Rhetoric and hegemony in consumptive wildlife tourism: polarizing sustainability discourses among angling tourism stakeholders

Øian, Hogne; Aas, Øystein; Skår, Margrete; Andersen, Oddgeir; Stensland, Stian

doi:10.1080/09669582.2017.1291650

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“…As promising as this may sound, ecotourism practices are not necessarily a panacea. In fact, the development of ecotourism is likely to experience a broad range of social tensions (Connell, Hall, & Shultis, 2017;Kothari & Arnall, 2017;Øian, Aas, Skår, Andersen, & Stensland, 2017;Pellis, Pas, & Duineveld, 2018). It is surprising however how little attention has been paid in the ecotourism literature to notions of conflict and wider frictions or controversies (Connell et al, 2017).…”

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“…It is surprising however how little attention has been paid in the ecotourism literature to notions of conflict and wider frictions or controversies (Connell et al, 2017). Where conflicts are addressed, they are commonly explained in terms of incompatible goals and motives found in manifestations of human-wildlife conflicts, rivalry over tourism benefit sharing in communities, contradicting depictions of human and non-human spaces, or other land-use practices existing competing with nature-based tourism (Hoefle, 2016;Kothari & Arnall, 2017;Øian et al, 2017). Resulting from a predominantly negative predisposition to conflict processes, a broad range of conflict resolution or mitigation attempts have been explored in places where conservation and ecotourism practices traverse beyond public or private park boundaries since the 1980s/90s (Plummer & Fennell, 2009;van der Duim, Lamers, & van Wijk, 2015).…”

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Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia

Pellis

2019

Journal of Ecotourism

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This paper explores the performative role of conflict avoidance in enabling rewilding and ecotourism visions in Western Iberia, one of the first European rewilding pilots situated in Northeast Portugal. Conflict avoidance is delineated here as a process based on expectations of potentially enduring, mutually contradicting and heated communications. In line with and contributing to a Social Systems Theory of conflicts, various examples of conflict avoidance are described as either a form of proactive anticipation to conflicts as risks or as a reactive adaptation to conflicts as dangers. The findings illustrate various forms of conflict avoidance in terms of silence, materialisation, co-optation, and ad hoc manoeuvring. These forms are subject to different goal dependencies of rewilding and ecotourism visions. Furthermore, these findings support a more critical discussion of the highly coproductive role of latent conflict processes in evolving rewilding and ecotourism practices in places like Western Iberia. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia

Pellis

2019

Journal of Ecotourism

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“…In contrast to these risks, recreational fisheries in the developing world have been explored as an alternative livelihood strategy through ecotourism to generate revenue (e.g., Wood et al 2003) and as an economic incentive to protect fish species and habitat by earning potential revenue from non-destructive activities (e.g., catch and release angling tourism in Mongolia, Jensen et al 2009;and in India, Everard and Kataria 2011). However, growth of the recreational fishery sector in these regions can also result in heightened social conflict as larger numbers of individuals compete for access to the resource (Bower et al 2014;Øian et al 2017).…”

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“…Overfishing (Post et al 2002, Post 2013, impacts on target species genotype (e.g., through selective mortality, Lewin et al 2006) and behaviour (e.g., , Arlinghaus et al 2017a), ecological degradation (through habitat loss and alterations to structure, Lewin et al 2006), and introduction of invasive species (Johnson et al 2009) have been identified as some of the key impacts occurring in the sector, in addition to conflicts with other fishing sectors over access to fish and space (Arlinghaus 2005). Important social and cultural conflicts may arise during recreational fishery development, as participants from different sectors may target the same species or adopt varying strategies to catch or consume fish (Ditton et al 2002;Bower et al 2014;Øian et al 2017). This can culminate in cultural clashes where, for example, foreign tourists practice catch-and-release, while local values and custom resent this practice of catching fish "for fun" rather than for subsistence and survival .…”

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Advancing an integrated protocol for rapid assessment of catch-and-release recreational fisheries in the developing world

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Dedication I dedicate this work to the hidden gods of India, who shine in every run and riffle on the river; to the mahseer, who shared their secrets; and to F., J. and H., who left too soon but shared and inspired so much. Special thanks and boundless gratitude to E., for walking with me, and to B. and F., for believing always.iii Abstract The global recreational fishing sector is the dominant fishing sector in freshwaters of the highly developed world and often more economically powerful than commercial fisheries, yet it is also ignored in international policy and suffers widespread data deficiencies from a lack of research.Despite the magnitude of potential benefits and consequences, little is known about recreational fishing activity, particularly in developing countries. I propose using an integrated rapid assessment protocol that adopts a social-ecological systems (SES) approach to address data deficiencies in catch and release (C&R) recreational fisheries of the developing world. In this work, I use the mahseer (Tor spp.) C&R recreational fishery of the Cauvery River, India as a case study. This dissertation identifies which linkages in the SES are most likely to influence sustainable management of the mahseer recreational fishery. To identify the nature and scope of the knowledge gaps in recreational fisheries of the developing world, I conducted a survey of fisheries professionals to rank knowledge and management needs. The results of the survey confirmed that recreational fisheries are subject to severe data deficiencies that require local level assessment to resolve. I then worked with local stakeholders to prioritize a research agenda that identified the need to research physiological responses of mahseer to C&R and angler behaviours and perspectives as valuable to this fishery. Therefore, I examined the physiological responses of mahseer to C&R, measured mahseer post-release movements, and compared the responses of mahseer caught multiple times through simulated capture processes. Finally, I conducted angler surveys to identify angler behaviours, perspectives, and information sources, then used expert interviews to place this information in local context. Overall, results show that mahseer are robust to C&R, but larger mahseer are likely to experience negative consequences post-release, and effects of combined stressors may be cumulatively interacting. There are iv opportunities to improve relationships among management organizations, angling groups and local communities to improve information flow and benefit-sharing throughout the mahseer fishery. The integrated rapid assessment protocol provides essential baseline data on biological and social responses to recreational fishing activity, and acts as a roadmap to guide future research and management efforts.

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“…This definition recognises that conservation conflicts occur fundamentally between humans. (Redpath et al, 2013, p. 100) In line with this definition, the ecotourism conflict literature focuses on the contradicting ideas that actors have about nature, the inclusion/exclusion of human or non-human beings, the ways in which resources ought to be managed or used, or the harm that tourists may inflict on the social and/or natural environment of destinations (Bosak, 2008;Brockington, 2002;Massé, 2016;Øian et al, 2017). Indeed, "the identification of incompatible goals and motives of various categories of stakeholders has for long been a dominant approach in research on these types of conflicts" (Øian et al, 2017, p. 1547).…”

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Conflicts forever : Understanding the role of conflicts in conservation tourism

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We all have narratives about nature and landscapes in our minds. Some outsiders would say: Hey, I think it is great what you are doing here, let me start constructing a road to your reserve. Or, let me build a hotel on that mountaintop there. This is all possible, but it will lead to a confrontation, because... hold on, you might destroy what we have actually... what we see as the capital of this area... So, you do choose to enter into confrontation at times? We indeed have to sometimes, but there is always hope that this will not lead to a fracture. We want people to see alternatives; that they do not always have to go for their own gains, but that they can also take the wider community into account. It is just like in the Netherlands. There is never one ideal route... There will always be a few of these little hick-ups along the way. Could you say a bit more about those hick-ups? An important part of our work in this area will be the question of how we can get people on board. We are speaking here mostly of the informal land users, the real landowners are gone. But those herders and hunters do make use of all those thousands of properties, they hunt there, they take care of their sheep. They in fact manage the land. They also use poison, kill the wolves. They make sure that there is no wildlife at all. How can you provide them with an alternative? Maybe continue hunting, but in a different way. Stop herding sheep, but start looking after the ibex instead? We could think of ways for them to play a role that provides them with dignity; that they can be proud of, and that may be economically better than what they have now. But wouldn't such a strategy nevertheless lead to further confrontations? What do you want with this 'confrontation'? We are hardly ever involved in one. Is there a scientific agenda behind this question? 1 ...We will never opt for confrontation ourselves, it is always a local team that has to assess whether they have to deal with those interests and if so, how. We only try to facilitate people with the means that we have. Can we give, organise, or advise something? Provide a loan? But do you also guide them in conflict situations? Yes.... What is your policy then in such situations? That is actually just our experience. In our team of ten people, we are all people who already have 20, 25, 30 years of experience with nature conservation. And we think that this is the best basis to judge how to deal with such conflicts in practical situations. We have been in hundreds of such situations, in the Netherlands or abroad. Our CEO has a lot of experience in Africa. This practical experience is the most useful for local organisations. Could you describe which conflicts your organisation has dealt with in rewilding this region? Are there places where you met a lot of resistance? Well, I think that... I don't think in terms of problems actually... Even the case we just discussed, I do not see that as a problem. It might just need some time, but in principle nothing is going wrong... Conservation tourism i...

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Rhetoric and hegemony in consumptive wildlife tourism: polarizing sustainability discourses among angling tourism stakeholders

Cited by 22 publications

References 67 publications

Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia

Reality effects of conflict avoidance in rewilding and ecotourism practices – the case of Western Iberia

Advancing an integrated protocol for rapid assessment of catch-and-release recreational fisheries in the developing world

Conflicts forever : Understanding the role of conflicts in conservation tourism

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