She’s a Rainbow: Forest and water policy and management integration in Germany, Spain and Sweden

Baulenas, Eulàlia

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105182

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“…The variance between the regions relates to the relative strength of the forest sectorhigh in BW and low in CATas well as differences in problems associated with water (quality and quantity). In a comparative study of policy integration across the forest and water sectors, these factors were all associated with different policy integration paths (Baulenas, 2021), although in the survey, stakeholder perceptions on forest and water were less influenced by ecological factors and more by socio-institutional. We come back to this debate in the discussion.…”

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“…A recent survey in Germany and Spain observed that positive views about forest and water were associated with greater chances of engaging in cross-sectoral policy integrationthough not many stakeholders expressed negative views, with more being associated with rather neutral perspectives and context (Baulenas, 2021). In line with an embedded research design, we chose two regions in these countries with similar socio-economic and institutional factors but different situations in forest and water.…”

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“…We link these with the stakeholder category following the institutional affiliation and validated by self-reporting, and convert it as attribute for the SNA. (Baulenas, 2021). Multiplexity is present when either one of the first two activities is present and one of the two last ones.…”

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“…Figure 1). In the processual understanding of crosssectoral policy integration in combination with the ideational network literature, there is the hypothesis that ideational similarities between policy actors are a key precondition for policy network formation, and a joint policy network is a necessary condition for cross-sectoral policy change (Baulenas, 2021;Candel & Biesbroek, 2016;Kisby, 2007;Sotirov & Storch, 2018). The directionality among these elements does not follow a linear path, though, but it is considered dialectical (cf.…”

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“…The research on forest and water policy integration exhibits similar patterns. In terms of the F I G U R E 1 Theoretical framework of cross-sectoral policy integration from an ideational network perspective problems, negative, positive or neutral perceptions of the effects of forest on water is shown to influence the chances of engaging in cross-sectoral integration (Baulenas, 2021). In terms of solutions, these perceptions are expected to lead to different policy preferences, such as reforestation vs. land conversion policies (Bennett & Barton, 2018;Creed & van Noordwijk, 2018;Ellison, 2018).…”

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Forest and water policy integration: A process and output‐oriented policy network analysis

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Natural resource management requires cross-sectoral policy integration because the scope of current environmental and sustainability issues surpasses traditional sectoral boundaries. While the emergence of policy networks in such cases has been observed in the policy integration literature, little is known about how these networks are formed and how they influence the processes and outputs of policy integration. Accordingly, the main aim of this article is to combine the policy integration and policy network literatures to answer two research questions: How can the formation of a policy network for the case of forest and water policy integration be explained? What are the effects of the policy network on policy integration outputs?We use qualitative interviews and social network analysis to inform the study of two regional case studies in Germany and Spain. Our results show the relevance of a policy broker in steering the interactions between forest and water policy actors, combined with the presence of synergetic interdependencies, which facilitated the activation of the network. Additionally, the activities performed contributed to ideational homogenization between the forest and water sectors in terms of problem definition and preferred solutions, despite initial divergences. We conclude that a policy network perspective is an important contribution to the policy integration literature because it allows differentiating the influence of actor-level and network-level factors on integrated processes and outputs. In conclusion, both actors and their relationships should be accounted for as key intermediary variables to better understand and steer policy integration between natural resource sectors.

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Major land use changes such as deforestation and restoration influence water resources in agriculture–forest landscapes. Changes are observed in water flows, groundwater infiltration, water quality and rainfall. Interdisciplinary water–forest research has unravelled biophysical parts of the interplay that influences forest and water resources. In this Perspective paper, we propose an expanded interdisciplinary research approach to study water and policies in agriculture–forest frontiers. The approach differs in four important aspects from previous ones: (i) a conceptual ‘frontier’ understanding; an analytical focus on (ii) agriculture and (iii) policy–water linkages; (iv) empirical attention to northern and southern countries. The approach is put into practice with the “Pendulum” framework, with interventions and the agriculture–forest frontier oscillating over time between exploitation and restoration. Through the approach, a better understanding will be provided on the dynamic interplay of water and policies in oscillating agriculture–forest frontiers, with changing outcomes for people and environment.

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She’s a Rainbow: Forest and water policy and management integration in Germany, Spain and Sweden

Cited by 6 publications

References 59 publications

Forest and water policy integration: A process and output‐oriented policy network analysis

Forest and water policy integration: A process and output‐oriented policy network analysis

Long-term improvements in water conservation functions at Qilian Mountain National Park, northwest China

Water and sectoral policies in agriculture–forest frontiers: An expanded interdisciplinary research approach

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