Towards Adaptive Governance of Common-Pool Mountainous Agropastoral Systems

Abstract

The paper deals with analyses and propositions for adaptive governance of an alpine (A) and an Ethiopian (B) agropastoral system with common-pool pastures. Sustainability can be enhanced by augmenting (i) the ecological and social capitals in relation to costs and (ii) the resilience or adaptive capacity. In (A), a multifunctional agriculture appears to maintain the ecological capital providing many ecosystem services. In (B), the ecological capital can be increased by reversing the trend towards land degradation. In (A), there are several opportunities for reducing the high costs of the social capital. In (B), the institutions should be revised and rules should restrain competitive behavior. (A) and (B) exhibit a high degree of transformability. Many drivers appear to be responsible for the cycling of the agropastoral and higher level systems vulnerable to multiple stressors. Measures are proposed to escape from possible rigidity (A) and poverty (B) traps

Management pressure drives leafhopper communities in vineyards in Southern Switzerland

“…To date, this remains an open issue and in our opinion a new approach based on an active‐adaptive management should be considered (Shea et al. , 2002; Baumgärtner et al. , 2010).…”

From Tsetse Control to Sustainable Rural Development – Progress and Opportunities for an Ethiopian Community

“…Table 2. Reference parameters and the source of the data for the evaluation of ecological, economic and social sustainability in relation to reference parameters in the Luke community, Southwestern Ethiopia, reported by Getachew Tikubet et al (2006) and Baumgärtner et al (2008bBaumgärtner et al ( , 2010) ( a = area and numbers reported for Ethiopia). The bioeconomic model proved to be valuable tool for a comparative analysis of transformability of ecosocial systems and for obtaining insight into the dynamics of the ecosocial system after technology implementation (Baumgärtner et al, 2008b From an agroecological standpoint (cf.…”

“…Importantly, many variables are per capita (Table 2) and, hence, influenced by population growth. The variables and the source of the information is given in Table 2, while the information from Luke has been obtained from Getachew Tikubet et al (2006) and Baumgärtner et al (2008aBaumgärtner et al ( , 2010. To show the changes, the calculated values are represented in a spider diagram (Figure 3).…”

“…In this case, however, the available financial and logistic means neither allowed the consideration of the literature nor the use of a comprehensive set of indicators. Instead, we made use of information readily available in national and regional statistics collected by Ethiopian Authorities and combined it with data published by Getachew Tikubet et al (2006) and Baumgärtner et al (2008bBaumgärtner et al ( , 2010.…”

Rethinking Study and Management of Agricultural Systems for Policy Design

“…The strong emphasis of Adaptive Management into learning and adaptation processes suggests that this approach has major advantages for agricultural systems management, heavily influenced by social aspects. When the social component becomes more important, Adaptive Management is extended to Adaptive Governance [59], as in the management of common-pool resources, e.g., mountainous agropastoral systems [65].…”