Societal research perspectives on protected areas in Europe

Hammer, Thomas; Mose, Ingo; Scheurer, Thomas; Siegrist, Dominik; Weixlbaumer, Norbert

doi:10.1553/eco.mont-4-1s5

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“…Collectively they must negotiate a sustainable future though the management decisions that they make in partnership. Increasing the effectiveness of these partnerships should therefore be a priority for the organisations involved and for researchers interested in protected areas (Hammer et al, 2012). As this research shows, some behavioural factors, such as history and personal relationships, can be difficult to control, but other aspects, like the willingness of public sector organisations to provide good administrative support and to develop relevant skills and capacity within private and voluntary/community sector organisations, may be more manageable.…”

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Understanding the factors underlying partnership working: A case study of Northumberland National Park, England

2016

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a b s t r a c tAlthough rural partnership working is a well-researched area, less attention has been paid to the particular challenges in IUCN Category V protected areas. This paper explores the policy and practice of partnership working in a case study Category V area-Northumberland National Park, England. Qualitative research was conducted through documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with a sample of 23 stakeholders involved in the management of this protected area. It was found that a convoluted institutional history has shaped the present day approach to its management. The processes driving partnership working were understood in terms of governance factors with a relatively high degree of control and behavioural factors with a relatively low degree of control. There was a tacit acceptance among actors that success was dependent upon uncontrollable factors and in particular inter-personal relations between representatives of stakeholder bodies. These findings are important for all IUCN Category V protected areas reliant upon working within stakeholder partnerships to achieve sustainable development objectives. Management bodies can benefit from examining the history of these often complex webs of relationships and the implications for communications between organisations if they are to understand the processes that underpin this form of governance.

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Understanding the factors underlying partnership working: A case study of Northumberland National Park, England

2016

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“…Farmers critical of the Parc Adula project mostly feared more interference, from government and especially from environmental NGOs. Haggenmacher (2017) noted that some local farmers described the expectation that in the future, academics would influence decisions made regarding the MountainResearch daily business of Parc Adula. Often, such academic experts-for example, from government agencies-were present at information events to answer questions.…”

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Conflicting Discourses: Understanding the Rejection of a Swiss National Park Project Using Data Analysis Triangulation

Michel

Bruggmann

2019

Mountain Research and Development

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“…A wide range of studies concerning nature-based tourism (e. g. Hammer et al 2012;Hammer & Siegrist 2008;Knaus 2012;Siegrist & Stremlow 2009;Siegrist et al 2015) indicates that there is a strong connection between tourism issues and protected areas. This article wants to shed a light on the historical aspects of this long-term relationship.…”

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Alpine parks between yesterday and tomorrow – a conceptual history of Alpine national parks via tourism in charismatic parks in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Pichler-Koban¹,

Jungmeier²

2017

ecomont

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The history of national parks in Austria, Germany and Switzerland reaches back to the late 19 th century. Based on a historic content analysis (ATLAS.ti), this study investigates the different conservation concepts through the example of tourism in charismatic parks in the Alps, such as Swiss National Park, Berchtesgaden National Park and Hohe Tauern National Park. A conception is considered a particular co-occurrence of protagonists, perceived threats, desired conservation goals and instruments applied. Analysing these co-occurrences sheds light on relations between historic milestones in nature conservation and the broader context of debates, changes and developments in society. Such an analysis reveals recurring archetypical conservation narratives and, in the context of tourism, allows identifying six different conceptions to better compare and understand the developments these parks have gone through: 1) fundamental antagonism, 2) selective antagonism, 3) opportunistic co-operation, 4) opportunistic appropriation, 5) co-operative development, and 6) integrative development. The parks' histories differ greatly, but nowadays the conception of integrative development appears to be generally acknowledged.

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Societal research perspectives on protected areas in Europe

Cited by 21 publications

References 20 publications

Understanding the factors underlying partnership working: A case study of Northumberland National Park, England

Understanding the factors underlying partnership working: A case study of Northumberland National Park, England

Conflicting Discourses: Understanding the Rejection of a Swiss National Park Project Using Data Analysis Triangulation

Alpine parks between yesterday and tomorrow – a conceptual history of Alpine national parks via tourism in charismatic parks in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

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