Have integrated landscape approaches reconciled societal and environmental issues in the tropics?

Reed, J. Michael; Vianen, Josh van; Barlow, Jos; Sunderland, Terry

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.021

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“…What are the enabling or favouring conditions for successful arrangements?" Furthermore, despite much optimistic academic rhetoric, the ability of ILA to reach the ideals of integrated social and environmental challenges and effectively address the trade-offs between agriculture and other land uses has been questioned [88,90] (but, see Bieling and Plieninger [17] for some recent examples of success in this regard).…”

Section: Collaboration Is a Necessary Focus For Stewardship Research mentioning

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Towards Place-Based Research to Support Social–Ecological Stewardship

2018

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Concerns about ecological degradation and social inequalities have prompted increasing calls for stewardship in the social-ecological systems and sustainability science literature. However, how can the ideals of stewardship be realised in practice? The links between the theory and practice of stewardship are under-developed, and research to support place-based stewardship practice is limited. We therefore bring together complementary perspectives to guide research on place-based stewardship practice in the context of multifunctional landscapes. We unpack and synthesise literature on stewardship, landscapes, and collaboration for natural resource management, and highlight the ways in which the pathways approach can deepen research on collaboration and stewardship practice. We propose landscapes as a suitable level of analysis and action for stewardship. Since all landscapes are multifunctional, we argue that collaboration among multiple stakeholders is a necessary focus of such research. Our analysis reveals that existing theory on collaboration could be deepened by further research into the agency of individual human actors, the complex social-relational dynamics among actors, and the situatedness of actors within the social-ecological context. These factors mediate collaborative processes, and a better understanding of them is needed to support place-based stewardship practice. To this end, the pathways approach offers a waymark to advance research on collaboration, particularly in the complex, contested social-ecological systems that tend to characterize multifunctional landscapes.

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Towards Place-Based Research to Support Social–Ecological Stewardship

2018

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“…The development of scientific concepts was paralleled by the promotion of integrated management approaches since the 1990s [8], ranging from agrolandscape ecology [20], integrated ecosystem management [21] or the landscape service framework [22]. On first view, it seems as if the integrated landscape approach is therefore ill-defined and even not novel.…”

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Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

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Abstract:Recently, the integrated landscape approach has gained increasing interest of the scientific community, as well as of organizations active in the field of sustainable development. However, the enthusiastic welcome is challenged by little consensus on theory, terminology and definitions. Moreover, the operationalization of the approach into practice is a major challenge. In this paper, we present a framework to operationalize the integrated landscape approach in practice by putting a long-term collaboration between scientists and various stakeholder at center stage. Based on encompassing understanding of landscape-level processes and interactions, four pillars addressing different steps of a joint-learning circle are described and illustrated with examples. We consider the integrated landscape approach to be a prime way of targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but novel forms of collaboration between scientists and other stakeholders based on long-term commitments will be needed for operationalization in practice.

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“…Landscape approaches attempt to engage conservation with local realities and contexts. Evidence for the impact of these approaches remains elusive (Reed et al, 2017;Sayer et al, 2016) perhaps because funding for these approaches is often not maintained for long enough. Landscape approach practitioners are often not optimally aligned with national sectoral and jurisdictional networks.…”

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Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes

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There is a growing disconnect between the international conferences where grand solutions for tropical conservation are designed and the complex local realities in tropical landscapes where plans need to be implemented. Every tropical landscape is different and no ''one size will fit all.'' There is a tendency for global processes to prescribe simple generalized solutions that provide good sound bites that can be communicated with political actors and the media. Sustainable outcomes in tropical landscapes require locally adapted, unique approaches supported by long-term processes of learning and adaptation. Tropical biologists and conservationists can play a key role by establishing effective local-global links and by directly engaging in local policy discourses while remaining connected to evolving political imperatives.

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Have integrated landscape approaches reconciled societal and environmental issues in the tropics?

Cited by 132 publications

References 68 publications

Towards Place-Based Research to Support Social–Ecological Stewardship

Towards Place-Based Research to Support Social–Ecological Stewardship

Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes

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