Goals for public participation implied by sustainable development, and the preparatory process of the Finnish National Forest Programme

Primmer, Eeva; Kyllönen, Simo

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2005.01.002

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“…Substantive arguments include the improvement of the quality of decisions by adding new or different types of knowledges (Huntington 2000), values (Beierle and Konisky 2001) and interests (Primmer and Kyllonen 2006) in the decision-making process. In turn, decisions that are agreed upon collectively and acknowledge local concerns and knowledge have a greater chance of being better socially and politically accepted (Harrison and Burgess 2000).…”

Section: The Appeal and Challenges Of A Big Society Approach To Biodimentioning

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Less government intervention in biodiversity management: risks and opportunities

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In a changing global environment, with increasing pressure on ecosystem goods and services, biodiversity conservation is likely to become increasingly important. However, with the current global financial crisis, governments are increasingly trying to stabilise economies through spending cuts aiming to reduce national deficits. Within such an economic climate, the devolution of governance through public participation is an intrinsically appealing concept. We outline a number of challenges that explain why increased participation in biodiversity management has been and may continue to be problematic. Using as a case study the local stakeholder-driven Moray Firth Seal Management Plan in Scotland, we identify four key conditions that were crucial to the successful participatory management of a biodiversity conflict: a local champion, the emergence of a crisis point, the involvement of decision-makers, and long-term financial and institutional support. Three of the four conditions point to the role of direct government involvement, highlighting the risk of devolving responsibility for biodiversity conflict management to local communities. We argue that without an informed debate, the move towards a more participatory approach could pose a danger to hard-won policy gains in relation to public participation, biodiversity conservation and conflict management.

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Section: The Appeal and Challenges Of A Big Society Approach To Biodimentioning

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Less government intervention in biodiversity management: risks and opportunities

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“…The tradition of general public participation in the development of NFP is known from Finland (Ollonquist 2006, Primmer & Kyllönen 2006. In Eastern and Central Europe there are also very strong initiatives to prepare NFP from the bottom up.…”

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Public participation in sustainable forestry: the case of forest planning in Slovakia

Sarvašová¹,

Dobšinská²,

Šálka³

2014

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“…Thus, the main research tasks in this sub-project included a theoretical analysis of environmental dilemmas and conflicts, and the formulation of legitimate management measures (see, for instance, Kyllönen 2002, Kyllönen andRaitio 2004). Conflict management was also analysed as one main goal of participatory decision-making implicit in sustainable development (Kyllönen 2004, Primmer andKyllönen 2006). The LUIAS project (Section 4.2.1) was broadly divided into two main components.…”

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Conflict management as a means to the sustainable use of natural resources

Kyllönen¹,

Colpaert²,

Heikkinen³

et al. 2006

Silva Fenn.

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. Conflict management as a means to the sustainable use of natural resources. Silva Fennica 40(4): 687-728.Democratic societies' emphasis on individual rights and freedoms inevitably opens them up to political disputes. Conflict management should thus be seen as an integral part of democratic institutional design. The evolution and management of policy disputes concerning the use of different natural resources in Finland is analysed by using the theoretical models of frame analysis and strategic interaction. The studied disputes include lake fisheries, watercourse regulation, reindeer herding, and forestry. The institutional design in the case studies varies. Despite the differences, many common features are identified that could explain their successes or difficulties in achieving sustainable and cooperative use of the resources. Among these are problems involving complex and uncertain knowledge, differences in frames held by multiple users of a resource, and distrust between the users and other parties. The analysis concludes with preliminary conclusions on how various disputes related to sustainable resource use could be managed. These include addressing the knowledge and frame problems in order to initiate a learning process; establishing sub-processes in which mutual trust between the parties -including a managing authority or a third party -can emerge; giving explicit roles and a clear division of entitlement to the parties; and providing a credible alternative for co-operation that affects the parties' payoff assessments during the process. Finally, the conflict management process shouldn't be regarded as a distinct phase of dispute resolution, but as an essential aspect of ongoing co-management practices of resource use.

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Goals for public participation implied by sustainable development, and the preparatory process of the Finnish National Forest Programme

Cited by 80 publications

References 9 publications

Less government intervention in biodiversity management: risks and opportunities

Less government intervention in biodiversity management: risks and opportunities

Public participation in sustainable forestry: the case of forest planning in Slovakia

Conflict management as a means to the sustainable use of natural resources

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