The contribution of biosphere reserves to regional sustainability: an institutional approach

Understanding Governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: An Empirical Approach

“…A relatively recent study refers to the differences regarding the success of the governance of the BRs created before and after 1995, being those after 1995 were the ones with the most significant success because the first generation focused on conservation models like the PAs (Van Cuong et al, 2017). Participation is broadly understood as the critical success factor of BR governance, as indicated below (Borsdorf et al, 2013; Cuong, Dart, & Hockings, 2017b).…”

“…A relatively recent study refers to the differences regarding the success of the governance of the BRs created before and after 1995, being those after 1995 were the ones with the most significant success because the first generation focused on conservation models like the PAs ( Van Cuong et al, 2017). Participation is broadly understood as the critical success factor of BR governance, as indicated below (Borsdorf et al, 2013;Cuong, Dart, & Hockings, 2017b). Therefore, the BR fails to reach good governance standards but could be characterized by the AINH governance level but still unbalanced governance level (Assa, 2018;Bonilla-Mejía & Higuera-Mendieta, 2019;Pomeranz & Stedman, 2020).…”

“…The BR concept, developed by Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) formally established in 1971, represents a sustained effort over time in pursuit of reconciling the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources by incorporating a landscape perspective (Borsdorf et al, 2013; Price, 2002). With the support of the MAB program was created in 2002 by the Dominican government.…”

Trends in Media Coverage and Information Diffusion Over Time: The Case of the American Earth Systems Research Centre Biosphere 2

“…In this region, where nature is valued, the cultural attachment of the local population to the semi-desert landscape, combined with serious water issues, as well as a tradition of extractive industry activities, brings about growing and evolving controversies for the public. Alongside the interest in studying biospherics and closed ecological systems (Allen et al, 2003), the impact of Biosphere Reserves on regional sustainability (Borsdorf et al, 2014) and problems of governance (Brondizio & Le Tourneau, 2016) have become crucial. Questions of human survival on Earth remain urgent today, because, as Latour put it: where are we going to land?…”