Governing large-scale social-ecological systems: Lessons from five cases

Fleischman, Forrest; Ban, Natalie C.; Evans, Louisa; Epstein, Graham; García-López, Gustavo; Villamayor-Tomás, Sergio

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“…The literature on design principle makes a strong call to the notion that configurations of design principles are necessary for success [1,25,32,47]. Baggio et al [47] analyzed the co-ocurrence of design principles by activity (fishery, irrigation and forestry) and the combinations of design principles leading to social and ecological success (sample of 69 cases).…”

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“…Nonetheless, the applicability of the theory to more complex situations has been questioned [24,26,27], and has become a field of active research in recent years [15,[28][29][30][31]. For example, Fleischman et al [32] analyzed the applicability of the institutional design principles (underlying principles that characterize robust institutions) 2 [1,2] in five large-scale governance systems, suggesting strong support to some principles and weak support to others; at large scales, other kinds of political dynamics, including the role of scientists and civil society organizations, appear to play key roles. This study aimed to analyze the governance of the Cassurubá RESEX, Bahia State, Brazil, through exploring key stakeholders' perceptions about its functioning and prospects, and examining the enabling conditions present and the difficulties faced by this new and ambitious governance system.…”

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Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

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A B S T R A C TThis study analyzed the governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve or RESEX in Bahia State, Brazil, exploring the favorable conditions and the difficulties faced by this newly established and complex governance system. RESEXs are protected areas that involve traditional communities in its administration through majority representation in a Deliberative Council (DC). Research was conducted through literature and documents review, participant observation through direct involvement in community activities along several years (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016), and semi-structured and structured interviews applied respectively to members of the DC and to users of the RESEX during 2012 and 2013. The Institutional Design Principles were used as an analytical tool to reflect on the strengths, limitations, and the multiple factors affecting its governance. Interview results suggest a more negative perception of resource users about RESEX functioning and prospects than DC members. Participation of resource users in RESEX meetings was low and a passive performance of council members was observed. Since 2012-2013, participation of users and council members has been gradually increasing. Several of the design principles were found to be present (boundaries, congruence, collective arrangements though enhanced participation is needed, conflict resolution mechanisms, recognition of rights to organize, nested enterprises), and only two were deemed insufficient or mostly absent: monitoring (4A and 4B), but improving in terms of community participation in vigilance, and graduated sanctions (5), present in legislation but hardly implemented. Further studies should be pursued for continuing adding blocks to the understanding of CPR governance systems with diverse degrees of complexity.

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Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

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“…Challenges with some design principles at large scales also reflect the conclusions of Social-Ecological Systems Meta-Analysis Database (SESMAD) case studies , Fleischman et al 2014, Cox 2014. The SESMAD project seeks to determine if important variables, including the design principles, for small-scale systems can be effectively scaled up for large-scale governance systems (Cox et al 2010).…”

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“…The SESMAD case study of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna also found that collective choice, rights to organize, and nested governance were either absent or unsuccessful on a large scale . However, the authors posit that other mechanisms available at a federal scale, such as political dynamics and civil society interactions, may help to mitigate against governance failures , Fleischman et al 2014. Although some design principles were less applicable on a large scale, the majority of these attributes were equally applicable for small-and large-scale systems, indicating that they can be useful to assist in making management recommendations.…”

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Pacific Canada’s Rockfish Conservation Areas: using Ostrom’s design principles to assess management effectiveness

Lancaster¹,

Haggarty²,

Ban³

2015

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ABSTRACT. International declines in marine biodiversity have lead to the creation of marine protected areas and fishery reserve systems. In Canada, 164 Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) were implemented between 2003 and 2007 and now cover 4847.2 km² of ocean. These reserves were created in response to widespread concern from fishers and nongovernmental organizations about inshore rockfish (genus Sebastes) population declines. We used the design principles for effective common-pool resource management systems, originally developed by Elinor Ostrom, to assess the social and ecological effectiveness of these conservation areas more than 10 years after their initial implementation. We assessed the relative presence or absence of each design principle within current RCA management. We found that 2 of the 11 design principles were moderately present in the recreational fishery. All other design principles were lacking for the recreational sector. We found that 2 design principles were fully present and 5 were moderately present in the commercial sector. Four design principles were lacking in the commercial sector. Based on this analysis, we highlight 4 main areas for management improvement: (1) create an education and outreach campaign to explain RCA rules, regulations, boundaries, and the need for marine conservation; (2) increase monitoring of users and resources to discourage noncompliance and gather the necessary data to create social buy-in for marine conservation; (3) encourage informal nested governance through stakeholder organizations for education and self-regulation (e.g. fisher to fisher); and (4) most importantly, create a formal, decadal RCA review process to gather stakeholder input and make amendments to regulations and RCA boundaries. This information can be used to inform spatial management systems both in Canada and internationally. This analysis also contributes to a growing literature on effectively scaling up small-scale management techniques for large-scale, often federally run, common-pool resource systems.

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“…There is thus a need to understand better whether and how these ideas apply to large SESs (Fleischman et al 2014, Cox 2015. At the same time, it is urgent to move toward sustainable use of resources and management of common-pool resources (e.g., Poteete et al 2010).…”

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Advancing social-ecological research through teaching: summary, observations, and challenges

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Cox²

2017

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Governing large-scale social-ecological systems: Lessons from five cases

Abstract: This paper compares lessons drawn from five case studies of large scale governance of common-pool resources: management of forests in Indonesia,

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Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

Pacific Canada’s Rockfish Conservation Areas: using Ostrom’s design principles to assess management effectiveness

Advancing social-ecological research through teaching: summary, observations, and challenges

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Governing large-scale social-ecological systems: Lessons from five cases

Abstract: This paper compares lessons drawn from five case studies of large scale governance of common-pool resources: management of forests in Indonesia,

Cited by 79 publications

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Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

Governance of the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, Bahia State, Brazil: An analysis of strengths and weaknesses to inform policy

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