Local participation in biodiversity conservation initiatives: A comparative analysis of different models in South East Mexico

Méndez-López, María Elena; Garcı́a-Frapolli, Eduardo; Pritchard, Diana J.; González, María Consuelo Sánchez; Ruíz-Mallén, Isabel; Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Reyes‐García, Victoria

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.06.028

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“…In biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation, this community-based governance approach has been implemented in particular cases, such as in the inclusion of indigenous communities or other local communities for biodiversity conservation or resource co-management [35]. However, legal institutions and markets have taken central stage in environmental policies.…”

Section: Managing Agrarian Landscapes Under Sf Practicesmentioning

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Social Farming in the Promotion of Social-Ecological Sustainability in Rural and Periurban Areas

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Abstract:Rural areas are facing a spectrum of landscape changes and vulnerability as a consequence of financial and environmental crises. Innovative approaches are required to maintain the provision of social services and manage ecosystem services in these areas. We explore the capacity of social farming to create viable and sustainable rural and periurban areas according to a social-ecological perspective. We use the key elements of social-ecological systems under social farming practices to analyse (1) the role of local communities and non-formal institutions; (2) the involvement of target stakeholders; and (3) the explicit connection between agroecosystems and human wellbeing. To do so, we selected and described four cases of local social farming initiatives in terms of the key elements of social-ecological systems and conducted a literature review to provide an overview of the explicit impact of social farming on the quality of life. We found that social farming illustrates hybrid governance solutions beyond market instruments that could be applied for the governance of agroecosystems. It can also provide a range of other wellbeing and cultural ecosystem services to rural and urban inhabitants. Greater cooperation between social farming and ecosystem service science could rebound in rural landscape sustainability.

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Section: Managing Agrarian Landscapes Under Sf Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Farming in the Promotion of Social-Ecological Sustainability in Rural and Periurban Areas

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“…Building on existing hierarchies and governance mechanism can however support existing elitist structures and gender exclusion [37,41]. In our case, the man dominated assemblies selected community members to participate in the ZPC processes and women were largely excluded from capacity building and decision processes.…”

Section: Land Use Planning For Local Sustainable Ses-potential and LImentioning

confidence: 83%

“…Adaptive governance has to continuously adapt to changing conditions of natural capital, which challenges accountability of institutions and collaboration [38,40]. It has to be taken into account that participation strongly depends on the cultural context and can lead to elitist structures and gender exclusion [41].…”

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Building Adaptive Capacity in Changing Social-Ecological Systems: Integrating Knowledge in Communal Land-Use Planning in the Peruvian Amazon

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Building resilient sustainable social-ecological systems (SES) requires communities to enhance their adaptive capacities. Communal participative land-use planning (Zonificación Participativa Comunal-ZPC) is a tool designed for communities to integrating local and scientific knowledge to sustainably organize and manage their SES. Between 2006 and 2011, a ZPC was developed with communities in the buffer zone of Cordillera Azul National Park (Peru), where rapid demographic changes are converting pre-montane seasonally dry forest into agricultural land. Herein, we analyse how the ZPC enhanced adaptive capacity, enabling the SES to cope with environmental, political and economic changes. Based on qualitative, semi-structured interviews, communities are analysed along their capacities in the dimensions social capital, learning, adaptive management and governance. An analysis of yearly high-resolution forest cover data supports our findings. Deforestation activities in biologically sensitive zones decreased rapidly during the time of the ZPC implementation. We find that particularly the long-term presence of the bridging institution and the continuous testing and reflection of the integrated "hybrid knowledge" enabled communities to develop adaptive capacities. The analysis of ZPC our results reveals the enabling conditions for promoting the learning process to develop a sustainable land-use management in the context of migration and rapid changes.

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“…The complexities of community participation in natural resource management, ranging from interrelations among stakeholders to resource ownership, have been explored in the Kasanka Game Management Area, Zambia [24]. Elsewhere, in Mexico, levels of local participation have been compared across protection schemes, particularly regarding payment-based and community-initiated strategies, revealing that community-based conservation areas, even when providing economic benefits to local people, do not always facilitate wider involvement of community members in conservation [25]. One of the key success factors for sustainable conservation is the level of awareness of the heritage value of the resources by the stakeholders, particularly local people [26].…”

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How to Promote Sustainable Relationships between Heritage Conservation and Community, Based on a Survey

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Community residents have a strong stake in a local heritage site and may be an important force in its conservation, management and development. Positive relationships between the heritage site and community residents can promote its protection. A questionnaire survey was conducted with local residents of Bogda World Natural Heritage, Xinjiang, China, to assess their perceptions towards the World Natural Heritage, and their attitudes towards participation in heritage conservation. The local residents have made positive contributions to the conservation of heritage resource in the past several years. However, because of the asymmetry between responsibility for conservation and benefit sharing, the authors recommend that a "Community co-management framework" should be established to mobilize residents to participate in heritage conservation. Furthermore, participatory approaches and communication mechanisms are suggested to promote sustainable relationships between community development and heritage conservation. The empirical study can be used as an input to policy making and management for sustainable conservation, and the study contributes to the literature related to community participation at heritage sites.

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Local participation in biodiversity conservation initiatives: A comparative analysis of different models in South East Mexico

Cited by 54 publications

References 28 publications

Social Farming in the Promotion of Social-Ecological Sustainability in Rural and Periurban Areas

Social Farming in the Promotion of Social-Ecological Sustainability in Rural and Periurban Areas

Building Adaptive Capacity in Changing Social-Ecological Systems: Integrating Knowledge in Communal Land-Use Planning in the Peruvian Amazon

How to Promote Sustainable Relationships between Heritage Conservation and Community, Based on a Survey

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