Reinventing a Square Wheel: Critique of a Resurgent "Protection Paradigm" in International Biodiversity Conservation

Wilshusen, Peter R.; Brechin, Steven R.; Fortwangler, Crystal; West, Patrick C.

doi:10.1080/089419202317174002

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“…11, Bradshaw 2003, Brandon et al 1998). However, the scientific evidence of the effects of local conservation management are mixed or ambiguous (Zachrisson 2009a;Wilhusen et al 2002). The evaluation of previous administrative trials of municipal management concluded that the management practice was largely in line with national policy and there were only a few examples of violations (Falleth and Hovik 2008).…”

Section: Nature Conservation Management -A Multidimensional Taskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Balancing local interests and national conservation obligations in nature protection. The case of local management boards in Norway

Hovik

Hongslo

2016

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Section: Nature Conservation Management -A Multidimensional Taskmentioning

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Balancing local interests and national conservation obligations in nature protection. The case of local management boards in Norway

Hovik

Hongslo

2016

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…In reference to biodiversity, cultural and normative influences on perceptions of biodiversity (e.g. people oriented conservation or 'hands off' protection) and motivations for its use and conservation can have a profound effect on the goals and strategies used (Wilshusen et al 2002).…”

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A diagnostic framework for biodiversity conservation institutions

Clément

Moore

Lockwood

et al. 2015

Pac. Conserv. Biol.

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Biodiversity loss is a critical issue on the environmental agenda, with species based approaches failing to stem the decline. Landscape scale approaches offer promise, but require institutional change. This article describes a novel conceptual framework for 1 assessing institutional arrangements to tackle this persistent problem. In doing so, two critical issues for biodiversity governance are addressed. The first is a need to enrich largely theoretical descriptions of adaptive governance by considering how the practical realities of institutional environments (e.g. public agencies) limit achievement of an adaptive governance 'ideal'. The second is enabling explicit consideration of the unique aspects of biodiversity as a 'policy problem' in the analysis of institutional arrangements. The framework contributes to efforts to design more adaptive institutional arrangements, through supporting a more sophisticated and grounded institutional analysis incorporating insights from institutional theory, especially literature on organizational environments and public administration.Concepts from Pragmatism also contribute to this grounding, providing insight into how public agencies can play a more productive role in biodiversity conservation and building public consent for management actions. The diagnostic categories in the framework include the attributes of the biodiversity problem and the involved players; the political context; and practices contributing to both competence and capacity. Guidance on how to apply the framework and an example of its application in Australia illustrate the utility of this tool for institutional diagnosis and design.Development of this diagnostic framework could be further enhanced by empirically informed elaboration of the relationships between its components, and of the nature of and factors influencing key concerns for adaptation, particularly learning, self organizing and buffering.

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“…resource abundance) differently due to different worldviews, knowledge systems, values and beliefs. Because they construct problems differently, they will also suggest different management actions (Malhotra 2001;Wilshusen et al 2002;Wong et al 2002). For this reason a pluriformity between professional and community-based forest management systems exists (Wiersum 1999).…”

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Participatory Resource Monitoring as a Means for Promoting Social Change in Yunnan, China

Rijsoort

Zhang

2005

Biodivers Conserv

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Abstract. Recent international forest policies stimulate involvement of communities in forest management as a strategy to improve biodiversity conservation and the quality of local livelihoods. Increasingly, the role of local people in monitoring forest resources is also acknowledged. This paper presents a participatory resources monitoring (PRM) system developed and implemented by representatives of 12 villages, six each within and adjacent to two nature reserves in Yunnan, China. The short-term objectives are to monitor resource and wildlife abundance, resource use, wildlife damage to crops, and land use. Main methods used by the village monitoring team are: (1) observation through forest walk, (2) village interview, and (3) market survey. Monitoring is implemented throughout the year to fit in the daily work of villagers. Staff from the nature reserve or forestry bureau provide support by visiting the villages several days per year. Results indicate that participatory monitoring is a valuable tool for villagers to engage in self-owned management actions. We discuss how monitoring is also a process which could lead to social change. Based on narratives we suggest that participatory monitoring builds trust between stakeholders, changes perceptions and attitudes and leads to more democratic and transparent decision-making. In discussing accuracy, we argue that all stakeholders perceive and interpret nature differently based on different worldviews, knowledge systems, values and beliefs. We argue that if participatory monitoring is to be sustainable, community-based monitoring -preferably linked to scientific monitoring and patrolling -should be designed as a discursive institution where the process of building social capital and inter-actor learning is extremely important. Finally, we briefly reflect upon efforts to scale up participatory monitoring.

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Reinventing a Square Wheel: Critique of a Resurgent "Protection Paradigm" in International Biodiversity Conservation

Cited by 482 publications

References 35 publications

Balancing local interests and national conservation obligations in nature protection. The case of local management boards in Norway

Balancing local interests and national conservation obligations in nature protection. The case of local management boards in Norway

A diagnostic framework for biodiversity conservation institutions

Participatory Resource Monitoring as a Means for Promoting Social Change in Yunnan, China

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