The power of discourse: Hard lessons for traditional forest communities in the Amazon

Medina, Gabriel; Pokorny, Benno; Weigelt, Jes

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2008.11.004

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“…Third, public deliberations only touch debates on policymaking process and its implementation, while the expert's give long-term strategic discussions, policy options, studies on policy impacts and dialogue space among interested groups. This deliberative behavior is quite similar to what happened in Bangladesh, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and other countries (see: Kleinschmit, 2012;Leipold, 2014;Medina et al, 2009;Sadath, 2012;Sadath et al, 2013;Sadath & Krott, 2012).…”

Section: Public Versus Expert Deliberationssupporting

confidence: 68%

Actor Positions on Primary and Secondary International Forest-related Issues Relevant in Indonesia

Wibowo¹,

Gießen²

2015

JSD

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Over the last 20 years a considerable number of international forest-related policies has evolved, collectively referred to as the international forest regime complex. The objectives of this study are to identify the most relevant international forest-related issues discussed in Indonesia as well as the most active actors and their positions on these issues. The empirical methods used include content analysis of Indonesian newspapers, national expert journals, expert mailing lists, and international organizations' position papers. In addition, experts were interviewed to verify and complement the data. As a result, three primary forest-related international issues in Indonesia are identified, namely: timber legality; climate change including REDD initiative; and oil palm plantation and its environmental aspects; and the other four considered as secondary issues, namely: harmonization of wood and forest certification schemes; land use change; forest and species conservation; and deforestation and decentralized forest governance. Public and expert deliberations are found to differ regarding the depth of information as well as their immediate importance for the people and their long-term objectives. The Ministry of Forestry and, surprisingly, the Ministry of Trade are the most active actors in these issues. The main lines of conflict lie between forest utilization interests which are supported by the Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Trade, oil palm and wood industry associations face-to-face with forest conservation interests powered by WWF and Greenpeace.

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Section: Public Versus Expert Deliberationssupporting

confidence: 68%

Actor Positions on Primary and Secondary International Forest-related Issues Relevant in Indonesia

Wibowo¹,

Gießen²

2015

JSD

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“…Thus, it is reasonable to assume that environmental attitudes and behaviors may be shaped in response to global environmental concerns reported in national and international media (Sampei and Aoyagi-Usui 2009), as well as in response to the environmental discourse promoted by international NGOs (Medina et al 2009). …”

Section: The Global Spread Of Environmental Ideas and Practicesmentioning

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Environmental Philanthropy and Environmental Behavior in Five Countries: Is There Convergence Among Youth?

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This paper compares and contrasts environmental philanthropy, environmental behavior, and their determinants among university students in five countries: Canada, Germany, Israel, South Korea, and the United States. The paper's unique contribution to the nonprofit literature is its focus on environmental philanthropy as an unexplored form of philanthropic behavior, and the ability to test environmental philanthropy in an international setting and in comparison to other modes of environmental behavior. By environmental philanthropy, we mean giving to, and volunteering in, various environmental non-governmental organizations, and by environmental behavior, we refer to daily behaviors in the private sphere with ecological implications. We hypothesize that although the five countries vary on several characteristics, the student populations-who are young, educated, and exposed to global ideas and norms-will be relatively similar to each other in their environmental and philanthropic behavior and in the determinants of such behavior.To test this hypothesis, a standardized questionnaire was administered to 8,477 students on five campuses. Results show significant differences between students in their environmental philanthropic behavior, as well as in the demographic and attitudinal determinants of such behaviors.Résumé Cet article compare et met en contraste la philanthropie environnementale, le comportement environnemental et leurs déterminants chez les étudiants universitaires de cinq pays : Canada, Allemagne, Israël, Corée du Sud et É tats-Unis. L'apport singulier de cet article à la documentation sur le secteur à but non lucratif est d'avoir pour sujet central la philanthropie environnementale comme une forme inexplorée du comportement philanthropique, et la possibilité de tester la philanthropie environnementale dans un cadre international et par rapport aux autres modes de comportements environnementaux. Par philanthropie environnementale, nous entendons les dons faits aux diverses organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) environnementales et le bénévolat dans ces organisations, et par comportement environnemental, nous nous référons à des comportements quotidiens dans la vie privée ayant des conséquences écologiques. Nous émettons l'hypothèse que bien que les cinq pays divergent sur plusieurs caractéristiques, les populations d'élèves -qui sont jeunes, instruits et exposés à des idées et à des normes mondiales -seront relativement semblables les uns aux autres quant à leurs comportements environnementaux et philanthropiques et aux facteurs de ces comportements. Pour tester cette hypothèse, un questionnaire standardisé a été distribué à 8,477 étudiants sur cinq campus. Les résultats montrent des différences significatives entre les élèves en ce qui concerne leurs comportements philanthropiques environnementaux ainsi que les facteurs démographiques et comportementaux de ces comportements.Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag vergleicht in einer Gegenüberstellung die ökologische Philanthropie, das Umweltverhalten und deren...

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“…Participating smallholders were often able to strengthen their formal organization and to gain managerial capacities, in particular with regard to finances and information (Donovan et al 2008). Many smallholders started to interact more intensively with nonlocal actors and the public administration (Humphries andKainer 2006, Ros-Tonen et al 2008), and were able to establish beneficial new partnerships with supporting organizations (Medina et al 2009a). The projects stimulated social organization and local capacities to more adequately respond to external opportunities and threats, and to break from the subjugated relationships still common in the region (Sabogal et al 2008b).…”

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REDD+ for the poor or the poor for REDD+? About the limitations of environmental policies in the Amazon and the potential of achieving environmental goals through pro-poor policies

Pokorny¹,

Scholz²,

Jong³

2013

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ABSTRACT. Once again, the international community focuses on the preservation of Amazonian forests, in particular through a bundle of initiatives grouped under the term of REDD+. Initially focusing on reducing carbon emissions, the REDD+ process became increasingly linked with developmental goals that represent the primary interest of all Amazon countries. In consequence, REDD+ can be seen as another attempt to achieve the twin goals of environmental protection and rural development, and consequently, relies on the strategies and tools of past efforts. Against this background, we explore past experiences with key strategies for environmental protection and poverty alleviation in the Amazon to critically reflect about the potential of REDD+ to contribute to sustainable local development in the region. The analysis demonstrates that initiatives that pursued environmental goals mostly led to more restrictions and bureaucratic barriers to local forest users, while the prevailing approaches to promote rural dwellers showed ambivalent environmental outcomes. Reasons for these unsatisfactory results include the sectoral alignment of the measures and the poor coordination and lack of coherence with decisive policy areas. Most critically, the environmental and social initiatives themselves rely on the classic development approach widely disregarding smallholders' capacities to contribute to local development. The manifold pilot activities emerging under the new REDD+ framework tend to repeat these shortcomings, thereby further accelerating the replacement of local socio-productive schemes with unsustainable land uses. In view of the growing consensus about the ecological incompatibility, social limitations and economic risks of classic development, an alternative vision of development is needed, which more consciously takes into account the immense social and environmental potential of the region. Considering that REDD+ is still at the start, there might be possibilities to re-adjust the framework and thereby turn it into a real contribution to the sustainable development of rural Amazon.

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The power of discourse: Hard lessons for traditional forest communities in the Amazon

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

Actor Positions on Primary and Secondary International Forest-related Issues Relevant in Indonesia

Actor Positions on Primary and Secondary International Forest-related Issues Relevant in Indonesia

Environmental Philanthropy and Environmental Behavior in Five Countries: Is There Convergence Among Youth?

REDD+ for the poor or the poor for REDD+? About the limitations of environmental policies in the Amazon and the potential of achieving environmental goals through pro-poor policies

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