Incorporating stakeholder values into regional forest planning: a value function approach

Ananda, Jayanath; Herath, Gamini

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(03)00004-1

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“…In fact, participatory planning techniques have been successfully in the context of collective forest planning, particularly when the objectives and planning processes are illstructured or the information is scarce (e.g. Martins and Borges, 2007;Ananda and Herath, 2003;Kurtilla and Pukkala, 2003;Purnomo et al, 2005;Kangas et al, 2008;Hjorts, 2004). These techniques may also be used within a multi-criteria decision analysis framework to help assess strategies and plans (e.g.…”

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A participatory approach to design a toolbox to support forest management planning at regional level

Marques

Borges²,

García-Gonzalo³

et al. 2013

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Aim of the study: Forest management planning in a region typically involves multiple stakeholders. Decisions processes are idiosyncratic, driven by individual goals and supported by segmented forest-based information. Nevertheless, stakeholders’ decisions do impact one another leading to complex interaction networks where communication, cooperation and negotiation play a key role. This research addresses the need to develop decision tools to support these roles. Emphasis is on the integration of participatory planning tools and techniques in the architecture of a regional decision support toolbox.Area of the study: The proposed approach was applied in the Chamusca County in Central Portugal although it is easily extended to other regions.Material and methods: This research proposes an Enterprise Architecture methodological approach to design a toolbox that may address distinct stakeholders’ interests and decision processes, while enabling communication, cooperation, negotiation and information sharing among all those involved in the regional interactions network.Main results: the proposed approach was tested in a regional network involving decision processes and information shared by 22 entities clustered into 13 stakeholders groups, including industrial owners, and non-industrial private forestland owners (NIPF) - acting individually or grouped into associations and federations -, national and regional offices of the forest authority, forest services providers, non-governmental organizations and research centers. Results suggest that the proposed approach may provide a toolbox that may effectively address stakeholders’ decision processes and goals and support the regional interaction network.Key-words: forest management; multiple stakeholders; decision support systems; enterprise architecture; participatory process.

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A participatory approach to design a toolbox to support forest management planning at regional level

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Borges²,

García-Gonzalo³

et al. 2013

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“…Values, thus, become abstract, unmediated and impersonal in a way that breaks established connections between the social and the material dimensions of water use. The most common results of the poor incorporation and integration of stakeholder values come in the form of management failures and the perpetuation of political conflicts (Ananda and Herath, 2003). Through institutionalised forms of valuation, hegemonic approaches ignore the complex relations between social inequalities and environmental degradation (Scruggs, 1998).…”

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The Positioned Construction of Water Values: Pluralism, Positionality and Praxis

Ioris¹

2012

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Water values serve as an entry point into the intricacies of public policies and management approaches. Values are contingent assessments that emerge out of socio-ecological relations and reflect particular demands, legacies and opportunities. The concept of value positionality is introduced as the synthesis of multiple expressions of worthiness cherished by a social group. Positionality is a metaphor that connects the phenomenological understanding of water value with the politics of everyday life and the broader politico-institutional framework. Positionality entails a cluster of meanings expressed through territorialized interactions across time, locations and scales. Positionalities converge or depart according to value praxis, that is, the clash of competing valuation approaches seeking legitimisation.

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“…The difference between MAUT and MAVT is that MAVT value functions exclude decision-makers' risk preferences, whereas MAUT utility functions include these [12]. MAUT has been applied to selecting policy and financing instruments for the preservation of the forest [87], whereas MAVT has been used by Ananda and Herath [88] to model stakeholder values in forest planning.…”

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Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

Myllyviita¹,

Hujala²,

Kangas³

et al. 2011

TOFSCIJ

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Various decision support methods are used to support the sustainable use of natural resources, but there is little evidence about these methods' actual performances. In this study, 35 carefully selected papers assessing the sustainable use of natural resources were evaluated. The evaluated papers utilized one of the following methods: optimization, costbenefit analysis (CBA) and monetary valuation methods, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) or hybrid approaches. Each method supported sustainability in a different manner. Optimization and CBA case studies rarely involved stakeholders and social sustainability was less processed. Monetary valuation case studies showed a regular participation of the general public, but in a passive role. Experts and stakeholders with an active role were typical participants in MCDA and hybrid case studies. Internationally and nationally defined indicators of sustainability were scarcely used because indicators were frequently defined by stakeholders or the authors of the studied papers. It was presumed that international and national indicators were unsuitable for local use. Sustainability indicators typically took both the quantitative and qualitative form, including gaps and uncertainties. MCDA could be a suitable method for assessing sustainability because it has no strict requirements on the form of the data, and the participation of stakeholders is comprehensive. For the problem structuring phase, however, MCDA might not provide efficient tools. The ideal method for assessing the sustainable use of natural resources could be a hybrid of two methods with different approaches: qualitative methods could be used in the problem structuring process, whereas quantitative methods could be used when priorities and thresholds are assessed.

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Incorporating stakeholder values into regional forest planning: a value function approach

Cited by 119 publications

References 23 publications

A participatory approach to design a toolbox to support forest management planning at regional level

A participatory approach to design a toolbox to support forest management planning at regional level

The Positioned Construction of Water Values: Pluralism, Positionality and Praxis

Decision Support in Assessing the Sustainable Use of Forests and Other Natural Resources - A Comparative Review

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