Observed and perceived environmental impacts of marine protected areas in two Southeast Asia sites

Christie, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2005.04.012

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“…There are clearly some drawbacks to using this methodology, since it will be a subjective rather than objective measure of environmental conditions, and there is also a risk of a "halo effect" [37]. The use of perceptions also raises concerns about potential biases whereby participants who buy into a process may overestimate the success of that project [40,48,49]. However, the present author believes that stakeholder opinion is useful as a "second-best approximation" [40] (p. 241), and it is used as such in this study.…”

Section: Semi-structured Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

Bjärstig

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The conflicts that frequently manifest in the Swedish mountains often stem from the use and preservation of natural resources. Resistance against protected area proposals, protests concerning the management of large carnivores, the felling of old-growth forests, and disputes over who should be allowed to hunt or fish are all commonplace. There are currently strong trends, both in national and international policy making, towards leaning on various forms of collaborative governance arrangements to deal with such policy failures. Consequently, various forms of partnerships have been initiated to promote more sustainable practices in the mountain regions of Sweden. To what extent has the creation of these collaborative partnerships in natural resource management improved policy output and sustainability outcomes? To examine the issue, data was extracted from 47 semi-structured interviews with 39 project leaders and eight county officials, with the sample randomly selected from a database of 245 public-private collaborative projects in the Swedish mountains. The results indicate that partnerships do lead to improved sustainability, especially when it comes to social outcomes. However, there is a need for more systematic follow-ups by practitioners, particularly on ecological outcomes, where the country administrative boards should take a leading role and facilitate such evaluations in the future.

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Section: Semi-structured Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

Bjärstig

2017

Sustainability

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“…https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892911000129 (Christie 2005;Christie et al 2005;Lowry et al 2005;. This three-year effort involving an international team of 15 researchers from natural and social sciences, research and practice began with a commonlydefined question, planned for integration from the onset, emphasized basic and applied research, and resulted in a sense of collegiality; some of the hallmarks of successful IR (Pickett et al 1999;Campbell 2005;Tress et al 2005).…”

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Creating space for interdisciplinary marine and coastal research: five dilemmas and suggested resolutions

Christie

2011

Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYImportant changes are needed to disciplinary theories and methods to support interdisciplinary and integrated ocean and coastal management policies and implementation. This review argues that theories and methods should conform to a perspective that ocean management is a societal activity with diverse goals ideally informed by interdisciplinary information. The review focuses on the integrated coastal management (ICM) and marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) frameworks and the marine protected areas (MPA) management tool. It begins by suggesting that at present there is a notable imbalance in the degree of effort allocated to monitoring the ecological and social dimensions of ocean resource use and policy processes. Based on how Western society and an influential epistemic community construct 'the environment' and society's relation to the environment, natural sciences play an inordinately important role in the description of the problem and policy recommendations. The discourse advocating for a global networks of marine protected areas, without adequate consideration of society impacts and responses, represents an example of this imbalance. Rebalancing the contributions of scientific disciplines encounters various dilemmas with epistemological, methodological and sociological dimensions. The analysis concludes with suggestions for balancing ocean and coastal interdisciplinary research and reframing key issues, creating self reflexive and multidisciplinary research teams, and reworking educational programmes.

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“…On one hand, authors question the ability (and motivation) of resource users to appropriately conceptualize ecosystem-based processes (Christie 2005) and the utility of some local knowledge for management (Foale 2006). On the other hand, traditional or local ecological knowledge is heralded as a fundamental basis of adaptive customary management regimes that persist over time (Davidson-Hunt and Berkes 2003, Parlee et al 2006, Aswani et al 2007).…”

Section: Understanding Environmental Change: the Role Of Traditional mentioning

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Factors Influencing Adaptive Marine Governance in a Developing Country Context: a Case Study of Southern Kenya

Evans¹,

Brown²,

Allison³

2011

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Adaptive governance can be conceptualized as distinct phases of: 1) understanding environmental change; 2) using this understanding to inform decision making; and 3) acting on decisions in a manner that sustains resilience of desirable system states. Using this analytical framework, we explore governance in practice in two case studies in Kenya, that reflect the "messiness" of contemporary coastal governance in many developing country contexts. Findings suggest that adaptive marine governance is unlikely to be a smooth process of learning, knowledge sharing, and responding. There are institutional, sociocultural, and political factors, past and present, that influence each phase of both local and state decision making. New local institutions related to fisher associations and Beach Management Units influence learning and knowledge sharing in ways contrary to those expected of institutions that enable collaborative fisheries management. Similarly, state decision making is relatively uninformed by the diverse knowledge systems available in the coastal zone, despite the rhetoric of participation. Historical relations and modes of working continue to play a significant role in mediating the potential for adaptive governance in the future. The case studies are illustrative and point to a number of institutional and political issues that would need to be addressed in processes of governance reform towards more adaptive management in developing country contexts.

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Observed and perceived environmental impacts of marine protected areas in two Southeast Asia sites

Cited by 48 publications

References 8 publications

Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

Does Collaboration Lead to Sustainability? A Study of Public–Private Partnerships in the Swedish Mountains

Creating space for interdisciplinary marine and coastal research: five dilemmas and suggested resolutions

Factors Influencing Adaptive Marine Governance in a Developing Country Context: a Case Study of Southern Kenya

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