Building institutional capacity for environmental governance through social entrepreneurship: lessons from Canadian biosphere reserves

George, Colleen; Reed, Maureen G.

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“…Action for researchers may include renewing the role of BRs as monitoring sites for ecosystem change and governance approaches, and undertaking networked research programs; for practitioners it may mean developing uncommon allies to secure funding. The greatest financial stability for Canadian BRs has come to those operating as social enterprises with a clear mission, new partners, focused governance structure and a service‐oriented delivery model (George & Reed ). The international network has adopted this approach in the Lima Action Plan; success may rely on its widespread application and ability to meet its targets for broadening engagement and outreach. Engage knowledge‐holders with specialized western scientific knowledge, and local experiential and Indigenous knowledge might be brought into productive conversation towards achieving mutually desirable conservation and sustainability goals (e.g., Haenn ).…”

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Conservation (In)Action: Renewing the Relevance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

Reed

2016

CONSERVATION LETTERS

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The research and policy landscape for biodiversity conservation is changing. Protected areas are now expected to meet a broad range of objectives including effective and equitable management. In this new landscape, organizations strive to find ways to ensure the rights of local and Indigenous peoples are respected while conservation scientists have endorsed the need for platforms for international research and practice. For 40 years, a growing international network of sites support such research and practice, yet, it has been underutilized and largely ignored by scientists and decision-makers alike. To better understand this paradox, this article explores the evolution of the World Network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves internationally and its application in Canada. Analysis of archived materials, a national survey of practitioners, and interviews with past and present members of Canada's national committee reveals an expanded mandate for biosphere reserves beyond conservation science and biodiversity protection. The article recommends that to support the expanded conservation agenda, biosphere reserves work with governments and conservation scientists to connect more effectively with global concerns and initiatives such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and Sustainable Development Goals; establish appropriate, reliable, and active transdisciplinary partnerships; and meaningfully engage a broader range of knowledge holders.

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Section: Discussion: Reframing Conservation In Unesco Brsmentioning

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2016

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“…2) Empirical data is from a European or comparable context, meaning that some articles (5) from North America, such as George and Reed (2016), from Latin American countries (Kimmitt & Muñoz, 2018), and New Zealand (Newth, 2016) were chosen. Narrowing the spatial focus helps to avoid overly generalized and universalized claims on social entrepreneurship, criticized by Dey and Steyaert (2010, p. 89).…”

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“…The second research strand discusses collaboration for resources and employment (Figure 4), with the majority of the texts relying on organizational (Imperatori & Ruta, 2015;Pais & Parente, 2015) and institutional theories (George & Reed, 2016;Huybrechts & Nicholls,2013;Huybrechts, Nicholls & Edinger, 2017). In general, these studies focus on the relevance of collaboration for attaining new resources for the organizations, and the management of diverging stakeholder interests in the process.…”

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The JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION is an interdisciplinary, double blind-reviewed journal, emphasizing theoretical and empirical articles in entrepreneurship, management, innovation and related fields. The journal is published both in printed form and on-line at www.jemi.edu.pl. THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AREA OF THE JOURNALThe entrepreneurship area of the journal covers the three major topics: 1) venture creation and small business, 2) the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth including local and regional development, and 3) entrepreneurial attitudes and motives. We invite original papers of theoretical and empirical nature, rooted in the disciplines of economics, management, sociology, political science, and psychology. The interdisciplinary research is encouraged to assure a comprehensive approach to the topics discussed and to advance both theory and practice. THE MANAGEMENT AREA OF THE JOURNALManagement, as a thematic scope of the journal, focuses on theoretical and empirical considerations of various areas, such as: strategic management, operation or production management, human resource management, information and management, contemporary management problems, new methods and management tools, new forms of organization and management, new threats in management, or new challenges in the organization's environment. THE INNOVATION AREA OF THE JOURNALThe innovation area of the Journal's focus will emphasize a broad range of topics and approaches, including (but not limited to): 1) role of private and public sector in development and diffusion of innovations, 2) product, process and business model innovations, 3) profiles of innovative products, structures and processes, aimed at improving management practice and providing inspiration for entrepreneurs, 4) comparative analyses of national, regional policy or sector issues, such as R&D trends, patents, citations etc., 5) theoretical work on economic, organizational and scientific aspects of innovation, encouraging the search for inspirations from various disciplines, including natural sciences, arts and humanities. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AREA OF THE JOURNALThe entrepreneur or entrepreneurial firm, the institutions providing finance to the entrepreneurs, and the different types of financial sources used by the entrepreneurial firms or investors. Among the areas of our special interests might be enumerated: accounting and corporate finance, financial market as a background for SME development, entrepreneurial finance, regulatory and supervisory aspects related to corporate finance.

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“…Let us argue that the term biosphere entrepreneurship describes entrepreneurial activity that generates value for the biosphere and ecosystem services. The sparse literature [Bergstrand et al, 2011;Björk, 2011;Björk and Olsson, 2013;Fry, 2013;Swedish Ministry of Environment (2014), pp.75, 102;George and Reed, 2015;Hofstra, 2015;Orihuela, 2017;Frederick, 2017] summarises the main characteristics of biosphere entrepreneurs (see Table 1). These characteristics are elucidated in the article using ontological frameworks culminating in a tentative theory of biosphere entrepreneurship.…”

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The emergence of biosphere entrepreneurship: are social and business entrepreneurship obsolete?

Frederick

2018

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This article combines entrepreneurship, economics and sustainability to build a new theory of biosphere entrepreneurship. Going beyond business and social entrepreneurship, which add value to economic and social spheres, respectively, biosphere entrepreneurship adds value to the biosphere. The purpose of this article is to define biosphere entrepreneurship, and to devise and extend mental models (frameworks) relating entrepreneurship and climate change in order to facilitate theory building. Using images and visual depictions, the article elaborates a series of illustrative candidate frameworks that suggest a theoretical model of biosphere entrepreneurship. The article aims to show how the Earth, humanity, and the economy are connected through negative and positive entrepreneurship. It extends extant frameworks from the fields of financial and capital, entrepreneurial allocation, risk and survival, value and disvalue creation, growth and de-growth, socio-cultural frameworks, and entrepreneurial opportunity in order to substantiate the existence of entrepreneurial activity that adds value to Earth. The article concludes with implications for entrepreneurship education. What should educators be doing to help our young entrepreneurs come to grips with existential and catastrophic risks to the planet? (Includes 11 colour figures)

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Building institutional capacity for environmental governance through social entrepreneurship: lessons from Canadian biosphere reserves

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Conservation (In)Action: Renewing the Relevance of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves

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