Whose expertise counts? Assisted migration and the politics of knowledge in British Columbia’s public forests

Pelai, Ricardo; Hagerman, Shannon; Kozak, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105296

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“…We see stark evidence of this in the context of the development of assisted migration policies (Pelai et al, 2021), where Indigenous and local knowledge have been systematically relegated to the margins. This is not an isolated finding, nor are its consequences benign.…”

Section: E Xpand Ing Repre S Entati On and K Nowledg E Inputsmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…In this usage, knowledge co-production underscores that how and why different forms of knowledge are used (or not) in decision-making arises from the political context within which knowledge is produced and subsequently reinforced (Jasanoff, 2004). At the heart of this issue is an inability and unwillingness of policy-makers to consider diverse perspectives F I G U R E 1 Assisted migration within (left) and outside (right) the geographic range and different forms of knowledge that a wide range of stakeholders can provide, especially in the early stages of policy development (Pelai et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given the unique strengths and limitations of different social research methods, including those mentioned above, our approach was grounded in a mixed‐methods design, where we deployed methods that ranged in degree of and potential for interactivity and deliberation. These included a specialized public survey of attitudes, values and risk tolerance for assisted migration that contained information tutorials, deliberative ‘nudge’ elements, and opportunities to revisit and change previously stated preferences and explain why, participatory focus group sessions and semi‐structured interviews with key stakeholders that allowed for more in‐depth explorations across a range of topics (Findlater et al., 2020; Pelai et al., 2021; Peterson St‐Laurent et al., 2018, 2019).…”

Section: Human Dimensions Of Assisted Migration In British Columbia's...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Survey‐based research with publics has confirmed that value‐based concerns about transgressing natural ecological boundaries play a crucial role in shaping public support for assisted migration (Peterson St‐Laurent et al., 2018), as does a prevalent lack of trust in managing authorities (Peterson St‐Laurent et al., 2019). Furthermore, governance regimes and the policies that they enact can serve to reinforce existing institutional inequities, particularly with respect to the inclusion of diverse forms of knowledge (Pelai et al, 2021). While these and other studies hint at the interrelated human behavioural and institutional complexities of plant translocation, most interdisciplinary research in this domain have tended to focus more narrowly on instrumental assessments of risks and benefits.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, governance regimes and the policies that they enact can serve to reinforce existing institutional inequities, particularly with respect to the inclusion of diverse forms of knowledge (Pelai et al, 2021). While these and other studies hint at the interrelated human behavioural and institutional complexities of plant translocation, most interdisciplinary research in this domain have tended to focus more narrowly on instrumental assessments of risks and benefits.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Disentangling the social complexities of assisted migration through deliberative methods

Hagerman

Kozak

2021

Journal of Ecology

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1. The impacts of climate change have prompted forest practitioners and decision makers to consider assisted migration (a form of plant translocation) as a management strategy.2. Historically, decisions around forest management, including the application of novel approaches, have been driven by the interests of particular groups and informed by a narrow range of knowledge inputs. 3. Drawing on our program of social science research and that of others, we demonstrate: (a) the need to expand the range of groups consulted in climate-adaptive forest management; (b) the necessity to incorporate a broader range of knowledge inputs; and (c) the development and application of deliberative approaches that facilitate both. 4. Synthesis. We identify a novel deliberative agenda for understanding the societal aspects and implications of plant translocation research and practice, and make recommendations for mixed socially based research methods that revolve around engaging a diverse set of publics and forms of knowledge in environmental decision-making and policy-setting.

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Disentangling the social complexities of assisted migration through deliberative methods

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Kozak

2021

Journal of Ecology

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How resilience is framed matters for governance of coastal social‐ecological systems

Clément

Jozaei²,

Mitchell

et al. 2023

Env Pol Gov

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Effective governance of social‐ecological systems (SES) is an enduring challenge, especially in coastal environments where accelerating impacts of climate change are increasing pressure on already stressed systems. While resilience is often proposed as a suitable framing to re‐orient governance and management, the literature includes many different, and sometimes conflicting, definitions and ideas that influence how the concept is applied, especially in coastal environments. This study combines discourse analysis of the coastal governance literature and key informant interviews in Tasmania, Australia, demonstrating inconsistencies and confusion in the way that resilience is framed in coastal governance research and practice. We find that resilience is most often framed as (1) a rate of recovery from disturbance or (2) the process of acting in response to, or anticipation of, a disturbance. A third framing considers resilience as an emergent property of SESs. This framing, social‐ecological resilience, accounts for multiple configurations of SES, which necessitates adaptation and transformation strategies to address changes across temporal and spatial scales. Coastal managers recognised the value of this third framing for governing coastal SESs, yet the confusion and inconsistency in the literature was also evident in how they understood and applied resilience in practice. Expanding the use of social‐ecological resilience is essential for more effective coastal governance, given the dynamics of coastal SESs and the intensity of social, economic, and environmental drivers of change these systems face. However, this requires addressing the unclear, confused, and superficial use of resilience‐oriented concepts in research and policy discourse.

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Trade-offs and Trait Integration in Tree Phenotypes: Consequences for the Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources

Climent,

Alía,

Karkkainen

et al. 2024

Curr. For. Rep.

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Purpose of Review In this review, we synthesise current knowledge on trade-offs among traits in key fitness dimensions and identify major research gaps with the intention of laying the groundwork for a rapid advance in tree breeding for multiple objectives as a key contribution to the sustainability of planted forests in the future. Recent Findings Trade-offs among growth, reproduction, defence, stress tolerance and product quality predicted theoretically have been reported experimentally in many breeding programmes. Among these trade-offs, the genetic linkage between resistance against biotic threats and growth (or other relevant traits) is particularly critical for the current and future management of forest genetic resources. Maintaining tree growth and wood quality in the novel environments of the future requires the assessment of genetic correlations of target traits with phenology, closely linked to survival to temperature extremes. Improving our current knowledge on the genetic trade-offs of drought tolerance as a breeding objective in forest trees obligates a more precise definition of both the specific traits and the experimental conditions. Published evidence suggests that common target traits in breeding programmes may trade-off with reproductive success and fire-adaptation, and the simultaneous improvement of growth and wood quality traits still remains as a constraint in traditional tree breeding. Summary Changing environments combined with pests and diseases are challenging plantation forestry worldwide, which implies an urgent need to develop new improvement strategies to build the resilience of forestry for our future environments. It is essential to have a better understanding of how traits interact, especially those important for production, climate and biotic threat resilience, but much of the information is still missing. Since many key trade-offs are affected by the environment, we need new studies under novel environments to forecast levels of multi-trait integration in breeding populations.

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Whose expertise counts? Assisted migration and the politics of knowledge in British Columbia’s public forests

Cited by 20 publications

References 48 publications

Disentangling the social complexities of assisted migration through deliberative methods

Disentangling the social complexities of assisted migration through deliberative methods

How resilience is framed matters for governance of coastal social‐ecological systems

Trade-offs and Trait Integration in Tree Phenotypes: Consequences for the Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources

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