Recognising ecological and institutional landscapes in adaptive governance of natural resources

Shkaruba, Anton; Kireyeu, Viktar

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2012.10.004

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“…Evaluation and monitoring are important instruments for reflecting on the effectiveness, failures and achievements of environmental initiatives either at the level of specific projects (Taut 2007) or for broad multi-level institutional set up (Shkaruba & Kireyeu 2012). Transparent and well-designed evaluation is increasingly referred to as an integral part of effective project management and planning (Margoluis & Salafsky, 1998;Stem et al 2005) and an important part of capacity building within international aid initiatives (Sagar & VanDeveer 2005).…”

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Evaluating environmental governance in a Belarusian World Bank biodiversity project

Falaleeva

Rauschmayer

2013

Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYInternational aid projects in post-communist countries were meant to support environmental protection during the transition period and to introduce new standards of environmental governance. While the outcomes of the World Bank biodiversity project in the Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park in Belarus were evaluated positively after its delayed completion, an assessment using the same criteria 10 years later questioned its long-term effectiveness. This paper links current project outcomes with the implementation process, and uses this knowledge to deduce lessons for designing and implementing future international initiatives in Belarus and other post-communist contexts. There are four interlinked and project-specific reasons for the observed unsustainability of project outcomes are identified: (1) the predominance of the natural sciences, (2) an unbalanced representation of actors within the hierarchical system of governance, (3) powerful implementation by official high-level actors, and (4) insufficient knowledge of participatory methods and principles of multi-level governance. In order to introduce new standards for environmental governance, international aid projects should (1) streamline communications between the actors at different scales, including donor organizations, local agencies and stakeholders in the receiving countries; and (2) use ongoing project and, in particular, process assessment to reflect on the project progress to achieve longer term effectiveness of project outcomes.

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Evaluating environmental governance in a Belarusian World Bank biodiversity project

Falaleeva

Rauschmayer

2013

Envir. Conserv.

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“…In Karula NP, there is some discretion in rules; however, it is criticized as too limited, and with the NP management shrinking and taken out of the area, low cost options are likely to become less accessible. The most important implication for value systems is that moral incentives become eroded and social networks weakened when conflicts cannot be routinely prevented or resolved in a transparent and acceptable way [2,64]. Sebezhsky NP appears to be more problematic in this sense, while the situation in Karula NP is worsening.…”

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“…The establishment of protected areas (PAs), even those with less restrictive legislation, such as national parks (NPs), inevitably puts significant limitations on many routines of the people living within or bordered by PAs [1][2][3]. As a result, some of the native populace may migrate away from PAs following their establishment [4], others will choose to stay (although often due to limited access to mobility options), while some people are attracted to living in NPs as a result of the pristine nature or emerging business opportunities [5][6][7][8].…”

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A Tale of Two Protected Areas: “Value and Nature Conservation” in Comparable National Parks in Estonia and Russia

Järv

Shkaruba

Likhacheva

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This study explores how local communities reflect on institutional frameworks and protected area governance in two national parks (NPs) with similar nature values in Estonia and Russia, and aims to understand the role of value systems in these interactions. It is based on 50 in-depth interviews with a broad range of stakeholders, and a desktop analysis of relevant regulation and plans. Interview questions reflect on various aspects of well-being (including fairness of governance solutions), awareness of NPs’ function and restrictions, related value aspects, and covered basic personal data needed to interpret the interviews. The study reconfirms the pivotal role of social justice as a driver of wellbeing. In particular, it articulates the significance of value systems playing the role of filters between governance inputs and specific management activities of communities. It underlines the vulnerability of such systems at a community level, most of all to the impacts related to various instances of “centralization”. They are manifested through the choice of restrictive measures and top-down arrangements at the expense of transparency and inclusiveness (in Russia), as well as through the removal of governance autonomy from NPs and transferring monitoring and enforcement functions to local communities without clear mandates or sufficient capacity (in Estonia).

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“…Relevant and suitable sustainability transformations need dynamic and flexible regulations and policies that take into consideration social and ecological characteristics and the scale where interventions take place in order to address specific emerging needs that continuously evolve among time and space [26,95,97,118,[129][130][131]. This is why the State and third sector actors are requested to comprehend real problems dealt by local stakeholders (both community and market) [92,100,110].…”

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Collaborations in Environmental Initiatives for an Effective “Adaptive Governance” of Social–Ecological Systems: What Existing Literature Suggests

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Moving from the scientific literature on the evaluation of environmental projects and programs, this study identifies how and under which conditions collaborations in environmentally sustainable projects are considered effective for the adaptive governance of SES. The method adopted is a systematic literature review based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of 56 articles selected through specific queries on the SCOPUS database and published from 2004 to 2020. Results of the quantitative analysis identify conditions able to evaluate collaborations, highlighting the need to adopt a transdisciplinary approach analysing both social and ecological challenges and assessing both social and ecological results. Moreover, they suggest preferring using primary data involving multi-sector and multi-scale actors and enlarging the geographical context to the most vulnerable countries. The results of the qualitative analysis provide specific recommendations for collaborations being effective when related to communication, equity, foresight, and respect, which need to be further strengthened by all actors. Multiplicity in visions and approaches should be seen as a resource able to stimulate creativity in social arrangements and environmental practices, making collaborations in environmental projects instrumental for the effectiveness of adaptive governance of SES.

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Recognising ecological and institutional landscapes in adaptive governance of natural resources

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluating environmental governance in a Belarusian World Bank biodiversity project

Evaluating environmental governance in a Belarusian World Bank biodiversity project

A Tale of Two Protected Areas: “Value and Nature Conservation” in Comparable National Parks in Estonia and Russia

Collaborations in Environmental Initiatives for an Effective “Adaptive Governance” of Social–Ecological Systems: What Existing Literature Suggests

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