Restoration as social-ecological transformation: Emergence in the Pike River Watershed

McGuire, S. Andrew; Ehlinger, Timothy J.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2022.05.017

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“…Ambitions can change through time due to advancements in scientific knowledge (Perring et al 2015), shifting stakeholder needs and values (Fox and Cundill 2018), alternating political orientation (Brunckhorst 2011), changing environments (Dudney et al 2022), or the resources available to carry out restoration. In addition, past restoration outcomes can shape attitudes and expectations connected to future restoration projects (McGuire and Ehlinger 2022). These and other factors may lead to different modes of stakeholder participation, choices of focal species, or prioritized ecosystem functions and services.…”

Section: The Social-ecological Ladder Of Restoration Ambitionmentioning

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The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

Frietsch,

Pacheco-Romero,

Temperton

et al. 2024

Ambio

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Expanding in both scope and scale, ecosystem restoration needs to embrace complex social–ecological dynamics. To help scientists and practitioners navigate ever new demands on restoration, we propose the “social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition” as a conceptual model to approach dynamically shifting social and ecological restoration goals. The model focuses on three dynamic aspects of restoration, namely degrading processes, restoration goals and remedial actions. As these three change through time, new reinforcing and balancing feedback mechanisms characterize the restoration process. We illustrate our model through case studies in which restoration has become increasingly ambitious through time, namely forest landscape restoration in Rwanda and grassland restoration in Germany. The ladder of restoration ambition offers a new way of applying social–ecological systems thinking to ecosystem restoration. Additionally, it raises awareness of social–ecological trade-offs, power imbalances and conflicting goals in restoration projects, thereby laying an important foundation for finding more practicable and fairer solutions.

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Section: The Social-ecological Ladder Of Restoration Ambitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

Frietsch,

Pacheco-Romero,

Temperton

et al. 2024

Ambio

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“…Attention to local-scale organizations and dynamics direct restoration investments towards long-term community revitalization, sustainability, and resilience ( Williams and Hoffman, 2020 ). These community organizations are also agents to contribute to long-term ecological and community revitalization ( McGuire and Ehlinger, n.d. ; Nixon, et al, n.d. ; Williams et al, 2018 ).…”

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“…Two of the contributions illustrate how important historical memory is to understanding identity and planning for diverse community benefits ( Porter, n.d. ; Webb, n.d. ), while McGaughey et al (n. d.) emphasized the importance of local connections to community stewardship, and McGuire and Ehlinger (n.d.) demonstrated how social actors can organize to improve their watershed. Finally, Hartig and Krantzberg (n.d.) provided their reflections on the relationship between people, place, and ecosystem-based management.…”

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Setting an agenda to catalyze research in the social and organizational dimensions of Great Lakes remediation, restoration, and revitalization

Williams

McLaughlin

Seelbach

et al. 2022

Journal of Great Lakes Research

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“…For instance, Ferreyra and Beard [27] conducted 25 interviews with water managers in Canada to evaluate the perceived collaborative water management outcomes. Minutes of meetings have also been analyzed qualitatively to provide insights into the effectiveness of water management policies [28,29]. Within this context, Fischhendler and Katz [30] investigated the minutes of 47 meetings concerning water negotiations between Israel and Palestine.…”

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Unveiling water allocation dynamics: a text analysis of 25 years of stakeholder meetings

Nunes Carvalho,

Souza Filho,

Madruga de Brito

2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Managing water resources in regions with high climate variability and frequent extreme weather events poses challenges for policymakers. To facilitate water allocation in these cases, participatory and collaborative decision-making approaches have become common. However, the evaluation of these approaches is hindered by the lack of structured methods and data to understand them. To address this knowledge gap, we propose a novel methodology that leverages text data to identify key topics, conflicts, and influential actors that shape water allocation dynamics. Our methodology is tested using records of 1020 water basin committee meetings held between 1997 and 2021 across twelve basin committees in Ceará, Brazil – a region known for its extensive history of droughts that have impacted water governance. To uncover key water management issues discussed during these meetings, we employed a three-step topic modeling framework: (1) sentence embedding, (2) dimensionality reduction, and (3) sentence clustering. Furthermore, we used entity recognition, dependency parsing, and network graphs to identify powerful actors influencing these meetings and, ultimately, the decisions taken. Our findings revealed stakeholders’ heightened concern for urban water supply over agricultural demand during droughts. We found that “reservoir operation” was the most recurring topic, especially in basins where the strategic reservoirs are located. Discussions related to “climate information” became significantly more important over time, which indicates that water allocation decisions are increasingly based on the seasonal forecast and data on oceanic indices provided by the meteorology agency. Despite the presence of local users in the committees, governmental representatives dominated the discussions and were central in all river basins. In conclusion, our proposed approach harnesses existing text data to uncover spatiotemporal patterns related to participatory water allocation. This study opens new avenues for investigating water governance using text-based analysis.

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Restoration as social-ecological transformation: Emergence in the Pike River Watershed

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

Setting an agenda to catalyze research in the social and organizational dimensions of Great Lakes remediation, restoration, and revitalization

Unveiling water allocation dynamics: a text analysis of 25 years of stakeholder meetings

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