Towards a new model for the governance of the Weerribben-Wieden National Park

Lordkipanidze, Maia; Lulofs, Kristiaan R.D.; Bressers, Hans

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.121

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“…Unlike other research evaluating environmental governance, which have employed either quantitative (e.g., [22,53,54]) or qualitative analysis techniques (e.g., [55][56][57][58]), in this paper, we employ the Q-methodology, a mixed-methods tool, in order to assess/map stakeholders' perceptions concerning protected area governance.…”

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Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance

Syrou

Botetzagias

2022

Sustainability

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In this paper, we are interested in assessing the Greek protected areas’ (PAs) operation, and in particular, to what extent the stakeholders engaged in their management consider that the “good environmental governance” criteria are met. Through the use of Q-methodology, we find that, despite the very different circumstances of each PA, the stakeholders’ views cluster around four distinctive main perspectives (or factors). Furthermore, we find that stakeholders do not consider, overall, that the Greek PAs management strongly meets any of the “good environmental governance” criteria, with particularly poor assessments on crucial governance aspects such as a shared vision guiding the PA management, the rule of law, and the effectiveness/efficiency of the procedures, which suggests that the environmental governance of Greek PAs is suboptimal at least.

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Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance

Syrou

Botetzagias

2022

Sustainability

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“…In a centralized system, decision-making takes place at a high level and far away, which, among other things, makes it difficult for local people to exchange relevant information with the manager of the PA and vice versa [113,114]. It also means that the manager of the protected area is not as familiar with local conditions as with a multilevel governance system [56]. This can have both positive and negative effects on local people.…”

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“…Formerly, the effectiveness of protected areas has been assessed primarily on the basis of biodiversity conservation, but in recent decades other measures (such as the socio-economic dimension) have been added. Protected areas are now considered to be more complex systems and are expected to mit-igate several other problems besides biodiversity loss, i.e., reducing poverty, providing ecosystem services, improving population trends, and contributing to balanced regional development [9,27,42,[55][56][57]. There is a shift towards people-centered protected areas, and it is increasingly recognized that people-centered areas are as important as strictly protected areas [53,58,59].…”

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“…Governance and management systems and practices are easier to assess if there have been changes in the system. This allows for the assessment of the impact and effectiveness of different practices under similar conditions [56]. In highly developed countries (i.e., in Europe), systems and nature conservation management are relatively stable compared to medium and less developed countries [42]; therefore, major changes are less frequent and there are considerably fewer studies on governance and management practices [21,42].…”

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Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

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Raet

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Despite the significant increase in protected territory globally, there is a common understanding that the designation of protected areas alone does not guarantee their effectiveness nor halt the loss of biodiversity. In addition to biodiversity conservation, protected areas are expected to perform a number of other functions, such as provide ecosystem services and improve local socio-economic conditions. Therefore, the need to strive towards mixed, decentralized conservation management and stakeholder involvement is increasingly emphasized. Although there is limited research, it has been noted that protected areas have not served wider objectives effectively enough. The current study provides insight concerning socio-economic effects of different governance and management practices of protected areas based on perceptions of residents and stakeholders of five national parks of Estonia. It was found that conservation status has an important impact on local socio-economic conditions largely depending on governance and management practices, resulting in both, positive and negative effects. It was concluded that the centralization of nature conservation and the abolition of protected area administrations have led to a gradual distancing of nature conservation from local conditions and the population, causing concern about the preservation of the living environment.

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“…National Park Management requires an integrated planning approach based on transdisciplinary research and the involvement of all stakeholders [10] and institutional management must consider strategic planning in regulations to address the diversity of demands to achieve conservation goals [11]. Good local government has the authority to intervene in achieving the objectives of social justice and protection of conservation areas [12], although institutional changes limit governance adaptation and have removed the sense of responsibility for maintaining national park resources [13].…”

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The Role of Institution Related to Conservation Area of Merbabu Mountain National Park in Boyolali District

2019

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Conservation areas including Mount Merbabu National Park (MMNP) that have social, economic and ecological benefits both for the local and global environment need attention and support not only for MMNP office but also for the integration of the roles of parties related institutionally. The objective of the present study was to obtain the information about the involvement and integration of the roles of related institutions to support the conservation of the MMNP area in Boyolali District. The method is used literature review. The results shows that the role of various related institutions in MMNP conservation still varied. The local government, community institutions and other institutions do not have a continuous program in supporting conservation MMNP. Integration of related institutional roles in supporting the preservation of MMNP area through the compilation of conservation regulations that were followed up with the village regulation at buffer zone MMNP, Extension of MMNP conservation to all levels of society, especially at the school level, Integration of tourism development within and outside the MMNP area, Integration of community empowerment programs in and around the MMNP area, Mitigation of MMNP disturbances and disasters integratively.

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Towards a new model for the governance of the Weerribben-Wieden National Park

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance

Stakeholders’ Perceptions Concerning Greek Protected Areas Governance

Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

The Role of Institution Related to Conservation Area of Merbabu Mountain National Park in Boyolali District

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