Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom&amp;#8217;s framework through orientation in sustainability research

Partelow, Stefan; Winkler, Klara J.

doi:10.5751/es-08524-210327

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“…In this sense, socioecological system (SES) debates should be further investigated (e.g. Ostrom 2009;McGinnis and Ostrom 2014;Ban et al 2015;Partelow and Winkler 2016) if policy or practical agendas for solving underuse problems are to be seriously considered. Second, the theme of local peculiarities should have greater recognition and be subject to more exploration.…”

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‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse: toward a conceptual framework based on ecosystem services and satoyama perspective

Miyanaga

Shimada

2018

International Journal of the Commons

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Most commons researchers have far focused on a theme of resource overuse or overconsumption. In contrast, our objective is to address the mechanism of common pool resources (CPRs) declining or disappearing due to underuse, which has been understudied in the commons research field. Using two analytical concepts, ecosystem services and satoyama, and through a case study of Japanese semi-natural grasslands, we examine two themes concerning the underuse problem: (1) consequences of underuse and (2) causes of underuse. As to aspect (1), many commons researchers would perhaps recognize that it is far from a tragic situation to underuse resource units from CPRs because no resources are depleted. However, our analysis showed that underuse sometimes has negative impacts on biodiversity and the ecosystem through complex socio-ecological system channels, thus bringing about a decline in resource units. As to aspect (2), we identified three drivers that induce resource units to be underused: (1) demographic drivers, (2) socio-economic drivers and (3) institutional drivers. First, depopulation (especially in rural areas) can cause fewer human-environment interactions and therefore lower depletion of resource units. This situation contrasts with a normal assumption of traditional commons analyses, namely overpopulation triggering tragedy. Second, ecosystem services, especially provisioning services, are underused due to the declines in their economic function. On the other hand, conventional debates generally share a common presumption that resource units have a larger extent of economic value. Third, the ownership structure or property rights regime can bring about resource underuse, which anticommons theory has suggested, and our case study of Japanese semi-natural grasslands suggests 'The tragedy of the commons' by underuse: toward a conceptual framework 333 that the tragedy outcome would possibly occur when institutions that prevent an anticommons tragedy are weakened and inactive through demographic and/or socio-economic drivers.

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‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse: toward a conceptual framework based on ecosystem services and satoyama perspective

Miyanaga

Shimada

2018

International Journal of the Commons

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“…Limited knowledge on SES complexity and the integration of such knowledge into policy practice obstruct the CT RESEX and other MPAs (Pollnac et al 2010, López-Angarita et al 2014. This relates to recognizing local traditional (Tengö et al 2014), system, target, and transformative knowledge (Partelow and Winkler 2016).…”

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Mangroves, fishers, and the struggle for adaptive comanagement: applying the social-ecological systems framework to a marine extractive reserve (RESEX) in Brazil

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Glaser²,

Arce³

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ABSTRACT. Brazil has a network of marine extractive reserves (RESEX), a form of marine protected area (MPA) using comanagement. The RESEX program aims to bring traditionally marginalized populations with natural resource dependent livelihoods into national development processes by empowering them to participate in governance and steward biodiversity conservation. We apply the socialecological systems framework (SESF) and collective action theory to diagnose challenges for comanagement in the Caete-Teperacu marine RESEX near Bragança, Brazil, a multiuse mangrove estuary supporting a small-scale crab fishery. We conducted key informant interviews and build on over 20 years of research in the region to provide an overarching analysis of the challenges facing comanagement. We describe the variables from the SESF in the case context and find that many social and ecological variables interact in clusters over time, and these clusters can be identified as themes, including (1) social and political momentum supporting the RESEX; (2) shifting perceptions of local residents and fishers; (3) patron-client relationships and social-ecological traps; (4) challenges with institutional fit; and (5) the interactions between harvesting closures, compensation, and dependence on local natural resources. Furthermore, we use collective action theory to help explain the role that each variable plays in either hindering or enabling successful governance. Our findings suggest that institutional resilience is needed to make RESEX adaptive to shifting social and political momenta. It could do this by providing more platforms for communication, deliberation, and knowledge exchange among the relevant actors. We believe our findings reflect broader challenges facing RESEX implementation throughout Brazil, and lessons can be learned for MPAs facing difficulties with the implementation of comanagement worldwide.

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“…Such case studies transformed into real plans are important to bridge the gap between science and policy-making [34,35] and strengthen the impact of ecosystem services research [18,33,37]. This study shows a comprehensive stakeholder engagement process bridging the science-policy gap and including an ecosystem-based management in the implementation of planning activities [17,27,36].…”

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“…The collaborative planning processes anchored the ecosystem services concept in the SES framework [30,39] with the scenarios as alternative resource systems. Both the ecosystem services and social-ecological system frameworks rely on interactions between social and ecological subsystems [27]. The scenarios were seen as alternative resource systems composed of resource units differing in spatial extent, i.e., land use elements with their provisioning, regulatory and cultural service outputs.…”

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Collaborative Landscape Planning: Co-Design of Ecosystem-Based Land Management Scenarios

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Land management in coastal areas has to cope with impacts of climate change and sea level rise. In Germany, landscape plans assess and organize the spatial allocation of land use as an environmental contribution to general spatial planning. Collaborative planning processes are important to develop sustainable and ecosystem-based strategies to make coastal landscapes climate proof. However, there is little experience with collaborative processes in practical planning in Germany, and probably in other countries as well. This paper conducts an empirical case study in the low-lying coastal areas of northwest Germany. During a collaborative landscape planning process, four different ecosystem-based land management scenarios have been co-designed by regional experts and researchers. The participatory and iterative process included the development of scenario narratives to define planning goals, the use of land use elements and their relations to ecosystem services as planning entities in terms of indicators, the art-based illustrations of the different scenarios, and an evaluation and monitoring of the outcomes by regional experts. The decision-maker group decided on the so-called "actor-based" scenario, which contained freshwater retention areas (polders) to prevent potential uncontrolled flooding of the hinterland. This climate adaptation strategy has been implemented in the regional development plan of the county.

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Interlinking ecosystem services and Ostrom’s framework through orientation in sustainability research

Cited by 57 publications

References 81 publications

‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse: toward a conceptual framework based on ecosystem services and satoyama perspective

‘The tragedy of the commons’ by underuse: toward a conceptual framework based on ecosystem services and satoyama perspective

Mangroves, fishers, and the struggle for adaptive comanagement: applying the social-ecological systems framework to a marine extractive reserve (RESEX) in Brazil

Collaborative Landscape Planning: Co-Design of Ecosystem-Based Land Management Scenarios

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