The Construction of Goshute Political Identity: Negotiation of Voice Regarding Nuclear Waste Policy Development

“Tree Is Life”: The Rising of Dualism and the Declining of Mutualism among the Gedeo of Southern Ethiopia

“…Moreover, socioeconomic transformations brought about by the commodification of trees have resulted in increasing transgressions of traditional ecocultural restrictions. As such, this case serves to illustrate ways different actors produce and advocate for competing environmental perspectives, values, interests, policies, and actions, contesting access to and domination of shared ecocultural material and discursive space (Couldry, 2010;Cox and Pezzullo, 2015;Clarke, 2017).…”

Collaborative Modeling and Social Learning in the Context of Joint Forest Management in East Sikkim, India

“…The need for trust building and effective stakeholder engagement is further emphasized by Peterson (2003), who argues that without broad social acceptability, agreements often fail to achieve legitimacy, and are difficult to implement. Through knowledge building, information sharing, and active engagement, trust helps strengthen relationships within and across communities (Stöhr et al, 2014;Clarke et al, 2015;Clarke, 2017). Senecah (2004) maintains that trust forms the core of any effective participation process, and the integrity of community capacity is dependent on building, preserving, and enhancing trust and voice through ensuring that all stakeholders have the possibility of access, standing, and influence, or what she called the Trinity of Voice (TOV).…”