Understanding interdependencies: stakeholder identification and negotiation for collective natural resource management

Ravnborg, Helle Munk; Westermann, Olaf

doi:10.1016/s0308-521x(01)00099-3

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“…The Administration theoretically decides on basis of the general society interests, but often those interests are not discussed with local stakeholders (Ravnborg and Westermann, 2002). The Portuguese Administration does not have land-use planning and in the Galician case, only one third of the 23 communities have such plans.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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Input of Communal Forests to Sustainable Development of the Rural Population: Study Case of Northern Portugal and Galicia

Lopes

Diaz-Maroto

2018

Proccedings of International Scientific Conference "RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2017"

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Communal forests occupy one million hectares in the Northern of Portugal and Galicia. Since centuries ago, "Baldios" and "Montes Veciñais en Man Común" (MVMC) played an essential function in the economy of their owner communities. This role was lost all through the last century due to the enormous afforestation and the decrease of agriculture. The restitution of democratic regimes returned the communal forests tenure to the communities. Given the extension and high average area, our paper aims to research its potentialities and limitations of contribution to rural development. Two case studies, one in North Portugal and another one in Galicia, allow identifying the individual and collective traditional uses and the achievements made with revenues linked. Both Galician and Portuguese realities exhibit similarities and complementary benefits, and needing social and economic innovation to make a better use of rural resilience. Communal lands and small-scale business projects could maintain the network of local produce markets with attractive aesthetic values as well as biodiversity conservation. The comparison of the different criteria shows economic aspects are the most valorised by the stakeholders. The management decision of collective forests was the alternative mixed by the communities and the Forestry Services as the best one to complete the main objective of sustainable rural development. As a final conclusion of our work, remarking that the communities owning these forests currently seem to have the conditions to successfully manage their properties if the commoners are able to mobilize and adequate organize the communities.

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Input of Communal Forests to Sustainable Development of the Rural Population: Study Case of Northern Portugal and Galicia

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Diaz-Maroto

2018

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“…These play an intermediary role between different social arenas, administrative levels, or geographic scales and (Cash et al 2006) provide a forum for knowledge co-production, trust building, sense making, learning, vertical and horizontal collaboration and conflict resolution through collaborative learning processes (Cash et al 2006). Bridging organizations encourage resource users to recognize the biophysical and social interdependencies related to natural resource management problems and negotiate methods of management (Ravnborg 2002). Community based organizations that were formed to manage local waterbodies and floodplains in Bangladesh, for example, have benefited from establishing networks across geographic areas and with other types of organizations.…”

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Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience: An analytical framework

2010

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In developing countries where access to and use of renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods are highly contested, improving cooperation in their management is increasingly seen as an important element in strategies for peacebuilding, conflict prevention, and longer-term social-ecological resilience. While researchers have made important advances in recent years in assessing the role of environmental resources as a causal factor in civil conflict, analysis of the positive potential of collective natural resource management efforts to reduce broader conflict is less developed. In particular, there is a need for analytical tools that not only describe stakeholder interactions and outcomes but also yield practical guidance on what development practitioners and policy makers can do to promote such goals. Addressing this need, we present a framework focused on the links between collective action, conflict prevention, and social-ecological resilience. Building on the institutional analysis and development (IAD) model, and incorporating principles from the sustainable livelihoods approach and resilience theory, the framework is applicable across multiple scales of analysis, linking local stakeholder dynamics to the broader institutional and governance context. Accounting for both formal and informal relationships of power and influence, as well as values and stakeholder perceptions alongside material interests, the framework aims to provide insight into the problem of (re)building legitimacy of resource management institutions in conflict-sensitive environments. We present the elements of the framework and outline its application in stakeholder-based problem assessment and planning, participatory monitoring and evaluation, and multi-case comparative analysis.Working paperPRIFPRI1; CAPRiEPT

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“…In using Bayesian networks for environmental management, consultation with experts and stakeholders is acknowledged as being of critical importance (Borsuk et al, 2001;Ravnborg and Westermann, 2002;Cain et al, 2003). This consultation has been described with more or fewer details in almost all studies using Bayesian networks.…”

Section: Building a Consultative Model: Steps And Examplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some authors have addressed specific aspects of consultation, in particular the theoretical side (Gregory et al, 2001;Beierle, 2002;Wilkins et al, 2002;Seidel et al, 2003), whereas others have highlighted the psychological pitfalls inherent in consultation with individuals or stakeholders (Anderson, 1998;De Bruin et al, 2002;Fenton, 2004). On the more practical side, the guidelines provided by Cain (2001) and Ravnborg and Westermann (2002) for stakeholder consultations are among the most detailed. Acknowledging the lack of concise and pragmatic recommendations, have proposed guidelines about stakeholder consultation for Bayesian modelling, detailing in particular possible options about the selection and number of stakeholders, group consultation options and pitfalls, and issues specific to Bayesian networks.…”

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Developing a consultative Bayesian model for integrated management of aquatic resources: an inland coastal zone case study.

Baran

Jantunen²,

Chheng³

2006

Environment and Livelihoods in Tropical Coastal Zones: Managing Agriculture-Fishery-Aquaculture Conflicts

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This chapter presents the methodological aspects of the development of a decision support system (DSS) based on Bayesian networks and aiming at assisting in the management of water-dependent resources (rice, fish, shrimp and crab). The principles of Bayesian networks are introduced, then the steps of model development are detailed and illustrated by the BayFish model being developed in the inland coastal zone of Bac Lieu Province (Vietnam). The particular feature of this DSS is that it is based on the contribution of local stakeholders. The process of building the model is detailed and illustrated by examples, in particular: the modalities of stakeholder consultations, the progressive arrangement of variables into a structured network, the justifications and weights defining each of the variables, the integration of databases in the model so that it combines quantitative and qualitative information, and the way outputs are calculated. The model, once completed, allows planners and decision-makers to visualize the trade-offs among various water management options. It also highlights the socio-political options and choices inherent to environmental management.

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Understanding interdependencies: stakeholder identification and negotiation for collective natural resource management

Cited by 52 publications

References 3 publications

Input of Communal Forests to Sustainable Development of the Rural Population: Study Case of Northern Portugal and Galicia

Input of Communal Forests to Sustainable Development of the Rural Population: Study Case of Northern Portugal and Galicia

Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience: An analytical framework

Developing a consultative Bayesian model for integrated management of aquatic resources: an inland coastal zone case study.

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