Participatory scenario development for integrated sustainability assessment

Bohunovsky, Lisa; Jäger, Jill; Omann, Ines

doi:10.1007/s10113-010-0143-3

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“…Using multiple scenarios can help define the diversity of possible future changes, especially associated with key macro-scale drivers, thereby challenging existing mental models of change (Börjeson et al, 2006). Participatory scenarios are commonly developed with expert groups but their use in a community setting offers potential to combine scientific knowledge with local knowledge, including potential access to social or cultural memory (Bohunovsky et al, 2011;Mistry et al, 2014 (Börjesen et al, 2006;Robinson et al, 2011). The intention in the case studies was to develop community-based exploratory scenarios to learn more about anticipating and managing the future from different perspectives.…”

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“…These difficulties may then provide a boundary to knowledge development and innovation for anticipatory adaptation, perpetuating a reliance on shorter-term responses conditioned by the past (Rodima-Taylor et al, 2011). Participatory scenario-planning is one technique thought to aid learning and use of local knowledge for adaptation (Bohunovsky et al, 2011) although evidence on its use as a learning facilitator has often been conjectural and lacking a diagnostic framework.…”

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Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America

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Abstract:Environmental change requires adaptive responses that are innovative, forward-looking and anticipatory, in order to meet goals for sustainability in socio-ecological systems. This implies transformative shifts in understanding as conceptualised by the idea of 'double'-or 'triple-loop learning'. Achieving this can be difficult as communities often rely on shorter-term coping mechanisms that purport to maintain the status quo. The use of participatory scenario planning to stimulate forward-looking social learning for adaptation was investigated through three contrasting community case studies on natural resource management in Latin America (in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia). Exploratory scenario narratives that synthesized local knowledge and future perceptions were used iteratively to define response options considered robust across multiple futures. Despite its intensive format, participants in each case agreed that scenario planning enabled a more systematic appraisal of the future. Scenarios facilitated innovation by providing scope to propose new types of responses and associated actions. Differences in local context meant that learning about future change developed in diverse ways, showing a need for a reflexive process. Reframing of key issues characteristic of double-loop learning did occur, albeit through different forms of interaction in each location. However, a shift towards transformative actions characteristic of triple-loop learning was less evident. Achieving this would appear to require ongoing use of scenarios to challenge social norms in light of changing drivers. Use of learning loops as a diagnostic to evaluate adaptive responses provided a useful reference framework although in practice both innovation and consolidative approaches can develop concurrently for responses to different issues.

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Section: Participatory Scenarios As Learning Toolsmentioning

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Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America

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“…In order to come to grips with wicked problems (Rittel and Webber, 1973) in the context of sustainability transitions (Rotmans, 2006) we consider the regional scale to be crucial because it is at this level that ecological processes and human activities interact most intensely (Bohunovsky et al, 2011;Graymore et al, 2010;Cundill, 2010). The regional level holds a specific capacity for the generation of new knowledge created in place-based (Horlings, 2011), multi-actor innovation networks (Pekkarinen and Harmaakorpi, 2006) or in governance networks (Termeer and Dewulf, 2012;Newig et al, 2010;Hajer and Versteeg, 2005;van Kersbergen and van Waarden, 2004), in which actors such as farmers, scientists, students, NGOs and policy-makers together can find new answers to existing social, economic and ecological problems.…”

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“…A multi-level regional approach (Kaiser and Prange, 2004) to sustainable development has several advantages, one of which is that regional actors often have to some extent unique localised knowledge that is not available outside the region which can be helpful for identifying promising directions for sustainable development (Bohunovsky et al, 2011) and a capacity to act (Horlings, 2011). This agency presumably emerges from a social learning process (Wals, 2007;Friedman, 2001;Bohunovsky et al, 2011;Wildermeersch, 2008;Pahl-Wostl, 2006), which in turn fosters the ability to collectively create knowledge (Pekkarinen and Harmaakorpi, 2006).…”

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“…This agency presumably emerges from a social learning process (Wals, 2007;Friedman, 2001;Bohunovsky et al, 2011;Wildermeersch, 2008;Pahl-Wostl, 2006), which in turn fosters the ability to collectively create knowledge (Pekkarinen and Harmaakorpi, 2006). An important question then becomes: to what extent are the different actors that are involved able to find future trajectories that will benefit all?…”

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Reflexively stumbling towards sustainability : understanding social learning in regional governance networks

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Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

Ihemezie,

Albaladejo‐García,

Stringer

et al. 2023

People and Nature

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The need to recognise plural values and integrate these into policy design has long been of interest in nature conservation. However, we also need to understand whether and how different values are prioritised among diverse stakeholders. This is particularly important when indigenous and traditional cultures play a role in how land is managed and protected. Working in the sacred forests of Nigeria, we applied the principles of biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation to understand the values that underpin people's relationship with nature and with other users of nature. We operationalised this by employing participatory workshop methods to identify multiple values of sacred forests, and conjoint analysis to elicit local people's value priorities and preferences for conserving sacred forests. We identified multiple values attributed to sacred forests, but the strongest preferences were for improved provision of medicinal values. However, preference heterogeneity analysis showed that sacred forests are valued differently among clusters of people with distinct sociodemographic profiles. Our findings also showed that the current management strategy for the conservation of sacred forests is inadequate to galvanise shared and collective responsibility from diverse stakeholders. Using a value‐based approach, more robust management strategies that will yield high utility to the public were determined and recommended for implementation. Policy implications. Overall, our study demonstrates that sacred forests are valued in multiple ways above and beyond their role in a cultural belief system. New strategies are therefore needed to effectively manage and conserve them. We recommend a plural approach to the conservation of sacred forests that will incorporate multiple values. This can be achieved by integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Participatory scenario development for integrated sustainability assessment

Cited by 45 publications

References 8 publications

Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America

Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America

Reflexively stumbling towards sustainability : understanding social learning in regional governance networks

Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public?

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