The politics of co-production: participation, power, and transformation

Turnhout, Esther; Metze, Tamara; Wyborn, Carina; Klenk, Nicole; Louder, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2019.11.009

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“…The tendency of discourses to reproduce themselves calls for sensitivity to power dynamics in environmental assessment and planning during the bridging and co-production of knowledge (Turnhout et al 2019a(Turnhout et al , 2019b. This sensitivity should lead to the creation of shared understandings of both the social and ecological dimensions of resource management contexts and to the inclusion of a legitimate and relational understanding of NCP and PCN (Chan et al 2012).…”

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Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

Matuk

Behagel

Simas

et al. 2020

Ecosystems and People

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The concepts of 'ecosystem services' (ES) and 'nature's contributions to people' (NCP) inform environmental frameworks that set out to include Indigenous and Local Knowledge systems (ILK) and worldviews in policy and planning processes. These frameworks aim to enhance biodiversity conservation and human well-being in a legitimate and effective way. In this article, we explore how the concept of People's Contributions to Nature (PCN) is complementary to NCP. We use it to investigate challenges that planners and locals face in realizing the legitimate inclusion of diverse knowledges and worldviwes that account for people and ecosystems in a relational way. We introduce a case study where planners drew on ES and NCP and used participatory methods to implement a REDD+ policy in the Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land (Acre-Brazil). We find that both Kaxinawás and planners emphasize both NCP and PCN in their discourses. Nevertheless, differences between knowledge systems and disciplines, uneven power relations between Kaxinawás and planners, and an underconsideration of PCN by global frameworks challenge the legitimate inclusion of the Kaxinawá knowlege and worldviews to craft assessment and planning. We conclude that by explicitly addressing these challenges, science-policy interfaces can further advance knowledge legitimacy and policy effectiveness.

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Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

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Behagel

Simas

et al. 2020

Ecosystems and People

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“…Yet, an integrated approach still has challenges of other co-production applications. For example, the constraints of research design can conflict with stakeholder goals, and failure to address unequal power dynamics among researchers and stakeholders can undermine the process (Turnhout et al, 2020), potentially yielding design outputs not robust for either group's goals.…”

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“…Still a challenge of an integrated approach; however, the focus of a trait-based approach on characteristics rather than species creates more flexibility Unequal power dynamics can undermine the process and outcomes (Turnhout, Metze, Wyborn, Klenk, & Louder, 2020), potentially yielding design outputs that are not robust for either group's goals Still a challenge of an integrated approach communities, restoring to a native reference ecosystem may not be ecologically, economically, or logistically feasible, and thus restoring ecosystem services or functions may be preferable. In these cases, co-designing research interventions using a trait-based approach can improve inclusion of indigenous and local knowledge and locally relevant species while still producing generalizable results.…”

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Integrating co‐production and functional trait approaches for inclusive and scalable restoration solutions

Hastings

Ticktin

Botelho³

et al. 2020

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Calls for, and commitments to, forest restoration and regenerative agriculture are booming. While these practices are often conceptualized and implemented separately, in many contexts, research and practice at the intersection of forest restoration and diversified agriculture can accelerate the mutual goal of increasing biodiversity and ecosystem services on degraded lands. However, research on integrated forest‐agriculture practices, or agroforestry, often leaves out locally important native species and produces findings that are species‐specific, which together constrain research‐practice connections. We discuss a research design process that integrates two well‐established methods and allows for local customization in species selection, while also enabling study findings to be generalized to other sites. We illustrate this process through a case study from Hawai‘i and discuss the benefits, challenges, and potential further applications.

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“…1. Interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary teams: Full-spectrum sustainability demands interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches but, as others have noted (Turnhout et al 2020), transdisciplinary and coproductive research is a major challenge because of institutional constraints, stove-piped/ siloed disciplinary cultures, power relations, and fragmented societal/industry values and interests.…”

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Full-spectrum sustainability: an alternative to fisheries management panaceas

Foley¹,

Pinkerton²,

Wiber³

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This introduction to the special feature describes the development and application of a "full-spectrum sustainability" evaluation framework that emerged from a transdisciplinary research process. The framework and corresponding case studies described in this paper originated in the work of a Canadian Fisheries Research Network project that sought to enhance fisheries management by including diverse social-ecological considerations in fisheries management evaluation. The first section discusses the tendency of sustainability evaluation frameworks in fisheries to focus on ecological and economic considerations and introduces the Canadian Fisheries Research Network's four pillar approach, which includes ecological, economic, social and cultural, and institutional/ governance categories. To illustrate the comprehensive nature of this framework, the second section provides a comparison of the framework with elements in the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. The third section provides an overview of the eight papers in this special feature that explore the development and application of full-spectrum sustainability. The conclusion synthesizes some key findings, highlighting four overall critical and ongoing challenges associated with advancing full-spectrum sustainability evaluation in Canada and elsewhere: the politics of transdisciplinary research; integrating social considerations into management agencies reluctant to move beyond ecological and economic considerations; dynamic and diverse issues involved in supporting robust and inclusive governance processes; and translating technical frameworks into usable practical instruments for different societal actors.

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The politics of co-production: participation, power, and transformation

Cited by 513 publications

References 82 publications

Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

Integrating co‐production and functional trait approaches for inclusive and scalable restoration solutions

Full-spectrum sustainability: an alternative to fisheries management panaceas

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