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Scott A, Kirby M. Improving strategic planning for nature: Panacea or pandora's box for the built and natural environment? AMBIO 2024; 53:1136-1151. [PMID: 38489013 PMCID: PMC11183010 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01995-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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This paper assesses how strategic planning for nature can be improved for England's built and natural environment using mainstreaming and landscape-scale concepts. Whilst both concepts feature in academic literature, there has been limited attention on their role as catalytic agents for strategic planning. Addressing this gap, evidence is used from two stakeholder workshops involving 62 senior policy experts managing a range of operational and hypothetical strategic spatial planning challenges. The results reveal a significantly weakened strategic planning arena characterised by policy disintegration, short termism and uncertainty. Key findings highlight the fallacy of pursuing strategic planning for nature in isolation from wider policy integration fusing environmental, economic and social components from the outset. Current barriers to progress include institutional inertia, technocratic vocabularies and neoliberalist priorities exacerbated by a weak underlying theory. Conversely opportunities for mainstreaming processes may help knowledge generation and exchange within transdisciplinary partnerships, whilst landscape scale thinking can improve understanding of issues using natures inherent geometry transforming processes and outcomes. The paper recommends the adoption of strategic planning pathways using mainstreaming and landscape-scale approaches working in tandem. Whilst focused on the English context, our findings are transferable to other planning systems in the Global North, especially those championing neoliberal market led policies.
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- Alister Scott
- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Room, B305 Ellison Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Room, B305 Ellison Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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Nuryanto UW, Basrowi, Quraysin I, Pratiwi I. Magnitude of digital adaptability role: Stakeholder engagement and costless signaling in enhancing sustainable MSME performance. Heliyon 2024; 10:e33484. [PMID: 39040227 PMCID: PMC11261080 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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This study investigates the relationship between stakeholder engagement, costless signaling, digital adaptability, and sustainable performance in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). A quantitative research approach was employed, collecting data through questionnaires from respondents who were owners or representatives of MSMEs. Statistical analysis was conducted to test the research hypotheses. The findings revealed a significant positive impact of stakeholder engagement and costless signaling on sustainable performance in MSMEs. However, digital adaptability did not moderate the relationship between costless signaling and sustainable performance. The implications of this study suggest that MSMEs should prioritize stakeholder engagement and employ effective costless signaling strategies to enhance their sustainable performance. Support from the government and financial institutions is also crucial in facilitating these efforts. The study has limitations in terms of generalizability, and further research is needed with a broader scope and more in-depth methods to deepen the understanding of the influence of digital adaptability in the context of MSMEs.
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- Uli Wildan Nuryanto
- Postgraduate Program, Master of Management, Bina Bangsa University, Indonesia
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- Postgraduate Program, Master of Management, Bina Bangsa University, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, Bina Bangsa University, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, Bina Bangsa University, Indonesia
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Dokubo OI, Radulescu MA, Squintani L. What law does not understand about public participation. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32001. [PMID: 38882291 PMCID: PMC11176844 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Public participation plays a vital role in developing and implementing climate policies. However, in practice, it is challenging to organise public participation effectively. In this paper, we compare three main regulatory approaches to public participation, the Aarhus Convention, the Escazú Agreement and the Impact and Benefits Agreements, in light of their ability to implement social sciences insights on effective public participation. By linking the social sciences and law, our analysis shows that the shortcomings of each regime, when individually taken, potentially explain why public participation practices face difficulty fulfilling the envisaged goals.
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Fritz L, Baum CM, Low S, Sovacool BK. Public engagement for inclusive and sustainable governance of climate interventions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4168. [PMID: 38755215 PMCID: PMC11099155 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48510-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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The need for public engagement is increasingly evident as discussions intensify around emerging methods for carbon dioxide removal and controversial proposals around solar geoengineering. Based on 44 focus groups in 22 countries across the Global North and Global South (N = 323 participants), this article traces public preferences for a variety of bottom-up and top-down engagement practices ranging from information recipient to broad decision authority. Here, we show that engagement practices need to be responsive to local political cultures and socio-technical environments, while attending to the global dimensions and interconnectedness of the issues at stake. Establishing public engagement as a cornerstone of inclusive and sustainable governance of climate-intervention technologies requires (i) recognizing the diversity of forms and intensities of engaging, (ii) considering national contexts and modes of engagement, (iii) tailoring to technological idiosyncrasies, (iv) adopting power-sensitive practices, (v) accounting for publics' prior experience, (vi) establishing trust and procedural legitimacy and (vii) engaging with tensions and value disagreements.
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- Livia Fritz
- Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark 15, 7400, Herning, Denmark.
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- Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark 15, 7400, Herning, Denmark
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- Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark 15, 7400, Herning, Denmark
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- Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark 15, 7400, Herning, Denmark
- Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Business School, Jubilee Building, Arts Rd, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9SL, UK
- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Tschikof M, Stammel B, Weigelhofer G, Bondar-Kunze E, Costea G, Pusch M, Srdević Z, Benka P, Vizi DB, Borgs T, Hein T. Cross-scale and integrative prioritization of multi-functionality in large river floodplains. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 358:120899. [PMID: 38636421 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Floodplains provide an extraordinary quantity and quality of ecosystem services (ES) but are among the most threatened ecosystems worldwide. The uses and transformations of floodplains differ widely within and between regions. In recent decades, the diverse pressures and requirements for flood protection, drinking water resource protection, biodiversity, and adaptation to climate change have shown that multi-functional floodplain management is necessary. Such an integrative approach has been hampered by the various interests of different sectors of society, as represented by multiple stakeholders and legal principles. We present an innovative framework for integrated floodplain management building up on ES multi-functionality and stakeholder involvement, forming a scientifically based decision-support to prioritize adaptive management measures responding at the basin and local scales. To demonstrate its potential and limitations, we applied this cross-scaled approach in the world's most international and culturally diverse basin, the Danube River Basin in Europe. We conducted large-scale evaluations of anthropogenic pressures and ES capacities on the one hand and participatory modelling of the local socio-ecohydrological systems on the other hand. Based on our assessments of 14 ES and 8 pressures, we recommend conservation measures along the lower and middle Danube, restoration measures along the upper-middle Danube and Sava, and mitigation measures in wide parts of the Yantra, Tisza and upper Danube rivers. In three case study areas across the basin, stakeholder perceptions were generally in line with the large-scale evaluations on ES and pressures. The positive outcomes of jointly modelled local measures and large-scale synergistic ES relationships suggest that multi-functionality can be enhanced across scales. Trade-offs were mainly present with terrestrial provisioning ES at the basin scale and locally with recreational activities. Utilizing the commonalities between top-down prioritizations and bottom-up participatory approaches and learning from their discrepancies could make ecosystem-based management more effective and inclusive.
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- Martin Tschikof
- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- Floodplain Institute Neuburg, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Schloss Grünau, 86633 Neuburg/Donau, Germany; University of Applied Science Erfurt, Leipziger Straße 77, 99085 Erfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, Dr. Kupelwieser-Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes - Research for Sustainable River Management, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Department of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Middle Tisza District Water Directorate, Boldog Sándor István krt. 4, 5000 Szolnok, Hungary
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- Floodplain Institute Neuburg, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Schloss Grünau, 86633 Neuburg/Donau, Germany
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- Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes - Research for Sustainable River Management, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria
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Scrich VM, Elliff C, de Andrade MM, Grilli NM, Turra A. Stakeholder Analysis as a strategic tool in framing collaborative governance arenas for marine litter monitoring. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 198:115799. [PMID: 38101064 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Monitoring and assessment of marine litter requires multi-stakeholder involvement at national and subnational levels. Collaborative governance approaches are important, but often fail without adequate effort towards identifying and engaging stakeholders with appropriate profiles for the issue at stake. Stakeholder Analysis (SA) is increasingly used to ensure efficient governance arrangements. Our hypothesis is that SA contributes to collaborative governance processes for marine litter policies. We explored a pioneer participatory process in Brazil, where SA was applied to identify, categorize, and prioritize stakeholders, and analyze their power and interest, for the Strategic Plan for Monitoring and Assessing Marine Litter in the state of São Paulo. A top-down/bottom-up approach revealed that snowball sampling complemented the stakeholder assemblage identified by the consultation of experts. Prioritization of data-related stakeholders streamlined the participatory process. The interest-power matrix evaluated stakeholders' influences, guiding specific engagement strategies. We highlight the significance of SA in collaborative governance and mobilizing key stakeholders for effective marine litter monitoring initiatives, contributing to the global agenda to combat marine pollution.
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- Vitória M Scrich
- Energy and Environment Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 1289 Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil; Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 191 Praça do Oceanográfico, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-120, Brazil; UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, Brazil.
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- Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 191 Praça do Oceanográfico, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-120, Brazil; UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, Brazil
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- Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 191 Praça do Oceanográfico, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-120, Brazil; UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, Brazil
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- Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 191 Praça do Oceanográfico, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-120, Brazil; UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, Brazil
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- Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), 191 Praça do Oceanográfico, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-120, Brazil; UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, Brazil
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Urcuqui-Bustamante AM, Leahy JE, Sponarski C, Gardner AM. Collaborative Modeling of the Tick-Borne Disease Social-Ecological System: A Conceptual Framework. ECOHEALTH 2023; 20:453-467. [PMID: 38214874 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-023-01669-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Hard-bodied ticks have become a major concern in temperate regions because they transmit a variety of pathogens of medical significance. Ticks and pathogens interact with hosts in a complex social-ecological system (SES) that influences human exposure to tick-borne diseases (TBD). We argue that addressing the urgent public health threat posed by TBD requires an understanding of the integrated processes in the forest ecosystem that influence tick density and infection prevalence, transmission among ticks, animal hosts, and ultimately disease prevalence in humans. We argue that collaborative modeling of the human-tick SES is required to understand the system dynamics as well as move science toward policy action. Recent studies in human health have shown the importance of stakeholder participation in understanding the factors that contribute to human exposure to zoonotic diseases. We discuss how collaborative modeling can be applied to understand the impacts of forest management practices on ticks and TBD. We discuss the potential of collaborative modeling for encouraging participation of diverse stakeholders in discussing the implications of managing forest ticks in the absence of large-scale control policy.
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- School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, 105 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME, USA
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- Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Eriksson M, Safeeq M, Padilla L, Pathak T, O'Geen T, Egoh B, Lugg J, Bales R. Drivers of social acceptance of natural-resource management: A comparison of the public and professionals in California. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 345:118605. [PMID: 37487452 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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The social impacts of natural resource management are challenging to evaluate because their perceived benefits and costs vary across stakeholder groups. Nevertheless, ensuring social acceptance is essential to building public support for adaptive measures required for the sustainable management of ecosystems in a warming climate. Based on surveys with both members of the public and natural-resource professionals in California, we applied structural-equation modeling to examine how psychological factors impact individuals' attitudes toward management's capacity to reduce the impacts of disturbance events, including wildfires, smoke from wildfires, drought, water shortages, tree mortality, and utility failure. We found the members of the public more optimistic than natural-resource professionals, perceiving management capacity to be on average 3.04 points higher (of 10) and displaying higher levels of trust of the government on both the state (Δ = 11%) and federal levels (Δ = 19%). Personal experience with natural-resource events had a positive effect on perceived management in both the public (1.26) and the professional samples (5.05), whereas perceived future risk had a negative effect within both samples (professional = -0.91, public = -0.45). In addition, higher trust and perceived management effectiveness were also linked with higher perceptions of management capacity in the public sample (1.81 versus 1.24), which could affect the acceptance of management actions. Continued social acceptance in a period of increasing risk may depend on managers sharing personal experiences and risk perception when communicating with the public. The contemporary shift toward multibenefit aims is an important part of that message.
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- Max Eriksson
- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels. 5 Bd de La Plaine, Brussels, 1050, Belgium.
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- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2801 2nd St, Davis, CA, 95618, USA.
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- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
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- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2801 2nd St, Davis, CA, 95618, USA.
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- University of California, Davis. 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- University of California, Irvine. Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA, 92617, USA.
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- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- University of California, Merced. 5200 Lake Rd, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
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Rahtz E, Bell SL, Nurse A, Wheeler BW, Guell C, Elliott LR, Thompson CW, McDougall CW, Lovell R. What is known about what works in community-involved decision-making relating to urban green and blue spaces? A realist review protocol. Syst Rev 2023; 12:169. [PMID: 37730620 PMCID: PMC10512649 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-023-02333-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is now a relatively well-established evidence base suggesting that greener living environments and time spent in urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) can be beneficial for human health and wellbeing. However, benefits are not universal and there remain widespread social inequalities in access to such resources and experiences, particularly along axes of class, race, ethnicity, age and disability, and in relation to efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of such spaces. These injustices often relate to distributive, procedural and recognition-based processes. There is growing interest in how to ensure that efforts to increase access to or use of UGBS (whether through infrastructural or social programmes) result in equitable outcomes whilst minimising potential for exacerbating existing inequalities and injustices. Community engagement is considered an important step towards more inclusive UGBS decision-making, from planning and design to management and maintenance processes. It is thought to contribute to better and more widely trusted decisions, enhanced democracy, community satisfaction, civic interest and feelings of green space ownership, and greater longevity of UGBS projects. However, uneven representation and barriers to participation can create imbalances and undermine these benefits. METHODS An iterative, multi-stage realist-inspired review will be conducted to ask what works, in what context and in what ways relating to the meaningful involvement of communities in UGBS decision-making, focusing on the skills, capacities and capabilities of different stakeholders and the role of contexts and processes. 'Effectiveness' (or what works) will be understood as a multifaceted outcome, encompassing both the processes and results of community engagement efforts. Following a scoping stage to identify initial programme theory, inclusion/exclusion criteria and derive search terms, relevant databases and grey literature will be searched to identify interdisciplinary literature in two phases. The first phase will be used to further develop programme theories, which will be articulated as 'if then' statements. The second phase searches will be used to identify sources to further explore and evidence the programme and formal theory. We will assess all includable evidence for conceptual richness, prioritising more conceptually rich sources if needed. DISCUSSION The realist synthesis will explore the key context, mechanism and outcome configurations that appear to explain if and how different approaches to community-involved UGBS decision-making are or are not effective. We will consider factors such as different conceptualisations of community, and if and how they have been involved in UGBS decision-making; the types of tools and approaches used; and the socio-cultural and political or governance structures within which decision-making takes place.
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- Emmylou Rahtz
- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK.
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- Department of Geography and Planning, Roxby Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- OPENspace Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Peter Lanyon Building 12, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
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Kong ZH, Stringer LC, Paavola J. Knowledge exchange in the implementation of National Environmental Programmes (NEPs) in China: A complex picture. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288641. [PMID: 37440578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Knowledge is an intrinsic element of environmental management. Understanding what kinds of knowledge are needed and how to communicate them effectively is crucial for building environmental management capacity. Despite extensive research, knowledge and its exchange are commonly considered from the viewpoint of its creators and disseminators, rather than that of its recipients. This can lead to mismatches between supply of and demand for knowledge, and futile knowledge exchange that undermines the effectiveness of interventions. Research is needed that looks carefully at the contexts and consequences of such scenarios. Addressing this gap, we examine the implementation of National Environmental Programs (NEPs) in north-western China, drawing from interviews and questionnaires with scientists, grassroots implementers, and farmers and herders, to identify what and how knowledge has been exchanged and what their perspectives are about knowledge exchange with other actors. We ascertain the positive impacts of knowledge exchange during NEP implementation, as well as the consequences when it is lacking, by analysing the interfaces and interactions between actors, seeking explanation for successes and failures. We conclude that with changing socio-ecological systems, knowledge and its exchange also need to change accordingly, extending beyond the environmental domain to integrate local socioeconomic concerns. Such efforts are necessary to improve environmental management outcomes and advance sustainable development.
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- Zheng-Hong Kong
- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- York Environmental Sustainability Institute, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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- School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Perrone D, Rohde MM, Hammond Wagner C, Anderson R, Arthur S, Atume N, Brown M, Esaki-Kua L, Gonzalez Fernandez M, Garvey KA, Heidel K, Jones WD, Khosrowshahi Asl S, Munill C, Nelson R, Ortiz-Partida JP, Remson EJ. Stakeholder integration predicts better outcomes from groundwater sustainability policy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3793. [PMID: 37369674 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39363-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Natural resources policies that promote sustainable management are critical for protecting diverse stakeholders against depletion. Although integrating diverse stakeholders into these policies has been theorized to improve protection, empirical evidence is lacking. Here, we evaluate 108 Sustainability Plans under California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to quantify how well stakeholders are integrated into plans and protected from groundwater depletion. We find that the majority of Sustainability Plans do not integrate or protect the majority of their stakeholders. Nevertheless, our results show that when stakeholders are more integrated into a Sustainability Plan, they are more likely to be protected, particularly for those that lack formal access to decision-making processes. Our findings provide strong empirical evidence that integrating diverse stakeholders into sustainability planning is beneficial for stakeholders who are vulnerable to the impacts of natural resource depletion.
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- Debra Perrone
- Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
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- California Water Program, The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA.
- Rohde Environmental Consulting, LLC, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Systems Research Unit, Burlington, VT, USA.
- Water in the West, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Independent Consultant, Portland, OR, USA
- WaterNow Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Water in the West, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Food Systems Research Unit, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Water in the West, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- California Water Program, The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Koch L, Gorris P, Prell C, Pahl-Wostl C. Communication, trust and leadership in co-managing biodiversity: A network analysis to understand social drivers shaping a common narrative. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 336:117551. [PMID: 36871450 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Environmental co-management has been advocated and applied in diverse contexts as an integrative and inclusive approach to make biodiversity conservation more effective and contextual. Co-management however requires the actors involved to overcome tacit boundaries and reconcile different viewpoints to reach a shared understanding on the environmental problem and envisioned solution(s). We depart from the assumption that a common narrative can serve as a base for a shared understanding and analyze what types of actor relations in co-management influence the emergence of a common narrative. Empirical data is collected using a mixed-method case study design. We apply the idea of narrative congruence, which relates to the similarity of narrations that actors tell, to investigate the effects of the types of relationships between two actors as well as specific leadership roles using an Exponential Random Graph Model. We find that frequent interaction between two actors and a trusted leader with many reciprocal trust ties to be important drivers to support the emergence of narrative congruence ties. Connecting leaders, i.e. actors in brokering positions, show a statistically significant negative correlation with narrative congruence ties. The results suggest that a common narrative tends to emerge in sub-groups around a highly trusted leader, in which actors talk frequently to each other. A brokering leader, however, seems to face strong difficulties of forming narrative congruence ties with others, although such brokers may play central roles in the co-design of common narratives to form the basis for motivating collective action in co-management. Lastly, we discuss the importance of common narratives and how leaders can better succeed in co-designing these in environmental co-management approaches.
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- Larissa Koch
- University of Osnabrück Institute for Environmental Systems Research & Institute of Geography, Barbarastr. 12, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany; Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany.
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- University of Osnabrück Institute for Environmental Systems Research & Institute of Geography, Barbarastr. 12, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany; Stockholm University Stockholm Resilience Centre, Albanovägen 28 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Groningen Faculty of Spatial Sciences Department of Cultural Geography, Landleven 1, 9747, AD Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Osnabrück Institute for Environmental Systems Research & Institute of Geography, Barbarastr. 12, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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Broussard A, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Hugé J. Diversity of perspectives in biodiversity conservation: A case study of port land use in Antwerp and Rotterdam. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 341:117937. [PMID: 37150168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Conflicts of interest often undermine conservation initiatives against biodiversity decline. Effective decision-making requires a deeper understanding of the positions, criteria, concerns, and perspectives of stakeholders. However, managing so many perspectives can be difficult, and if not done well, conflicts arise which make it difficult to achieve conservation goals. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that identifying areas of consensus is a good starting point to generate more effective debates and address complex issues. To do this, we investigate the diversity of perspectives regarding biodiversity conservation schemes among stakeholders in the studied ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam. Using Q-methodology, a semi-quantitative technique that enables us to systematically study the subjective views of stakeholders involved in a topic, we identified and organized a range of shared perspectives into three groups, known as factors. A total of 20 participants sorted 45 statements according to their perceptions and objectives, from -4 'most disagreeable' to 4 'most agreeable'. Then, respondents explained their rankings in a post-sorting interview. Next, the data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The quantitative analysis was conducted in two parts: (i) Dividing respondents into groups based on similar perspectives and (ii) coupling distinguishing statements with one of the factors characteristic of that viewpoint. Finally, in a qualitative analysis, we used the distinguishing statements and insights from interviews to create narratives and titles for the three factors: (1) Ports are key for our economic wealth, hence port development should continue, (2) Nature first, and (3) Multi-actor governance. Our findings confirm consensuses in three areas: policy, land use, and mitigation tactics. Interestingly, all narratives unanimously agreed on the importance of regulating port development and land use changes via legislation and environmental impact assessments. However, they debated the rigidity of legislation and whether offsetting port expansion (and associated land and resource use claims) should take place locally or internationally. We also found that decision-making mostly followed a human-centered perspective, where economic values were more relevant than intrinsic ones. These insights can serve as a baseline for stakeholders to form coalitions around areas of consensus to depolarize debates and avoid decision-making gridlocks.
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- Ashlynn Broussard
- Department of Sciences and Bioengenieering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Faculty of Biology, Systems Ecology and Resource Management, Biology Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Biology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Environmental Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
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Nasr-Azadani E, Wardrop DH, Brooks RP. Pathways for the utilization of visualization techniques in designing participatory natural resource policy and management. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 333:117407. [PMID: 36774837 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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- Ellie Nasr-Azadani
- Geography Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
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- Geography Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA; Chesapeake Research Consortium, USA.
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- Geography Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA.
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Ortiz-Riomalo JF, Koessler AK, Engel S. Fostering collective action through participation in natural resource and environmental management: An integrative and interpretative narrative review using the IAD, NAS and SES frameworks. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 331:117184. [PMID: 36738636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Solving humanity's social-environmental challenges calls for collective action by relevant actors. Hence, involving these actors in the policy process has been deemed both necessary and promising. But how and to what extent can participatory policy interventions (PIs) foster collective action for sustainable environmental and natural resource management? Lab and lab-in-the-field experiments on co-operation in the context of collective action challenges (i.e. social dilemmas) and case study research on participatory processes both offer insights into this question but have hitherto mainly remained unconnected. This article reviews insights from these two streams of literature in tandem, synthesising and analysing them using the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework in combination with the network of action situations (NAS) framework and the social-ecological systems (SES) framework. We thus perform an integrative and interpretative narrative review to draw a richer and more nuanced picture of PIs: their potential impacts, their (institutional and behavioural) mechanisms and challenges, and caveats and recommendations for their design and implementation. Our review shows that PIs can indeed foster collective action by (a) helping the relevant actors craft suitable and legitimate institutional arrangements and (b) addressing and/or influencing actors' attributes of relevance to collective action, namely their individual and shared understandings, beliefs and preferences. To fulfil this potential, the organisers and sponsors of PIs must address and link to the broader context through soundly designed and implemented processes. Complementary follow-up, enforcement and conflict resolution mechanisms are necessary to nurture, reassure and sustain understandings, beliefs and preferences that undergird trust-building and collective action. The conceptual framework developed for the review can help researchers and practitioners further assess these insights, disentangle PIs' mechanisms and impacts, and integrate the research and practice of participatory governance and collective action.
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- Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo
- Department of Environmental Economics, School of Business Administration and Economics and Institute of Environmental Systems Research (IUSF Research Centre), Osnabrück University, Germany.
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- Department of Environmental Economics, School of Business Administration and Economics and Institute of Environmental Systems Research (IUSF Research Centre), Osnabrück University, Germany
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Holzer JM, Baird J, Hickey GM. The who, what, and how of virtual participation in environmental research. SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH 2023; 5:221-227. [PMID: 37313418 PMCID: PMC9994392 DOI: 10.1007/s42532-023-00146-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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As a group of social scientists supporting a large, national, multi-site project dedicated to studying ecosystem services in natural resource production landscapes, we were tasked with co-hosting kick-off workshops at multiple locations. When, due to project design and the Covid-19 pandemic, we were forced to reshape our plans for these workshops and hold them online, we ended up changing our objectives. This redesign resulted in a new focus for our team-on the process of stakeholder and rightsholder engagement in environmental and sustainability research rather than the content of the workshops. Drawing on participant observation, surveys, and our professional experience, this perspective highlights lessons learned about organizing virtual stakeholder workshops to support landscape governance research and practice. We note that procedures followed for initiating stakeholder and rightsholder recruitment and engagement depend on the convenors' goals, although when multiple research teams are involved, the goals need to be negotiated. Further, more important than the robustness of engagement strategies is flexibility, feasibility, managing expectations-and keeping things simple.
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- Jennifer M. Holzer
- Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Shackleton RT, Walters G, Bluwstein J, Djoudi H, Fritz L, Lafaye de Micheaux F, Loloum T, Nguyen VTH, Sithole SS, Andriamahefazafy R, Kull CA. Navigating power in conservation. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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- Ross T. Shackleton
- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- Department of Anthropology University College London London UK
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- Department of Geosciences University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland
- Institute of Social Anthropology University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)‐World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Jalan CIFOR Bogor Bogor Barat Indonesia
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- Laboratory for Human‐Environment Relations of Urban Systems École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland
- School of Business and Social Sciences Aarhus University Aarhus Denmark
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- International Union for Conservation of Nature Gland Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- School of Social Work University of Applied Sciences and Arts Delémont Western Switzerland Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
- Geneva Science‐Policy Interface University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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- Institute of Geography and Sustainability University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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Chreptun C, Ficko A, Gosling E, Knoke T. Optimizing forest landscape composition for multiple ecosystem services based on uncertain stakeholder preferences. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 857:159393. [PMID: 36265632 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Determining the desirable composition of a forested landscape and its associated ecosystem services (ES) is challenging because the solutions must reconcile the preferences of various forest stakeholders and account for uncertain data. By combining multi-objective robust optimization with an online survey of forest professionals in Slovenia (n = 130) and forest professionals, forest scientists, nature conservationists and forest owners in Germany (n = 649) about optimal forest landscape composition, we derived compromise portfolios of forest types. These portfolios minimize the trade-offs between five ES (stopping avalanches, carbon storage, recreation, timber production and regulating flows of water), and account for the varying capacity of eight forest types to supply ES. The resulting optimized forest landscape compositions always comprised at least two forest types. In both countries, uneven-aged native deciduous and conifer mixed stands were prominent in the optimized portfolios. In Germany, however, the optimized portfolio also contained exotic species in mixtures, whereas forest stands without active management were notable for several ES in Slovenia. Unmanaged forest stands were also selected in the forest composition optimized for nature conservationists in Germany: the nature conservationists' portfolio diverged strongly from those of the other stakeholders. Our results illustrate that diversified forested landscapes provide multiple ES, but also secure the provision of a single ES when accounting for uncertainty. The optimal forest compositions obtained by multi-objective robust optimization are a starting point for participatory planning approaches to identify the most socially acceptable strategies for adapting forest management to an uncertain future.
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- Claudia Chreptun
- Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 83, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.
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Kitagawa K, Samaddar S. Widening community participation in preparing for climate-related disasters in Japan. UCL OPEN ENVIRONMENT 2022; 4:e053. [PMID: 37228461 PMCID: PMC10208341 DOI: 10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This paper discusses community participation drawing on ongoing disaster recovery and preparedness projects (RPP) in the communities affected by the Heavy Rain Event of 2018 in western Japan. Participatory approaches have become a mainstream methodology for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) as advocated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The majority of participation research addresses either 'success' factors for participation or the types of participation. The paper proposes a notion of 'widening participation' in addressing the challenge of attracting people to participate in preparedness initiatives. Originally widening participation was a higher education policy in the UK aiming to broaden the demographic composition of the student base. Even the RPP that are publicly recognised as 'good practices' struggle to recruit more people for the projects. Borrowing the notion of widening participation, the paper identifies how each project encourages non-participants to get involved in the project activities. The paper applies the EAST framework (Easy, Attractive, Social, Timely) widely utilised in the policy making of widening participation and further public services. Rather than providing the public with information and guidance, 'easy', 'attractive', 'social' and 'timely' behavioural approaches tend to enable participation. Examining these four principles in the four cases of RPP, the paper suggests that the EAST framework is feasible in strengthening the strategies for widening participation in preparedness action. The paper, however, recognises a need to address the difference between top-down public policies and bottom-up community projects in the application of the framework.
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- Kaori Kitagawa
- IOE (Institute of Education), UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society (University College London, UK), 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AH, UK
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- Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture, 611-0011, Japan
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Fleming W, Hallman T, Van Den Hoek J, Johnson SM, Biedenweg K. Measuring Spatial Associations between Environmental Health and Beliefs about Environmental Governance. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 70:1038-1050. [PMID: 36167922 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01706-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research has shown an increasing trend in attempts to integrate social and ecological data that use indicators to improve quality of life. This includes understanding people's beliefs about environmental governance. Understanding patterns in beliefs of environmental governance can be a powerful way to help policy makers take informed actions that meet individuals' needs and expectations. This study examines connections between spatial patterns of beliefs about environmental governance and the health of the environment where people live, measured from both a public health and ecological perspective. Data on people's beliefs about environmental governance were collected in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. Environmental health data include environmental public health disparities including effects and exposures, bird diversity, and tree cover. Results indicate local scale heterogeneity exists within the Puget Sound region. Using AIC model selection, there was strong evidence for effects of canopy cover, environmental effects and exposures, and years of residency, and moderate to strong evidence for the effects on beliefs about environmental governance of race and sex. There was little support for effects of political ideology, income, age, education, or bird diversity. The Akaike Information Criteria (AIC) top model included a negative effect of canopy cover, years of residency, race (i.e., of being non-white), and sex (i.e., of being male), and a positive effect of environmental effects and of environmental exposures. Relating data on environmental health and beliefs about environmental governance generates a more nuanced understanding of determinants of environmental governance success and public support.
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- Whitney Fleming
- Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
- Biology Department, Queens University of Charlotte, NC, Charlotte, USA.
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- Biology Department, Queens University of Charlotte, NC, Charlotte, USA
- Monitoring Department, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Li S, Xia Y, Xiao R, Jiang H. Residents' Behavioral Intention of Environmental Governance and Its Influencing Factors: Based on a Multidimensional Willingness Measure Perspective. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14734. [PMID: 36429452 PMCID: PMC9690841 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192214734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The rapid development of industrialization has brought about a huge demand for mineral resources, and the mining industry has posed a threat to sustainable land use while promoting economic development. In the context of collaborative governance, residents are an important aspect of land pollution abatement. Therefore, understanding residents' willingness to participate in environmental governance and exploring its influencing factors have important implications for improving the motivation of residents to participate in environmental governance and improve the local habitat. Using the multidimensional willingness measurement data of rural households' perception of mining environment governance around the Dabaoshan mining area in Shaoguan in 2020, based on the extended theory of planned behavior, this study established a multidimensional measurement of willingness, including willingness to participate, willingness to pay, and willingness to mobilize, and used structural equation modeling to explore the factors influencing residents' behavioral intention of environmental governance. The results suggest that behavioral attitudes had a positive effect on willingness to participate and willingness to pay. In addition, subjective norms had no significant effect on willingness to participate but were negatively related to willingness to pay. Although perceived behavioral control had no significant effect on willingness to participate, it had a positive effect on willingness to pay. In addition, the results also show that the willingness to pay and willingness to participate of farmers were positively related to their willingness to mobilize. Based on the above findings, this study proposes some policy implications to improve residents' behavioral intention of land pollution abatement, including strengthening value perception, improving subjective awareness, building communication platforms, and improving personal capacity.
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- Shijie Li
- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
- Landscape Planning and Ecological Restoration Research Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
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- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
- Landscape Planning and Ecological Restoration Research Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
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- Guangdong Industrial Contaminated Site Remediation Technology and Equipment Engineering Research Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
- Landscape Planning and Ecological Restoration Research Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, China
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Fang Y, Perc M, Zhang H. A game theoretical model for the stimulation of public cooperation in environmental collaborative governance. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2022; 9:221148. [PMID: 36405643 PMCID: PMC9653250 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Digital technologies provide a convenient way for the public to participate in environmental governance. Therefore, by means of a two-stage evolutionary model, a new mechanism for promoting public cooperation is proposed to accomplish environmental collaborative governance. Interactive effects of government-enterprise environmental governance are firstly explored, which is the external atmosphere for public behaviour. Second, the evolutionary dynamics of public behaviour is analysed to reveal the internal mechanism of the emergence of public cooperation in environmental collaborative governance projects. Simulations reveal that the interaction of resource elements between government and enterprise is an important basis for environmental governance performance, and that governments can improve this as well as public cooperation by increasing the marginal governance propensity. Similarly, an increase in the government's fixed expenditure item of environmental governance can also significantly improve government-enterprise performance and public cooperation. And finally, the effect of government's marginal incentive propensity on public environmental governance is moderated by enterprises' marginal environmental governance propensity, so that simply increasing the government's marginal incentive propensity cannot improve the evolutionary stable state of public behaviour under the scenario where enterprises' marginal environmental governance propensity is low.
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- Yinhai Fang
- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung 404332, Taiwan
- Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenska ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
- Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstädterstraße 39, 1080 Vienna, Austria
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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Singletary L, Koebele E, Evans W, Copp CJ, Hockaday S, Rego JJ. Evaluating stakeholder engagement in collaborative research: co-producing knowledge for climate resilience. SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH 2022; 4:235-249. [PMID: 36036019 PMCID: PMC9395777 DOI: 10.1007/s42532-022-00124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of an initial stakeholder engagement experience designed to facilitate knowledge co-production. The engagement experience is part of a collaborative research framework (CRF), which facilitates iterative interactions among diverse researchers and stakeholders around the topic of enhanced climate resilience. Here, we describe the: (1) need for and development of a CRF as it relates to stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production; (2) implementation of the initial engagement experience, focused around individual semi-structured interviews, in the context of a snow-dependent, arid river basin where historical water over allocation, climate change, and diversified water uses challenge the basin’s resilience; and (3) formative evaluation of the engagement experience using an online survey to inform the development of more effective engagement practices. Results of the evaluation indicate that, after participating, most stakeholders understand and recognize the importance of research goals, demonstrate positive attitudes toward collaborative research and researchers, view their contribution of knowledge and expertise as critical to research, and perceive researchers as eager to use their expertise. Moreover, stakeholders emphasized various context-specific goals for knowledge co-production, such as finding innovative ways to adapt to increased competition for diminishing water supplies. To achieve these goals, stakeholders suggested researchers learn about their basin, including its water allocation history and agricultural practices. These results highlight the importance of centering stakeholder engagement experiences within a broader CRF and formatively evaluating such experiences to adapt them to achieve research goals.
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Karcher DB, Cvitanovic C, van Putten IE, Colvin RM, Armitage D, Aswani S, Ballesteros M, Ban NC, Barragán-Paladines MJ, Bednarek A, Bell JD, Brooks CM, Daw TM, de la Cruz-Modino R, Francis TB, Fulton EA, Hobday AJ, Holcer D, Hudson C, Jennerjahn TC, Kinney A, Knol-Kauffman M, Löf MF, Lopes PFM, Mackelworth PC, McQuatters-Gollop A, Muhl EK, Neihapi P, Pascual-Fernández JJ, Posner SM, Runhaar H, Sainsbury K, Sander G, Steenbergen DJ, Tuda PM, Whiteman E, Zhang J. Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 314:114994. [PMID: 35452885 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Evidence-informed decision-making is in increasing demand given growing pressures on marine environments. A way to facilitate this is by knowledge exchange among marine scientists and decision-makers. While many barriers are reported in the literature, there are also examples whereby research has successfully informed marine decision-making (i.e., 'bright-spots'). Here, we identify and analyze 25 bright-spots from a wide range of marine fields, contexts, and locations to provide insights into how to improve knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy. Through qualitative surveys we investigate what initiated the bright-spots, their goals, and approaches to knowledge exchange. We also seek to identify what outcomes/impacts have been achieved, the enablers of success, and what lessons can be learnt to guide future knowledge exchange efforts. Results show that a diversity of approaches were used for knowledge exchange, from consultative engagement to genuine knowledge co-production. We show that diverse successes at the interface of marine science and policy are achievable and include impacts on policy, people, and governance. Such successes were enabled by factors related to the actors, processes, support, context, and timing. For example, the importance of involving diverse actors and managing positive relationships is a key lesson for success. However, enabling routine success will require: 1) transforming the ways in which we train scientists to include a greater focus on interpersonal skills, 2) institutionalizing and supporting knowledge exchange activities in organizational agendas, 3) conceptualizing and implementing broader research impact metrics, and 4) transforming funding mechanisms to focus on need-based interventions, impact planning, and an acknowledgement of the required time and effort that underpin knowledge exchange activities.
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- Denis B Karcher
- Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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- Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, ACT, Australia
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa; Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Fisheries Socioeconomic Department, Centro Tecnológico del Mar- Fundación CETMAR, Vigo, Spain
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- School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada
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- Evidence Project, Research and Science, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, United States
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- Center for Oceans, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA; Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Puget Sound Institute, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA
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- CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia; Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Veli Lošinj, Croatia
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- Lenfest Ocean Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, United States
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, Bremen, Germany; Faculty of Geoscience, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, Bremen, Germany
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- Puget Sound Institute, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fishing Ecology, Management and Economics Group, Department of Ecology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Veli Lošinj, Croatia; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Vanuatu Fisheries Department, Port Vila, Vanuatu
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- Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht, CB 3584, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), 0579, Oslo, Norway
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- Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, Bremen, Germany
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Fahrenheitstrasse 6, Bremen, Germany
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Bonilla K, Aquino Valle K, Alvarez-Torres R, Ney Simons S. Engaging Honduran Science Diasporas for Development: Evidence From Three Consolidated Networks. Front Res Metr Anal 2022; 7:899631. [PMID: 35782367 PMCID: PMC9243554 DOI: 10.3389/frma.2022.899631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Honduras' underdevelopment of the higher education system, national economic constraints, and low investment in science and technology (S&T) have created significant challenges in training, employing, and retaining its science workforce, resulting in what is known as “brain drain” in literature. There are no official statistics of Honduran scientists who have established their residency abroad, nor the Honduran scientific diasporas (HSD); however, various diaspora networks provide evidence of their existence and engagement in their home country. This study takes an empirical approach and explores experiences of networking and engagement of the HSD for the development of Honduras. Methodologically, a qualitative approach and a phenomenological design were used. The data were collected through documentary review and semi-structured interviews with 21 key respondents from three identified HSD networks: Honduras Global (HG), the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World, Honduras National Chapter (OWSD Honduras), and the Alumni Association of the Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School (AGEAP-Zamorano). The holistic analysis of HSD's engagement provides evidence of existing registry gaps. Neither the S&T agents nor the Honduras Foreign Policy have identified, mapped, and characterized Honduran scientists' emigration patterns. Evidence suggests the willingness of the HSD to transfer knowledge, build bridges, and facilitate access to world-class research practices to their peers residing in Honduras and interact with broader sectors of the Honduran society.
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- Kleinsy Bonilla
- Department of Science and Technology Policies, Institute of Geosciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Educación Superior en Guatemala (INDESGUA), Guatemala City, Guatemala
- *Correspondence: Kleinsy Bonilla
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- University Scientific Research Office, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Department of Sociology, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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Soils form the basis for agricultural production and other ecosystem services, and soil management should aim at improving their quality and resilience. Within the SoilCare project, the concept of soil-improving cropping systems (SICS) was developed as a holistic approach to facilitate the adoption of soil management that is sustainable and profitable. SICS selected with stakeholders were monitored and evaluated for environmental, sociocultural, and economic effects to determine profitability and sustainability. Monitoring results were upscaled to European level using modelling and Europe-wide data, and a mapping tool was developed to assist in selection of appropriate SICS across Europe. Furthermore, biophysical, sociocultural, economic, and policy reasons for (non)adoption were studied. Results at the plot/farm scale showed a small positive impact of SICS on environment and soil, no effect on sustainability, and small negative impacts on economic and sociocultural dimensions. Modelling showed that different SICS had different impacts across Europe—indicating the importance of understanding local dynamics in Europe-wide assessments. Work on adoption of SICS confirmed the role economic considerations play in the uptake of SICS, but also highlighted social factors such as trust. The project’s results underlined the need for policies that support and enable a transition to more sustainable agricultural practices in a coherent way.
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Ruan H, Chen J, Wang C, Xu W, Tang J. Social Network, Sense of Responsibility, and Resident Participation in China's Rural Environmental Governance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19116371. [PMID: 35681956 PMCID: PMC9180778 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Based on a survey of 2343 rural residents in China, this paper adopts a binary logistic regression model as the analytical tool to study the impact of rural residents' social network and sense of responsibility regarding their participation in environmental governance. The results show that the cost, frequency and scope of social network activities have positive and significant influences on resident participation in rural environmental governance. The cost of a social network is conducive to building a rural social network, enhancing the connection of interests and promoting the formation of a rural community. Extending social network objectives from family members to villagers can improve the cultural identity and emotional identity of rural residents. The increase in the frequency of social network activities can not only enhance trust among residents, but also reduce the cost of environmental governance mobilization. The scope of a social network acts as an inhibitor whereby social interaction beyond the scope of rural areas will reduce identification with rural emotions. The four dimensions, including responsibility cognition, responsibility will, responsibility emotion and responsibility behavior have significant influences on resident participation in rural environmental governance. Residents' sense of responsibility plays the role of an introverted driving force for them to take part in rural environmental governance, which itself helps to overcome "non-participation" behaviors of "rational smallholders" to a certain extent. Furthermore, it endows rural environmental governance with resilience. So, it is of significance to enhance rural residents' social networks and to improve rural residents' cognition of collective responsibility.
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- Haibo Ruan
- Institute of China Rural Studies, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China; (H.R.); (J.C.)
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- Institute of China Rural Studies, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China; (H.R.); (J.C.)
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- School of Public Policy & Management (School of Emergency Management), China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;
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- School of Foreign Studies, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;
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- School of International Relations & Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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What Is the Relationship between Natural Protected Areas and Stakeholders? Based on Literature Analysis from 2000–2021. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13050734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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The establishment of natural protected areas (NPAs) is an effective means to deal with the degradation of ecosystems caused by climate change and human activities. The area and number of NPAs in the world have shown an obvious growth trend, and their development has ushered in a new bottleneck. More importantly, the management quality of NPAs should be improved, and the key to improving management quality lies in human beings, but the stakeholder groups involved in NPAs are often overlooked by policymakers. In this study, a quantitative review of the global scientific literature on NPAs stakeholders was conducted using a bibliometric approach. The research hotspots and trends, number, time, and countries were analyzed based on data from published articles. The stakeholder types and internal relationships in NPAs were summarized and mapped. The common problems of resources and community resident management among stakeholders were discussed. A total of 5584 research articles selected from the Web of Science core collection database were used as data sources and were visualized using VOSviewer and the Biblioshiny program in the R language. The results of the study help to reveal the mutual influence mechanism between stakeholders during the development of nature reserves and contribute to the sustainable development of global protected areas and human well-being.
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Hyman J, Stewart RA, Sahin O. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2022; 18:674-681. [PMID: 33491872 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Increasing demand for metals used in clean energy technologies, including electric vehicles, has led to an increased demand in certain metals such as Ni, Co, and Mn. This demand has in turn led to an expanding interest in deep-seabed mining (DSM) of polymetallic nodule deposits that contain these exact metals. The main concerns about DSM relate to the incomplete information available about the environmental risks associated with seabed mineral extraction. Key uncertainties need to be systematically addressed to refine environmental impact predictions and establish effective mitigation measures. Adaptive management is an iterative process for reducing the uncertainty that can be applied by both mining companies and regulatory bodies. This Special Series paper reviews the key opportunities and challenges to operationalizing adaptive management in DSM projects and highlights the need for a framework to move from theory to practice. The discussion proposes a systems approach to adaptive management, which could help to guide the environmental management of deep-sea mineral extraction. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2022;18:674-681. © 2021 SETAC.
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- Jayden Hyman
- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Griffith Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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A smart co-operative refers to a co-operative that aims to apply ICT to provide better services and increase management efficiency to meet organizations’ goals through the combinations of ICT technology and business. In this paper, we propose the sustainable development smart co-operative framework, which specifically applies to all types of co-operatives which use information technology in their organization, enabling transformation to improve their services, management, and governance. In addition, we discuss ICT channel creation for improving knowledge, awareness, democracy, and the participation of members, a process in which IT contributes to the accessibility of members and communication between the co-operative, members, and stakeholders. The element design of this proposed framework has considered three key principles, which are (1) smart members, (2) the smart economy, and (3) smart governance. A smart co-operative is a term used to extend the concept of a smart city into co-operative organization to promote a sustainable development approach in the co-operative sector. Therefore, the smart co-operative combines ICT, smart concepts, co-operative business aspects, business models, and innovation. The findings suggest that the smart and sustainable development co-operative framework is suitable for co-operatives, providing a comprehensive framework for value creation through the smart co-operative concept.
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Hinson C, O’Keeffe J, Mijic A, Bryden J, Van Grootveld J, Collins AM. Using natural capital and ecosystem services to facilitate participatory environmental decision making: Results from a systematic map. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Caitlin Hinson
- Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP Imperial College London London UK
- Centre for Environmental Policy Imperial College London London UK
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- Centre for Environmental Policy Imperial College London London UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Imperial College London London UK
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Kaehler N, Adhikari B, Cheah PY, von Seidlein L, Day NPJ, Dondorp AM, Pell C. Community engagement for malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: a qualitative study among malaria researchers and policymakers. Malar J 2022; 21:46. [PMID: 35164770 PMCID: PMC8845385 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04069-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Community engagement has increasingly received attention in malaria research and programme interventions, particularly as countries aim for malaria elimination. Although community engagement strategies and activities are constantly developing, little is known about how those who implement research or programmes view community engagement. This article explores the perspectives of researchers and policy makers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) on community engagement for malaria control and elimination. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 17 policymakers and 15 senior researchers working in the field of malaria. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed in English. Transcribed data were analysed using deductive and inductive approaches in QSR NVivo. Themes and sub-themes were generated. RESULTS Researchers and policymakers emphasized the importance of community engagement in promoting participation in malaria research and interventions. Building trust with the community was seen as crucial. Respondents emphasized involving authority/leadership structures and highlighted the need for intense and participatory engagement. Geographic remoteness, social, cultural, and linguistic diversity were identified as barriers to meaningful engagement. Local staff were described as an essential 'connect' between researchers or policymakers and prospective participants. Sharing information with community members, using various strategies including creative and participatory methods were highlighted. CONCLUSIONS Policymakers and researchers involved in malaria prevention and control in the GMS viewed community engagement as crucial for promoting participation in research or programmatic interventions. Given the difficulties of the 'last mile' to elimination, sustained investment in community engagement is needed in isolated areas of the GMS where malaria transmission continues. Involving community-based malaria workers is ever more critical to ensure the elimination efforts engage hard-to-reach populations in remote areas of GMS.
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- Nils Kaehler
- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Centre for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abeli T, Rossi G, Orsenigo S, Dalrymple SE, Godefroid S. On farm plant reintroduction: A decision framework for plant conservation translocation in EU agro-ecosystems. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Melina F, Maria B, Meike F, Stefan H. Analysing the impact of communication and public participation on the acceptability of Germany’s Black Forest National Park. J Nat Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fleming W, Needham M, Biedenweg K. Connections among Puget Sound Residents' Psychological Restoration from Natural Environments, Place Attachment, and Beliefs about Environmental Governance. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 69:258-270. [PMID: 34741630 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01556-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Psychological restoration and place attachment may be related to beliefs about environmental governance, with place attachment a likely mediator. We analyze data from a public survey in the Puget Sound area of Washington state (n = 2323) regarding beliefs about environmental governance, place attachment to the Puget Sound area, and psychological restoration related to this area. On average, individuals felt neutral in their beliefs about environmental governance, had high place attachment, and had high frequency of psychological restoration in natural environments. Structural equation modeling indicated that those who more frequently experienced psychological restoration from natural environments had stronger place attachment and more positive beliefs about environmental governance. Place attachment was significantly associated with governance perceptions, but explained only a small portion of variance (R2 = 0.02), while psychological restoration was significantly associated with place attachment and explained a moderate portion of its variance (R2 = 0.37). Place attachment fully mediated the effects of frequency of psychological restoration on beliefs about governance. Promoting psychological restoration and place attachment without attending to the process factors associated with good governance would not likely be a viable strategy for environmental managers to substantially increase positive beliefs about environmental governance.
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- Departmnet of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Departmnet of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Cowdell F, Dyson J, Sykes M, Dam R, Pendleton R. How and how well have older people been engaged in healthcare intervention design, development or delivery using co-methodologies: A scoping review with narrative summary. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2022; 30:776-798. [PMID: 33103313 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Co-methodological working is gaining increasing traction in healthcare, but studies with older people have been slower to develop. Our aim was to investigate how and how well older people have been engaged in healthcare intervention design, development or delivery using co-methodologies. We conducted a systematic search of four electronic databases to identify international literature published between 2009 and November 2019. We included peer-reviewed empirical research of any design. Three authors screened papers. Our review is reported in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute manual for scoping reviews, we have referred to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses statement. We data extracted to a bespoke spreadsheet and used the Co:Create Co-production Matrix to guide quality appraisal. Included studies (n = 48) were diverse in nature of interventions, co-methodologies and reporting. We offer a narrative summary of included papers. Establishing how older people were engaged in co-methodological work was largely straightforward. How well this was done was more challenging, however we have identified gems of good practice and offered directions for future practice. The Co:Create Co-Production Matrix was the best fit for evaluating papers, however it is not intended as a measure per se. In essence we argue that notions of 'best' and 'scores' are an oxymoron in co-methodological working, what is important that: (a) researchers embrace these methods, (b) incremental change is the way forward, (c) researchers need to do what is right for people and purpose and (d) have time to consider and articulate why they are choosing this approach and how best this can be achieved for their particular situation. Future evaluation of participant's experience of the process would enable others to learn about what works for who and in what circumstances.
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- Fiona Cowdell
- Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, City University, London, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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A Novel MCDA-Based Methodology Dealing with Dynamics and Ambiguities Resulting from Citizen Participation in the Context of the Energy Transition. ALGORITHMS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/a15020047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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In the context of the energy transition, sound decision making regarding the development of renewable energy systems faces various technical and societal challenges. In addition to climate-related uncertainties affecting technical issues of reliable grid planning, there are also subtle aspects and uncertainties related to the integration of energy technologies into built environments. Citizens’ opinions on grid development may be ambiguous or divergent in terms of broad acceptance of the energy transition in general, and they may have negative attitudes towards concrete planning in their local environment. First, this article identifies the issue of discrepancies between preferences of a fixed stakeholder group with respect to the question of the integration of renewable energy technology, posed from different perspectives and at different points in time, and considers it as a fundamental problem in the context of robust decision making in sustainable energy system planning. Second, for dealing with that issue, a novel dynamic decision support methodology is presented that includes multiple surveys, statistical analysis of the discrepancies that may arise, and multicriteria decision analysis that specifically incorporates the opinions of citizens. Citizens are considered as stakeholders and participants in smart decision-making processes. A case study applying agent-based simulations underlines the relevance of the methodology proposed for decision making in the context of renewable energies.
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Eaton WM, Burnham M, Robertson T, Arbuckle JG, Brasier KJ, Burbach ME, Church SP, Hart-Fredeluces G, Jackson-Smith D, Wildermuth G, Canfield KN, Córdova SC, Chatelain CD, Fowler LB, Hendawy MMZE, Kirchhoff CJ, Manheim MK, Martinez RO, Mook A, Mullin CA, Murrah-Hanson AL, Onabola CO, Parker LE, Redd EA, Schelly C, Schoon ML, Sigler WA, Smit E, van Huysen T, Worosz MR, Eberly C, Rogers A. Advancing the scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes: a co-produced research agenda. SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH 2022; 4:283-304. [PMID: 36407755 PMCID: PMC9651121 DOI: 10.1007/s42532-022-00132-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Participatory approaches to science and decision making, including stakeholder engagement, are increasingly common for managing complex socio-ecological challenges in working landscapes. However, critical questions about stakeholder engagement in this space remain. These include normative, political, and ethical questions concerning who participates, who benefits and loses, what good can be accomplished, and for what, whom, and by who. First, opportunities for addressing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion interests through engagement, while implied in key conceptual frameworks, remain underexplored in scholarly work and collaborative practice alike. A second line of inquiry relates to research-practice gaps. While both the practice of doing engagement work and scholarly research on the efficacy of engagement is on the rise, there is little concerted interplay among 'on-the-ground' practitioners and scholarly researchers. This means scientific research often misses or ignores insight grounded in practical and experiential knowledge, while practitioners are disconnected from potentially useful scientific research on stakeholder engagement. A third set of questions concerns gaps in empirical understanding of the efficacy of engagement processes and includes inquiry into how different engagement contexts and process features affect a range of behavioral, cognitive, and decision-making outcomes. Because of these gaps, a cohesive and actionable research agenda for stakeholder engagement research and practice in working landscapes remains elusive. In this review article, we present a co-produced research agenda for stakeholder engagement in working landscapes. The co-production process involved professionally facilitated and iterative dialogue among a diverse and international group of over 160 scholars and practitioners through a yearlong virtual workshop series. The resulting research agenda is organized under six cross-cutting themes: (1) Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; (2) Ethics; (3) Research and Practice; (4) Context; (5) Process; and (6) Outcomes and Measurement. This research agenda identifies critical research needs and opportunities relevant for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike. We argue that addressing these research opportunities is necessary to advance knowledge and practice of stakeholder engagement and to support more just and effective engagement processes in working landscapes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42532-022-00132-8.
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
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Aubert AH, McConville J, Schmid S, Lienert J. Gamifying and evaluating problem structuring: A card game workshop for generating decision objectives. EURO JOURNAL ON DECISION PROCESSES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejdp.2022.100021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In health promotion research, enthusiasm for patient and public involvement (PPI) is growing. However, a lack of conceptual clarity leads to ambiguities in participatory processes and purposes, and hampers efforts to achieve and evaluate PPI in research. This study provides an overview of its underlying reasons—or rationales—so as to better understand, guide and interpret PPI in research practice. We conducted a critical review to identify typologies of rationales for PPI. We re-categorized the different types of rationales from these typologies based on their content. We illustrated the resulting categories of rationales with examples from a case study on PPI in research on Lyme disease. Five categories of rationales for PPI were identified. The democratic rationale reflects the normative right of citizens to have a voice in research. The consumerist rationale refers to the economic right of stakeholders with interests to have a say. Rooted in social justice, the transformative rationale seeks to empower marginalized groups. The substantive rationale starts from epistemic considerations and aims to improve the quality of knowledge that research generates. The instrumental rationale is of pragmatic origin and refers to improved efficiency and effectiveness of the research. Our overview of categories of rationales can be used as a frame of reference for PPI in health promotion research. Exploring, stating explicitly and reflecting on the underlying reasons for PPI may help to define realistic purposes, select matching approaches and design appropriate evaluation studies. This might also contribute to the conceptualization of PPI.
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- Department of Ethics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Law & Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupation Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupation Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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Ruano‐Chamorro C, Gurney GG, Cinner JE. Advancing procedural justice in conservation. Conserv Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Cristina Ruano‐Chamorro
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Douglas QLD Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Douglas QLD Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies James Cook University Douglas QLD Australia
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Kandal HA, Swart JAA, Yacoub HA, Gerkema MP. Engaging local communities in restoration projects: reconsidering the role of traditional knowledge in Wadi Allaqi, Egypt. Restor Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/rec.13598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Hanaa A. Kandal
- Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve Nature Conservation Sector, EEAA Aswan Egypt
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- Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve Nature Conservation Sector, EEAA Aswan Egypt
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- Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute (ESRIG) University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
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- Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve Nature Conservation Sector, EEAA Aswan Egypt
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Beliefs about Human-Nature Relationships and Implications for Investment and Stewardship Surrounding Land-Water System Conservation. LAND 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/land10121293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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When engaging stakeholders in environmental conservation, it is critical to understand not only their group-level needs, but also the individually held beliefs that contribute to each person’s decisions to endorse or reject policies. To this end, we examined the extent to which people conceptualize the interconnected relationship between humans and nature in the context of a hypothetical urban waterway, and the implications thereof for environmental investment and stewardship. We also explored how these beliefs varied based on describing the waterway as having either local or global impacts, and as originating either naturally or through artificial processes. Three hundred and seventy-nine adults from the United States read vignettes about a polluted urban waterway and thereafter reported their investment in river clean-up, their stewardship of the river, and their beliefs surrounding human-nature relationships. Results revealed a common belief pattern whereby humans were believed to impact the urban river disproportionately more than the river impacts humans, suggesting that lay adults often weigh the impacts of humans on the natural world disproportionally. Critically, this disproportionate pattern of thinking inversely predicted investment of time and money in river clean-up. Results also revealed a potential solution to this psychological bias: highlighting local benefits of the waterway decreased the asymmetry of the human-nature relationship. We discuss the psychological factors contributing to this cognitive bias, and the implications of these findings on stakeholder engagement.
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Crausbay SD, Sofaer HR, Cravens AE, Chaffin BC, Clifford KR, Gross JE, Knapp CN, Lawrence DJ, Magness DR, Miller-Rushing AJ, Schuurman GW, Stevens-Rumann CS. A Science Agenda to Inform Natural Resource Management Decisions in an Era of Ecological Transformation. Bioscience 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Earth is experiencing widespread ecological transformation in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems that is attributable to directional environmental changes, especially intensifying climate change. To better steward ecosystems facing unprecedented and lasting change, a new management paradigm is forming, supported by a decision-oriented framework that presents three distinct management choices: resist, accept, or direct the ecological trajectory. To make these choices strategically, managers seek to understand the nature of the transformation that could occur if change is accepted while identifying opportunities to intervene to resist or direct change. In this article, we seek to inspire a research agenda for transformation science that is focused on ecological and social science and based on five central questions that align with the resist–accept–direct (RAD) framework. Development of transformation science is needed to apply the RAD framework and support natural resource management and conservation on our rapidly changing planet.
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- Shelley D Crausbay
- Conservation Science Partners, Fort Collins, Colorado, and is a consortium partner for the US Geological Survey's North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Boulder, Colorado, United States
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- US Geological Survey Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i, United States
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- US Geological Survey's Social and Economic Analysis Branch, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US Geological Survey's Social and Economic Analysis Branch, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldotna, Alaska, United States
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- US National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department and assistant director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia. LAND 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/land10111257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Despite the significant increase in protected territory globally, there is a common understanding that the designation of protected areas alone does not guarantee their effectiveness nor halt the loss of biodiversity. In addition to biodiversity conservation, protected areas are expected to perform a number of other functions, such as provide ecosystem services and improve local socio-economic conditions. Therefore, the need to strive towards mixed, decentralized conservation management and stakeholder involvement is increasingly emphasized. Although there is limited research, it has been noted that protected areas have not served wider objectives effectively enough. The current study provides insight concerning socio-economic effects of different governance and management practices of protected areas based on perceptions of residents and stakeholders of five national parks of Estonia. It was found that conservation status has an important impact on local socio-economic conditions largely depending on governance and management practices, resulting in both, positive and negative effects. It was concluded that the centralization of nature conservation and the abolition of protected area administrations have led to a gradual distancing of nature conservation from local conditions and the population, causing concern about the preservation of the living environment.
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Multi-Actor Platforms in the Water–Agriculture Nexus: Synergies and Long-Term Meaningful Engagement. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13223204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Solutions to current complex environmental challenges demand the consultation and involvement of various groups in society. In light of the WFD’s requirements of public participation, this paper presents an analysis of the establishment and development of nine different multi-actor platforms (MAPs) across Europe set up as arenas for long-term engagements to solve water quality challenges in relation to agriculture. The MAPs represent different histories and legacies of engagement; some are recent initiatives and some are affiliated with previous government-initiated projects, while other MAPs are long-term engagement platforms. A case study approach drawing on insights from the nine engagement processes is used to discuss conditions for enabling long-term multi-actor engagement. The perceived pressure for change and preferred prioritization in complying with mitigating water quality problems vary within and among the MAPs. The results show that governmental and local actors’ concern for water quality improvements and focusing on pressure for change are important for establishing meaningful multi-actor engagement when concerns translate into a clear mandate of the MAP. Furthermore, the degree to which the MAPs have been able to establish relationships and networks with other institutions such as water companies, agricultural and environmental authorities, farmers, and civil society organizations influences possibilities for long-term meaningful engagement.
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Barrett K, Rodriguez SL. What Sources Are Natural Resource Managers Using to Make Decisions? J Wildl Manage 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Kyle Barrett
- Clemson University 261 Lehotsky Hall Clemson SC 29634 USA
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Roux DJ, Nel JL, Freitag S, Novellie P, Rosenberg E. Evaluating and reflecting on coproduction of protected area management plans. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Dirk J. Roux
- Scientific Services South African National Parks George South Africa
- Sustainability Research Unit Nelson Mandela University George South Africa
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- Sustainability Research Unit Nelson Mandela University George South Africa
- Wageningen Environmental Research Wageningen University Wageningen The Netherlands
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- Scientific Services South African National Parks George South Africa
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- Sustainability Research Unit Nelson Mandela University George South Africa
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- Environmental Learning Research Centre Rhodes University Grahamstown South Africa
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Vella K, Baresi U, Lockie S, Taylor B. Challenges and opportunities for assisted regional ecosystem adaptation: International experience and implications for adaptation research. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257868. [PMID: 34559843 PMCID: PMC8462708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Maintaining the functional integrity of ecosystems as climate pressures exceed natural rates of adaptation requires new knowledge and new approaches to governance and management. However, research into management interventions to assist regional ecosystem adaptation has generated both scientific and ethical debate. This paper reviews experience to date in order to identify the challenges and opportunities for assisted regional ecosystem adaptation and reflect on the implications for ongoing adaptation research. The review was informed by a database and structured analysis of some 450 reports, peer-reviewed manuscripts and books on participation theory and experience with novel technology development and assisted ecosystem adaptation. We identified five classes of challenges to adaptation research: 1) scientific conflicts and debates over the “facts”, 2) social challenges, 3) governance challenges, 4) epistemic challenges, and 5) ontological conflicts. We argue that engagement strategies linked to the multiple objectives of adaptation research provide opportunities for ecosystem adaptation.
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- Karen Vella
- School of Architecture Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Architecture Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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