Rethinking and Upholding Justice and Equity in Transformative Biodiversity Governance

Pickering, Jonathan; Coolsaet, Brendan; Dawson, Neil; Suiseeya, Kimberley; Inoue, Christina; Lim, Michelle

doi:10.1017/9781108856348.009

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“…Emphasis should also be placed on qualitative factors such as equity and justice of protected areas (i.e. contextual equity) (Pickering et al, 2022) to move beyond over-simplistic quantitative indicators and targets (e.g. how much area is protected and where).…”

Section: Mainstream Equity and Justice Into The Governance Of Ptpsmentioning

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Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points

Pereira,

Gianelli,

Achieng

et al. 2024

Earth Syst. Dynam.

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Abstract. Radical and quick transformations towards sustainability will be fundamental to achieving a more sustainable future. However, deliberate interventions to reconfigure systems will result in winners and losers, with the potential for greater or lesser equity and justice outcomes. Positive tipping points (PTPs) have been proposed as interventions in complex systems with the aim to (a) reduce the likelihood of negative Earth system tipping points and/or (b) increase the likelihood of achieving just social foundations. However, many narratives around PTPs often do not take into account the entire spectrum of impacts the proposed alternatives could have or still rely on narratives that maintain current unsustainable behaviours and marginalize many people (i.e. do not take “b” into account). One such example is the move from petrol-based to electric vehicles. An energy transition that remains based on natural resource inputs from the Global South must be unpacked with an equity and justice lens to understand the true cost of this transition. There are two arguments why a critical engagement with these and other similar proposals needs to be made. First, the idea of transitioning through a substitution (e.g. of fuel) while maintaining the system structure (e.g. of private vehicles) may not necessarily be conceived as the kind of radical transformation being called for by global scientific bodies like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Second, and probably more importantly, the question of positive for whom, positive where, and positive how must be considered. In this paper, we unpack these narratives using a critical decolonial view from the south and outline their implications for the concept of tipping points.

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Section: Mainstream Equity and Justice Into The Governance Of Ptpsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points

Pereira,

Gianelli,

Achieng

et al. 2024

Earth Syst. Dynam.

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“…Many conservation initiatives call for 'transformative change' to counter biodiversity loss, climate change, and injustice (Buscher, et al, 2022). More broadly, the pursuit of justice speaks to another key feature of transformative governance, which is that it must be integrative in seeking synergies and minimizing incoherence not only across sectors, institutions and policy instruments, but also across societal goals, including justice and sustainability (Pickering, et al, 2022). The term connotes fundamental, broad, and durable changes to human relationships with nature (Fougeres, et al, 2022).…”

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An assessment of local community engagement in wildlife conservation: a case study of the Save Valley Conservancy, South Eastern Zimbabwe

Dhliwayo¹,

Muboko²,

Matseketsa³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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In southern Africa, human and wildlife interactions have significantly increased over the past decade resulting in complex conservation conflicts. For instance, conservation conflicts in the Save Valley Conservancy (SVC) in the southeast lowveld of Zimbabwe have grown to a level of drawing the concerns of various players, both within and outside the protected area. However, these players are of diverse opinions and interests calling for an inclusive, effective and multi-integrated stakeholder engagement strategy that addresses these needs and opinions in a transformative conservation framework. As humans and wildlife share space, stakeholder engagement becomes a critical component of wildlife management and transformative conservation. In this study, we analysed the conservation conflicts in the SVC. Data were collected between April and May 2020 through focus group discussions and interviews with 20 key purposively sampled informants. The results revealed a lack of an effective, inclusive, integrated multi-cross-sectional stakeholder engagement plan as one of the major contributing factors to the existence of conservation conflicts in the SVC. It is concluded that, there is limited participation by community members and generally no shared views among the community members on viable land use options in the SVC. This study proposes an integrated cross-sectional stakeholder working framework that not only informs conservation practitioners but also fully addresses the prevailing conservation conflict scenarios emanating from the exclusion of humans from protected areas and the encroachment of wildlife in human settlements.

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“…In a broad context, the pursuit of biodiversity restoration through transformative conservation and governance is key. Such efforts must be integrative, seeking synergy and minimizing incoherence not only across various sectors, institutions and policy instruments but also aligning with overarching societal goals, including justice and sustainability (Pickering et al, 2022). Biodiversity governance needs to acknowledge socio-ecological complexity, expose existing conditions of injustice, embrace opportunities and achieve equity to overcome challenges in conservation efforts (Bennett and Roth, 2019).…”

Section: Transformative Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An assessment of local community engagement in wildlife conservation: A case study of the Save Valley Conservancy, South Eastern Zimbabwe

Dhliwayo,

Muboko,

Matseketsa

et al. 2023

Integrative Conservation

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In southern Africa, human and wildlife interactions have significantly increased over the past decade, resulting in complex conservation conflicts. As humans and wildlife share space, stakeholder engagement becomes a critical component of wildlife management and transformative conservation. We analysed the conservation conflicts in the Save Valley Conservancy (SVC) in south‐eastern Zimbabwe. Data were collected between April and May 2020 through focus group discussions and interviews with purposively sampled informants. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were adopted in this study. The results revealed that the absence of an effective, inclusive, integrated multi‐cross‐sectional stakeholder engagement plan is a primary contributing factor to conservation conflicts in the SVC. In conclusion, our study found that community participation in land use decision‐making is limited within the SVC, and this is a general lack of consensus among the community members on viable land use options. This study proposes an integrated, cross‐sectional stakeholder working framework that not only informs conservation practitioners but also fully addresses the prevailing conservation conflict scenarios. These conflicts emanate from the exclusion of humans from protected areas and the encroachment of wildlife in human settlements.

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Rethinking and Upholding Justice and Equity in Transformative Biodiversity Governance

Cited by 17 publications

References 111 publications

Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points

Equity and justice should underpin the discourse on tipping points

An assessment of local community engagement in wildlife conservation: a case study of the Save Valley Conservancy, South Eastern Zimbabwe

An assessment of local community engagement in wildlife conservation: A case study of the Save Valley Conservancy, South Eastern Zimbabwe

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