Realizing the transformative potential of conservation through the social sciences, arts and humanities

Bennett, Nathan; Roth, Robin

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.07.023

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“…Early-career researchers are increasingly educated and encouraged to conduct more applied research, to collaborate across disciplines and to engage with local communities. Certainly, the global conservation community is adopting more collaborative and integrated approaches for conservation (Bennett and Roth, 2018) and there are increasing opportunities for researchers to collaborate across disciplines and with society, including workshops, summer schools and conferences, such as International Marine Conservation Congress.…”

Section: Engage With Other Disciplines: Appreciate the Value Of Sociamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Licence for Marine Conservation Science

2018

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Marine environments are complex and dynamic social-ecological systems, where social perceptions of ocean stewardship are diverse, resource use is potentially unsustainable, and conservation efforts rely strongly on public support or acceptance. Decreasing trust in science in recent years has led to weakened social acceptance and approval of marine conservation science. Social licence is a concept that reflects informal, unwritten public expectations about the impacts and benefits of industry and government practises, including research, on natural resources, including the ocean. Working toward improving social licence may provide opportunity to bolster support for marine conservation, by allowing communities to engage with marine issues and marine science, and voice their concerns and views. Here, we argue that marine conservation requires social licence and we highlight science advocacy, accomplished through outreach, as a means to achieve this. We identify a role for marine conservation science to engage with the public through advocacy to improve understanding and perceptions of conservation. Drawing from the literature, we describe how science advocacy can enhance social licence for marine conservation research and outline four steps that can advise marine conservation scientists to achieve and promote social licence for their research and the wider marine conservation community.

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Section: Engage With Other Disciplines: Appreciate the Value Of Sociamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Licence for Marine Conservation Science

2018

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“…However, the level of contribution depends a great deal on how accepting conservationists are of the lessons of social science. Despite apparent philosophical shifts, much of the 'old school' focus on instrumental research still remain, and there is a danger that social science may be used superficially to support status quo conservation practices (Bennett and Roth, 2019). 'Mainstreaming' of the social sciences within conservation may be necessary to overcome barriers to its full acceptance.…”

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“…This means recognition of institutional cultural biases, lack of institutional capacity for social sciences, and biases in funding prioritization; problems which may require fundamental restructuring of educational and research institutions to overcome (Bennett, 2018). However, embracing such an integration could yield vast benefits for conservation projects (Bennett and Roth, 2019). Below, we engage in detail with a few examples of how social science methods like social network analysis, soft system methodologies and conservation marketing can inform conservation methodologies.…”

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confidence: 99%

Intersecting Social Science and Conservation

Sanborn

Jung

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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There is a growing consensus that current conservation strategies are unable to cope with the acceleration of human-caused environmental degradation. The philosophies that underpin and shape traditional conservation initiatives have begun to shift toward a “people and nature” approach, based on a new and deeper understanding of relational values. With this shift, there is increasing concern about the social impacts of conservation and a need to consider not only the environmental aspects of conservation, but also issues of equity and social justice. This is especially important for marine conservation to avoid repeating the exclusionary and unjust protective measures sometimes seen in traditional terrestrial conservation. Additionally, lack of compliance with management schemes, and failure to consider the social dimensions and realities of local communities have hindered the success of conservation initiatives. Therefore, increasing engagement with social science and a better understanding of human-wildlife and human-nature connections are necessary. Community-based conservation approaches and payment for ecosystem service schemes can provide important insights and lessons for such improved participatory management. Furthermore, the use of social science offers a range of methods and approaches that can be used to improve the consideration of those social dimensions. These include different theoretical frameworks for understanding the relationships between people, society, and nature, innovative participatory methods and more flexible, adaptive systems-based approaches for understanding complex socio-ecological systems. Increasing and mainstreaming the inclusion of the social dimensions of conservation will also depend on overcoming current institutional barriers such as lack of capacity, time, and funding opportunities especially in the context of marine social science.

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“…Moreover, localized initiatives may lack the financial, technical and administrative means to support large-scale conservation and management in the absence of larger coordinating bodies (Schwartzman & Zimmerman, 2005). Yet, the thriving literature on conservation social sciences suggests that there are alternatives that are able to reconcile ecological sustainability with social justice (Bennett & Roth, 2019).…”

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Just Aquatic Governance: The Amazon basin as fertile ground for aligning participatory conservation with social justice

Lopes

Freitas

Hallwass

et al. 2021

Aquatic Conservation

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Governance of natural resources in the Amazon has changed over time, especially when it comes to participatory regimes. Yet these regimes have rarely focused on the conservation of aquatic systems or have failed to fully deliver social justice. Participatory regimes in the Amazon basin that rely on the provision of freshwater ecosystem services can potentially favour transformative and just conservation. A framework referred to as the ‘Just Aquatic Governance’ model is proposed to organize and facilitate the transition of continuing and future endeavours that seek conservation while also supporting distinct aspects of social justice. If conservation of aquatic systems can be reconciled with all aspects of social justice, then transformative and just governance regimes could emerge without further burdening those at the forefront of conservation. The Just Aquatic Governance framework is divided into three aspects of social justice, organized according to the following pillars: (i) recognitional – support for cultural diversity and the maintenance of livelihoods, including food security; (ii) procedural – the right to autonomy and territory, and support for participatory forms of governance; and (iii) distributional – promotion of gender equality and fair distribution of economic benefits. Although not a panacea, the model proposed here, which can also influence policy strategies, can potentially align both conservation demands and social aspirations in the Amazon – a historical, yet still imperative, need in the region.

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Realizing the transformative potential of conservation through the social sciences, arts and humanities

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Social Licence for Marine Conservation Science

Social Licence for Marine Conservation Science

Intersecting Social Science and Conservation

Just Aquatic Governance: The Amazon basin as fertile ground for aligning participatory conservation with social justice

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