Integrated landscape initiatives in Europe: Multi-sector collaboration in multi-functional landscapes

Garcia‐Martin, Maria; Bieling, Claudia; Hart, Abigail K.; Plieninger, Tobias

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.07.001

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“…However, the focus on participatory approaches has often neglecting the use of state of the art scientific knowledge and methods as a main input to the participatory process. This statement is supported by recent reviews of existing integrated landscape initiatives [24,25]. In these reviews, the great potential of the approach is advocated; however, most show little integration of scientific insights into the approach.…”

Section: The Joint Learning Circle As a Pathway To Implementationmentioning

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Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

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Abstract:Recently, the integrated landscape approach has gained increasing interest of the scientific community, as well as of organizations active in the field of sustainable development. However, the enthusiastic welcome is challenged by little consensus on theory, terminology and definitions. Moreover, the operationalization of the approach into practice is a major challenge. In this paper, we present a framework to operationalize the integrated landscape approach in practice by putting a long-term collaboration between scientists and various stakeholder at center stage. Based on encompassing understanding of landscape-level processes and interactions, four pillars addressing different steps of a joint-learning circle are described and illustrated with examples. We consider the integrated landscape approach to be a prime way of targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but novel forms of collaboration between scientists and other stakeholders based on long-term commitments will be needed for operationalization in practice.

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Section: The Joint Learning Circle As a Pathway To Implementationmentioning

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“…ILIs stem from an understanding that collaboration amongst institutions at all levels is necessary for fostering the social and cultural capital vital to heritage conservation and sustainable land management (Prager, 2015). Facilitating institutions, such as ILIs, are required to play a bridging role between involved stakeholders, transcending disciplines and scales, and place strong emphasis upon capacity building for the self-sustainment of feedbacks to social capital building (Cash, 2001;García-Martín et al, 2016;Wagner and Fernandez-Gimenez, 2009). These types of integrated or collaborative initiatives have however rarely been explicitly incorporated within computational models of land use and landscape change (Doran, 2001).…”

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Cultural landscapes and behavioral transformations: An agent-based model for the simulation and discussion of alternative landscape futures in East Lesvos, Greece

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The concurring forces of agricultural intensification and abandonment have been identified as some of the more prominent and polarizing drivers of landscape change in Europe. These transitions may induce deterioration in landscape functioning and character, particularly in cultural landscapes demonstrative of evolving human-environment dynamics having sustained multiple environmental benefits through time. Cultural and behavioral motives are significant root influences to such landscape transitions, yet efforts to address landscape degradation are often hampered by a failure to account for the heterogeneous decisionmaking nature of its agents of change and the inherent complexity of socio-ecological systems. Novel techniques are required to further disentangle responses to multi-level drivers and discuss alternative landscape development trajectories. Agent-based models constructed by means of participatory approaches present increasingly applied tools in this context. This study sought to capture and model the future perspectives emerging from presently occurring farming discourses in the region of Gera (Lesvos, Greece), characterized by persistent abandonment of its traditionally managed olive plantations. We constructed an agent-based model iteratively in collaboration with the local farming community and experts in landscape research. Empirical findings informed the model through the construction of a farmer typology, revealing a heavy reliance of the farming community upon sectorial profitability, prevalent cultural farming motives and emerging landscape initiatives. The model examined the de-coupled role of agricultural profitability and landscapes initiatives in shaping the behavior of land managers, mapping alternative landscape futures over a period of 25 years. Model results illustrate increased profitability alongside action by landscape initiatives alone can reverse abandonment trends within the simulated time frame. The hypothesized ability of landscape initiatives to maintain and promote a cultural drive amongst adhering farmers is crucial for securing behavioral transformations towards professionalism. This study confirmed agent-based modelling to be intuitively received by stakeholders who significantly contributed to model structure refinement and the rejection of a status quo scenario.

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“…We want to protect our conservation, yet for a post-2020 framework, biological knowledge alone is clearly insufficient to solve current "wicked" and "truly complex" conservation problems exacerbated by global change processes (see Game, Meijaard, Sheil, & McDonald-Madden, 2014). Increasingly, scholars emphasize the need for greater social engagement and knowledge coproduction (Bennett et al, 2017;Knight, Cowling, & Campbell, 2006;Oldekop, Holmes, Harris, & Evans, 2016), the foundations of which are relationships of trust developed through a recognition of self-determination, "free, prior and informed consent" and meaningful participation (see Kluvánková-Oravská, Chobotová, Banaszak, Slavikova, &Trifunovova, 2009 andGarcía-Martín, Bieling, Hart, &Plieninger, 2016 for examples from Europe).…”

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Governance principles for community‐centered conservation in the post‐2020 global biodiversity framework

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Conservat Sci and Prac

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Strategies to protect biodiversity in the face of a global crisis must be placebased and sensitive to context. A failure to consider the socioeconomic and political circumstances, as well as wellbeing needs and lived realities of those most directly reliant upon biodiversity will further undermine progress on Aichi targets and subsequent goals for the post-2020 framework. How communities experience the benefits or costs of conservation action is influenced in large measure by the principles that guide conservation governance, and the subsequent institutional structures and processes that frame conservation action (at local to global scales). In this article, we define and critically reflect on core principles of community-centered conservation governance needed to yield desirable and long-term conservation outcomes-both ecological and social (i.e., equitable and just). In doing so, we emphasize a conception of community-centered conservation that we argue is relevant to guide implementation of a post-2020 biodiversity framework, and which is based on a foundation of well-established evidence. Core principles of communitycentered conservation governance include: (a) building multilevel networks and collaborative relationships needed to coproduce conservation solutions;(b) promoting equity and recognizing the central role of women as agents of positive change in conservation efforts across scales; (c) reframing conservation action through the lens of reconciliation and redress (e.g., responding to injustices from land grabs and territorial enclosures); (d) ensuring a rightsbased approach to conservation action in which community agency, access and decision making autonomy are supported; and (e) revitalizing the customary and local institutions that provide legitimate and adaptive strategies for the stewardship of biodiversity. K E Y W O R D Sgender, governance, institutions, policy

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Integrated landscape initiatives in Europe: Multi-sector collaboration in multi-functional landscapes

Cited by 88 publications

References 34 publications

Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

Cultural landscapes and behavioral transformations: An agent-based model for the simulation and discussion of alternative landscape futures in East Lesvos, Greece

Governance principles for community‐centered conservation in the post‐2020 global biodiversity framework

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