Investigating the incidental benefits of Environmental Stewardship schemes in England

Courtney, Paul; Mills, Jane; Gaskell, Peter; Chaplin, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.013

“…Given that stewardship occurs in complex social–ecological systems, attention is needed to feedbacks, synergies and trade-offs between social and ecological considerations in stewardship planning processes and in monitoring and evaluation frameworks (Chan et al 2006 ; Kareiva et al 2007 ; Oteros-Rozas et al 2013 ). Additional considerations when seeking to understand the full impact of environmental stewardship requires inquiry into: (a) both the intended and unintended consequences of stewardship actions (Larrosa et al 2016 ), (b) the potential benefits that occur beyond the environmental stewardship schemes remit (Courtney et al 2013 ), (c) the distribution of the costs and benefits of stewardship initiatives between different groups (Pascual et al 2014 ), and (d) the impacts of initiatives across spatial and temporal scales and for both current and future generations (Chan and Satterfield 2013 ). Understanding the extent to which outcomes match objectives and produce other (positive or negative) outcomes provides feedback for evaluating and adapting local stewardship approaches or to aggregate lessons learned and improve broader policies and programs intended to improve stewardship.…”

Section: Towards An Integrative Framework For Local Environmental Stementioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Stewardship: A Conceptual Review and Analytical Framework

Bennett

¹

,

Whitty

²

,

Finkbeiner

³

et al. 2018

Environmental Management

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There has been increasing attention to and investment in local environmental stewardship in conservation and environmental management policies and programs globally. Yet environmental stewardship has not received adequate conceptual attention. Establishing a clear definition and comprehensive analytical framework could strengthen our ability to understand the factors that lead to the success or failure of environmental stewardship in different contexts and how to most effectively support and enable local efforts. Here we propose such a definition and framework. First, we define local environmental stewardship as the actions taken by individuals, groups or networks of actors, with various motivations and levels of capacity, to protect, care for or responsibly use the environment in pursuit of environmental and/or social outcomes in diverse social–ecological contexts. Next, drawing from a review of the environmental stewardship, management and governance literatures, we unpack the elements of this definition to develop an analytical framework that can facilitate research on local environmental stewardship. Finally, we discuss potential interventions and leverage points for promoting or supporting local stewardship and future applications of the framework to guide descriptive, evaluative, prescriptive or systematic analysis of environmental stewardship. Further application of this framework in diverse environmental and social contexts is recommended to refine the elements and develop insights that will guide and improve the outcomes of environmental stewardship initiatives and investments. Ultimately, our aim is to raise the profile of environmental stewardship as a valuable and holistic concept for guiding productive and sustained relationships with the environment.

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“…Bennett et al (2018) have suggested four approaches to employ for a comprehensive understanding impacts of ES. These approaches have been tested and represented in just a few studies: (a) both intended and unintended outcomes (Larrosa, Carrasco, & Milner-Gulland, 2016); (b) potential benefits beyond the ES activity closure (Courtney, Mills, Gaskell, & Chaplin, 2013); (c) the distribution of the cost and benefits of stewardship initiatives between groups (Pascual et al, 2014); and (d) impacts across temporal and spatial scales for current and future generations (Chan & Satterfield, 2013).…”

Section: Research Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community geography as a model for improving efforts of environmental stewardship

Lopez

¹

2020

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Environmental stewardship (ES) is an established area of research in numerous fields of study, whereas community geography (CG) is a more recent and growing subfield of geography that aims to build capacity and affect change in communities through university–community partnerships. As such, CG demonstrates a shift in geographic research trends that provide benefits not only to the university but also to the students and community/ies as well. I argue that ES and CG research agendas are characterized by a meaningful overlap and attempts to synthesize them will add value to both bodies of knowledge. This paper overviews both of these research agendas, identifies major challenges and gaps in the extant literature in ES, and suggests how CG can help move the ES research agenda forward. I conclude with the notion that incorporating a CG research approach can (a) better develop the ES literature and (b) provide important benefits for universities, communities, and students who are looking for hands‐on civic engagement experiences.

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“…Given that stewardship occurs in complex social-ecological systems, attention is needed to feedbacks, synergies and tradeoffs between social and ecological considerations in stewardship planning processes and in monitoring and evaluation frameworks (Chan et al 2006;Kareiva et al 2007;Oteros-Rozas et al 2013). Additional considerations when seeking to understand the full impact of environmental stewardship requires inquiry into: (a) both the intended and unintended consequences of stewardship actions (Larrosa et al 2016), (b) the potential benefits that occur beyond the environmental stewardship schemes remit (Courtney et al 2013), (c) the distribution of the costs and benefits of stewardship initiatives between different groups (Pascual et al 2014), and (d) the impacts of initiatives across spatial and temporal scales and for both current and future generations (Chan and Satterfield 2013). Understanding the extent to which outcomes match objectives and produce other (positive or negative) outcomes provides feedback for evaluating and adapting local stewardship approaches or to aggregate lessons learned and improve broader policies and programs intended to improve stewardship.…”

Section: The Outcomes Of Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Stewardship: A Conceptual Review and Analytical Framework

Bennett¹,

Whitty²,

Finkbeiner³

et al. 2018

Preprint

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There has been increasing attention to and investment in local environmental stewardship in conservation and environmental management policies and programs globally. Yet environmental stewardship has not received adequate conceptual attention. Establishing a clear definition and comprehensive analytical framework could strengthen our ability to understand the factors that lead to the success or failure of environmental stewardship in different contexts and how to most effectively support and enable local efforts. Here we propose such a definition and framework. First, we define local environmental stewardship as the actions taken by individuals, groups or networks of actors, with various motivations and levels of capacity, to protect, care for or responsibly use the environment in pursuit of environmental and/or social outcomes in diverse social–ecological contexts. Next, drawing from a review of the environmental stewardship, management and governance literatures, we unpack the elements of this definition to develop an analytical framework that can facilitate research on local environmental stewardship. Finally, we discuss potential interventions and leverage points for promoting or supporting local stewardship and future applications of the framework to guide descriptive, evaluative, prescriptive or systematic analysis of environmental stewardship. Further application of this framework in diverse environmental and social contexts is recommended to refine the elements and develop insights that will guide and improve the outcomes of environmental stewardship initiatives and investments. Ultimately, our aim is to raise the profile of environmental stewardship as a valuable and holistic concept for guiding productive and sustained relationships with the environment.

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Investigating the incidental benefits of Environmental Stewardship schemes in England

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