The importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of power in stakeholder participation for effective biodiversity conservation
L. Lécuyer,
E. Balian,
J. R. A. Butler
et al.
Abstract:Biodiversity conservation are increasingly focused on involving stakeholder engagement, making power a key concept in understanding its success and failure. Power is often conceptualized as unidimensional and coercive, but a multidimensional view better reflects structural power, as well as its productive and enabling potential.
This paper investigates how different dimensions of power in participatory processes affect biodiversity conservation objectives. Six case studies from Europe and Asia‐Pacific were an… Show more
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