Engaging society and building participatory governance in a rural landscape restoration context

Palmer, Carolyn G.; Fry, A.E.; Libala, Notiswa; Ralekhetla, Mateboho Mary; Mtati, Nosiseko; Weaver, Matthew; Mtintsilana, Zintle; Scherman, Patricia-Ann

doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100320

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“…Another example comes from a more localized initiative, partly bypassing the challenges of coordination across scales. The Tsitsa Project in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa was intended to support sustainable livelihoods and improved ecological outcomes via restoration targeted at reducing erosion, increasing grazing vegetation cover, and reducing river silt loads (Palmer et al 2022). The project was planned and executed with a governance system that promoted broad participation and a strong understanding of local people's needs and was explicitly aimed at promoting equity in access to ecosystem services.…”

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“…The process experienced some barriers, including poor understanding and representation of some participants’ perspectives. However, the Tsitsa project was perceived as having succeeded overall with fair inclusion of the local residents, government officials, and traditional leaders in its codesign ( Palmer et al. 2022 ).…”

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How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

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Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges. However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence the equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions. In the present article, we outline how social processes that are critical to restoration equity and effectiveness can be better incorporated in restoration science and policy. Drawing from existing case studies, we show how projects that align with local people's preferences and are implemented through inclusive governance are more likely to lead to improved social, ecological, and environmental outcomes. To underscore the importance of social considerations in restoration, we overlay existing global restoration priority maps, population, and the Human Development Index (HDI) to show that approximately 1.4 billion people, disproportionately belonging to groups with low HDI, live in areas identified by previous studies as being of high restoration priority. We conclude with five action points for science and policy to promote equity-centered restoration.

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“…The research results on public participation in rural planning mainly focus on the following four aspects: participation systems ( Santé et al, 2020 ; Balest et al, 2021 ), the need for participation ( Fleischman and Solorzano, 2018 ; Staniewska, 2018 ; Palmer et al, 2022 ), the methods and techniques of participation ( Brown and Kyttä, 2014 ; Eiter and Vik, 2015 ; Palacio Buendía et al, 2021 ), and the restrictive factors of participation ( Lyons, 2005 ; Ross et al, 2016 ). Studies performed by numerous scholars on the influencing factors of villagers’ participation behavior have primarily concentrated on exterior structures ( Folz and Hazlett, 1991 ; Lawrence et al, 2020 ), social demography ( Maloney and Ward, 1973 ; Shi, 2016 ), and social psychology ( Greaves et al, 2013 ; Chen et al, 2020 ; Hou et al, 2021 ).…”

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Exploring the Influencing Paths of Villagers’ Participation in the Creation of Micro-Landscapes: An Integrative Model of Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Theory

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Rui

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Front. Psychol.

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Villager participation has become a key breakthrough in rural landscape governance. Using the theory of planned behavior and the norm activation theory as frameworks, this study adopts the structural equation model to explore the influencing mechanism of villager participation in rural micro-landscapes based on data gathered from 414 villagers in a rural micro-landscape construction survey in Jinjiang, China. The results indicate that (1) integrated planned behavior theory and norm activation theory can better explain the influencing mechanism of villagers’ participation in rural micro-landscape construction; (2) perception, norm, attitude, and control dimensions significantly influence villagers’ participation behavior intention. The attitude dimension had the greatest influence, followed by the normative and control dimensions, while the perception dimension had the least influence on the procedure; and (3) according to the mediation results, natural environment perception, social environment perception, personal norm, social norm, participation attitude, result awareness, and self-efficacy all exert indirect effects on participation behavior based on villagers’ participation behavioral intention. The largest median effect value was result awareness, followed by personal norm, participation attitude, natural environment awareness, self-efficacy, and social norm. This study expands the theoretical framework and research content of planned behavior and clarifies the mechanism of the influencing factors of villagers’ participation in rural micro-landscapes, extending the theory of planned behavior to the research field of villagers’ participation, which has a guiding role in promoting the co-construction, co-governance, and sharing of rural landscapes.

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“…Natural ecosystems have been subjected to significant pressures, despite the clarion call from national and international stakeholders on the need to adhere to the Brundtland Report on Sustainable Development and the present-day Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although several global challenges are a cause for concern, land use/land cover change has received unrivalled attention due to its significant environmental consequences [1,2]. While most parts of the globe are exposed to this issue, land use/land cover change is identified as a significant environmental problem in sub-Saharan Africa [3].…”

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Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and Implications for Landscape Restoration in Cameroon’s Western Highlands

Gwan

Fogwe²

2022

JGEESI

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Land use – the way human beings employ the land and its resources is at the centre of scientific and policy interests in rapidly evolving landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa. An example par excellence of such landscapes is the Western Highland Region of Cameroon. This paper analyses the implications of land use changes in seven communities of the Western Highland Region of Cameroon. In doing so, it specifically: (i) examines the pattern of land use/land cover change between 1984 and 2021, and (ii) analyses their environmental implications. A mixed-methods approach involving the use of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods was employed. This specifically involved the survey of 300 households using semi-structured questionnaires, the conduct of nine (9) group discussions and twenty-two (22) key informant interviews. Secondary data were obtained through Municipal Council Reports. The data were analysed descriptively (using tables and charts) and spatially using maps. The study used archived satellite images to map land use dynamics over the study area from 1970’s to present. In this light, NASA’s Landsat satellite images from USGS earth explorer was acquired for the periods of 1979, 1984, 2000, 2013 and 2021 for diachronic analysis of land cover/use in the study area. The results revealed that land use/land cover changes were rapid, involving a significant reduction in grassland (72%), forests (48%) and bare areas (19%) between 1984 and 2021. This was followed by a correspondent increase (211%) in the built-up area, and in agricultural space (22%). Additionally, land use/land cover changes have led to a change in local climatic conditions, a decline in crop and livestock output, and rising food costs. The study recommends that international NGOs operating in this area should engage with communities on aspects of sustainable land management. Relevant government ministerial departments and municipal agents should emphasise the need to respect land use plans, to limit the uncoordinated colonisation of slopes for farming and settlement. Besides establishing the pattern of land use transformation in this landscape, this paper provides new insights on the environmental effects of land use/land cover dynamics in Cameroon’s Western Highlands. The results demonstrate novelty through its further identification of food security issues linked to land use/land cover dynamics.

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Engaging society and building participatory governance in a rural landscape restoration context

Cited by 24 publications

References 45 publications

How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

Exploring the Influencing Paths of Villagers’ Participation in the Creation of Micro-Landscapes: An Integrative Model of Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Theory

Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and Implications for Landscape Restoration in Cameroon’s Western Highlands

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