe inatteignable (voir, par exemple, Paavola et al, 2009). 4/ La généralisation des démarches de participation dans des instances multiacteurs peut parfois mener à des consensus peu ambitieux (voir, par exemple, Rauschmayer et al, 2009 ;Young et al, 2013). Pour chaque question émergente, les contributeurs ont essayé de trouver des marges de manoeuvre qui aillent au-delà de ces constats pessimistes.…”

Integrating knowledge exchange and the assessment of dryland management alternatives – A learning-centered participatory approach

“…Thus, the stakeholders that participate in the assessment not only co-produce knowledge, they also co-design the assessment method itself by defining and prioritizing the criteria and indicators to be used, are the main actors involved in the analysis of the data gathered, and co-generate the assessment outcome. The key assumption underlying the goal of a wide involvement of all relevant individual stakeholders, groups and organizations is that the probability of adoption of improved management practices is likely to be higher when all stakeholder interests have contributed to design and conduct the assessment of the management alternatives (Beierle and Konisky, 2000;Young et al, 2013).…”