Incorporating governance influences into social-ecological system models: a case study involving biodiversity conservation

Mitchell, Michael S.; Lockwood, Michael; Moore, Susan A.; Clément, Sarah

doi:10.1080/09640568.2014.967387

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“…Among those investigations evaluating the conservation outcome, some focus more on pressures and others on the state of biodiversity. Recent studies have put considerable effort into classifying different aspects of effectiveness and the links between conservation outcomes and governance . However, these include a high level of detail and often do not incorporate the main concepts or terms abounding in the literature.…”

Section: Definitions Of Protected Area Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PAs are not established and managed in a vacuum but within existing governance frames. Various institutional arrangements or governance systems have been examined in relation to social–ecological systems, and there is a wealth of literature on the importance of governance in determining various aspects of conservation outcomes . Governance concerns the structuring of authority and setting of rules, and thus refers to how power is structured and how institutions are built, as well as how different institutions interact with each other.…”

Section: Governance Governance Type and Quality Of Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…To take the first steps in developing this under‐researched topic, we summarize the literature linking governance to PA effectiveness and propose a framework to account for the quality of governance in conservation planning. In bridging between different fields of science, we choose to follow generalized terminology, but we refer interested readers to recent works that have examined the processes and terminology at more detailed and specialized levels …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quality of governance and effectiveness of protected areas: crucial concepts for conservation planning

Eklund

Cabeza

2016

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Protected areas (PAs) are a key tool for biodiversity conservation and play a central role in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Recently, the effectiveness of PAs has been questioned, and assessing how effective they are in enabling the future persistence of biodiversity is not trivial. Here, we focus on terrestrial PAs and clarify the terminology related to PA effectiveness, distinguishing between management and ecological aspects. We suggest that the quality of governance affects both aspects of effectiveness but recognize a lack of synthetic understanding of the topic. We present a conceptual framework linking the underlying mechanisms by which the quality of governance affects conservation outcomes in PAs and how this relates to conservation planning. We show that it is crucial to separate pressure and response and how these together will lead to the observed conservation outcomes. We urge for more focused attention on governance factors and in particular more empirical research on how to address causality and how to account for the quality of governance when prioritizing actions. Our framework is linked to the classic concepts of systematic conservation planning and clarifies the strategies available to achieve a comprehensive and effective network of PAs.

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Section: Definitions Of Protected Area Effectivenessmentioning

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Section: Governance Governance Type and Quality Of Governancementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Quality of governance and effectiveness of protected areas: crucial concepts for conservation planning

Eklund

Cabeza

2016

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…For example, a recent study used scenarios to understand the role of governance in achieving large-scale restoration in the agricultural landscape of the Tasmanian Midlands of Australia. The study helped to clarify the roles and responsibilities of landowners, government and other stakeholders, and to identify the types of restoration initiatives and political support likely to result in successful outcomes for biodiversity conservation (Mitchell et al 2014).…”

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Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

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Abstract. Simultaneous environmental changes challenge biodiversity persistence and human wellbeing. The science and practice of restoration ecology, in collaboration with other disciplines, can contribute to overcoming these challenges. This endeavor requires a solid conceptual foundation based in empirical research which confronts, tests and influences theoretical developments. We review conceptual developments in restoration ecology over the last 30 years. We frame our review in the context of changing restoration goals which reflect increased societal awareness of the scale of environmental degradation and the recognition that inter-disciplinary approaches are needed to tackle environmental problems. Restoration ecology now encompasses facilitative interactions and network dynamics, trophic cascades, and above-and belowground linkages. It operates in a non-equilibrium, alternative states framework, at the landscape scale, and in response to changing environmental, economic and social conditions. Progress has been marked by conceptual advances in the fields of trait-environment relationships, community assembly, and understanding the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Conceptual and practical advances have been enhanced by applying evolving technologies, including treatments to increase seed germination and overcome recruitment bottlenecks, high throughput DNA sequencing to elucidate soil community structure and function, and advances in satellite technology and GPS tracking to monitor habitat use. The synthesis of these technologies with systematic reviews of context dependencies in restoration success, model based analyses and consideration of complex socioecological systems will allow generalizations to inform evidence based interventions. Ongoing challenges include setting realistic, socially acceptable goals for restoration under changing environmental conditions, and prioritizing actions in an increasingly space-competitive world. Ethical questions also surround the use of genetically modified material, translocations, taxon substitutions, and de-extinction, in restoration ecology. Addressing these issues, as the Ecological Society of America looks to its next century, will require current and future generations of researchers and practitioners, including economists, engineers, philosophers, landscape architects, social scientists and restoration ecologists, to work together with communities and governments to rise to the environmental challenges of the coming decades.

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“…This approach was taken based on the need to develop a whole-of-system perspective to the issue (Mitchell et al 2015) which could then be evaluated in the context of the social identity approach. This evaluation was primarily informed by a key text which outlines theory and application of the social identity approach (Haslam 2000).…”

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

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Incorporating governance influences into social-ecological system models: a case study involving biodiversity conservation

Cited by 20 publications

References 57 publications

Quality of governance and effectiveness of protected areas: crucial concepts for conservation planning

Quality of governance and effectiveness of protected areas: crucial concepts for conservation planning

Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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