Knowledge exchange and policy influence in a marine resource governance network

Weiss, Kristen; Hamann, Mark; Kinney, Michael J.; Marsh, Helene

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.09.007

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“…For instance, sea turtle conservation within the context of other long-distance marine migratory species (Gredzens et al 2014, Lascelles et al 2014, assessments of critical habitat and environmental sensitivity ), management of wider ocean ecosystems and understanding the connections between diverse stakeholders (e.g. Weiss et al 2012Weiss et al , 2013 all call into play broad international and crosssector governance and legal issues which are as yet unresolved. Insufficient integration and application of social and natural science in institutions, agencies, universities, and organisations remains an impediment, along with the limits to collaboration created by thematic siloes.…”

Section: Q11 What Constitutes a Healthy Turtle?mentioning

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Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Rees¹,

Alfaro‐Shigueto²,

Barata³

et al. 2016

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In 2010, an international group of 35 sea turtle researchers refined an initial list of more than 200 research questions into 20 metaquestions that were considered key for management and conservation of sea turtles. These were classified under 5 categories: reproductive biology, biogeography, population ecology, threats and conservation strategies. To obtain a picture of how research is being focused towards these key questions, we undertook a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature (2014 and 2015) attributing papers to the original 20 questions. In total, we reviewed 605 articles in full and from these 355 (59%) were judged to substantively address the 20 key questions, with others focusing on basic science and monitoring. Progress to answering the 20 questions was not uniform, and there were biases regarding focal turtle species, geographic scope and publication outlet. Whilst it offers some meaningful indications as to effort, quantifying peer-reviewed literature output is ob viously not the only, and possibly not the best, metric for understanding progress towards informing key conservation and management goals. Along with the literature review, an international group based on the original project consortium was assigned to critically summarise recent progress towards answering each of the 20 questions. We found that significant research is being expended towards global priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles. Although highly variable, there has been significant progress in all the key questions identified in 2010. Undertaking this critical review has highlighted that it may be timely to undertake one or more new prioritizing exercises. For this to have maximal benefit we make a range of recommendations for its execution. These include a far greater engagement with social sciences, widening the pool of contributors and focussing the questions, perhaps disaggregating ecology and conservation.

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Section: Q11 What Constitutes a Healthy Turtle?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Rees¹,

Alfaro‐Shigueto²,

Barata³

et al. 2016

Endang. Species. Res.

242

161

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“…Such data enable the analysis of the relation between the position of actors (which can represent individuals, households, or organizations) in the network and an environmental outcome at the node level. Alternatively, the whole network structure can be discussed as a case study (e.g., Brummel et al 2012, Weiss et al 2012). However, social networks vary across the landscape (Liu et al 2007).…”

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Social networks and environmental management at multiple levels: soil conservation in Sumatra

Matouš¹

2015

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ABSTRACT. Many agrarian communities in developing countries suffer from insufficient productivity and use farming practices that deteriorate the environment both locally and globally. Research suggests that social networks play a role in environmental management, different studies emphasize different aspects of network structures, and the implications of the scales at which networks operate are not explicitly discussed. Here, I ask what types of social structures in farmer networks are conducive to environmental protection and agricultural productivity enhancement, and I show that the answer depends on the scale of the investigation. Using original data representing 16 farmer groups comprising 315 households and 1575 information-sharing links, I analyzed the structure of farmers' social connections in relation to their soil conservation and productivity-enhancing practices, assessed through their usage of organic and chemical fertilizers. Furthermore, I conducted qualitative interviews with 25 stakeholders from different levels of the agricultural system to gain additional insights into the drivers of farmers' behaviors. The quantitative analysis distinguishes the effects of intraand extra-group links and reciprocity at the household and group levels. Fixed-effects logistic regression was applied at the household level to examine farmers' soil management practices. At the collective level, I used linear regression to estimate the proportion of adopters for each soil management practice. A lack of education and a lack of extra-group links are associated with unproductive practices, and a lack of reciprocity is associated with a lack of conservation efforts at both the household and collective levels. Dense intra-group links have opposite effects at the two levels. Whereas links within the farmer groups are associated with unproductive soil management by households, these links are associated with productivity maximization at the collective level. Qualitative interviews showed that farmers who opt for organic fertilizers do so partially because of pressure from global traders, mediated through external links and amplified by dense and reciprocal relations within their groups. The results highlight the need for environmental management policies to be based on research at multiple scales and demonstrate that, counter-intuitively, increasing global economic interconnectivity may, in some cases, stimulate the adoption of conservation practices via local social networks.

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“…2). In spite of this progress, using a social network analysis, Weiss et al (2012) suggest that the comanagement process is still dominated by top-down government influence.…”

Section: Turtle and Dugongmentioning

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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fisheries Management in the Torres Strait, Australia: the Catalytic Role of Turtles and Dugong as Cultural Keystone Species

Butler¹,

Tawake²,

Skewes³

et al. 2012

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ABSTRACT. In many developing regions of Melanesia, fishers' traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has been integrated with western science and management knowledge (SMK) to generate innovative and effective fisheries management. Previous research suggests that three factors initiate this process: depleted fishery stocks, limited SMK, and ownership of resources by local communities. In other contexts the extent of power-sharing through comanagement, and the cultural significance of species may also be important determinants of knowledge integration. Here we assess the role of these factors in the application of TEK in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia, where commercial and subsistence fisheries are fundamental to the Indigenous Melanesian culture and livelihoods. In 2009 we surveyed fishery managers and scientists who revealed that TEK had only been recently and sparingly applied in four fisheries (turtle, dugong, lobster, and hand collectables), and only two of the seven species concerned had a combination of depleted stocks, low SMK, and high community ownership. Instead, comanagement characteristics and the cultural value of species were the primary determinants of TEK application. We suggest that turtles and dugong are cultural keystone species that simultaneously provide important ecosystem services to both islanders' livelihoods and international conservation interests. Combined with their ecological scale these species have catalyzed comanagement between indigenous and government stakeholders, precipitating the application of TEK in other fisheries of lesser cultural importance. We discuss modifications to governance required to enable knowledge integration to evolve further through adaptive comanagement, and its role in enhancing fisheries management and thus the resilience of the Torres Strait social-ecological system. Our study highlights the potential utility of cultural keystone species in stimulating cross-cultural resource governance in developed economies such as Australia.

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Knowledge exchange and policy influence in a marine resource governance network

Cited by 92 publications

References 24 publications

Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?

Social networks and environmental management at multiple levels: soil conservation in Sumatra

Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Fisheries Management in the Torres Strait, Australia: the Catalytic Role of Turtles and Dugong as Cultural Keystone Species

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