Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden
Ensuring sustainable carnivore populations while simultaneously sustaining active and viable pastoral communities often creates conflicts that are difficult to resolve. This article examines how different knowledge systems meet and interact in large carnivore governance in Norway and Sweden. Drawing...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:33d9fcd75a5d485084a28e78c98c9d19 2023-05-15T17:24:41+02:00 Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist Camilla Risvoll Randi Kaarhus Aase Kristine Lundberg Camilla Sandström 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00120 https://doaj.org/article/33d9fcd75a5d485084a28e78c98c9d19 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00120/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-701X 2296-701X doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00120 https://doaj.org/article/33d9fcd75a5d485084a28e78c98c9d19 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 8 (2020) large carnivore management pastoral communities decentralization knowledge spheres conflicts Evolution QH359-425 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00120 2022-12-31T04:50:20Z Ensuring sustainable carnivore populations while simultaneously sustaining active and viable pastoral communities often creates conflicts that are difficult to resolve. This article examines how different knowledge systems meet and interact in large carnivore governance in Norway and Sweden. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including observations in meetings, public documents, reports and interviews, in addition to local and national newspaper clippings and internet sites, we study two processes of regional carnivore management (Nordland, Norway and Jämtland, Sweden). We explore how different forms of knowledge have been mobilized, reproduced, transferred and legitimized in policies and regulations in these two processes. Furthermore, we examine the interplay between scientific and experience-based knowledge at different levels and scales in both countries. In Norway, “clear zoning” has been established as a basic management instrument to achieve national “population goals” for carnivores. We show how the locally situated knowledge – in our account represented through the Regional Large Carnivore Committee (RLCC), which includes political parties’ and Sami Parliament representatives – experiences real barriers by being overruled by the national Ministry of Climate and Environment, 2016 in their process of revising the carnivore management plan (CMP). In Sweden where the management of large carnivores is devolved to regional authorities and stakeholder-based Wildlife Management Delegations (WMDs), attempts to regionally solve conflicts are often overthrown by the national environmental protection agency or through court cases initiated by the environmental movement. Hence, compromises that potentially could solve conflicts are undermined. The analysis shows that while carnivore governance in both countries are founded on decentralized management authority at the regional level, local actors struggle for their views, experiences and knowledge to be acknowledged and counted as valid in the management process. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland sami Nordland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8 |
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Ensuring sustainable carnivore populations while simultaneously sustaining active and viable pastoral communities often creates conflicts that are difficult to resolve. This article examines how different knowledge systems meet and interact in large carnivore governance in Norway and Sweden. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including observations in meetings, public documents, reports and interviews, in addition to local and national newspaper clippings and internet sites, we study two processes of regional carnivore management (Nordland, Norway and Jämtland, Sweden). We explore how different forms of knowledge have been mobilized, reproduced, transferred and legitimized in policies and regulations in these two processes. Furthermore, we examine the interplay between scientific and experience-based knowledge at different levels and scales in both countries. In Norway, “clear zoning” has been established as a basic management instrument to achieve national “population goals” for carnivores. We show how the locally situated knowledge – in our account represented through the Regional Large Carnivore Committee (RLCC), which includes political parties’ and Sami Parliament representatives – experiences real barriers by being overruled by the national Ministry of Climate and Environment, 2016 in their process of revising the carnivore management plan (CMP). In Sweden where the management of large carnivores is devolved to regional authorities and stakeholder-based Wildlife Management Delegations (WMDs), attempts to regionally solve conflicts are often overthrown by the national environmental protection agency or through court cases initiated by the environmental movement. Hence, compromises that potentially could solve conflicts are undermined. The analysis shows that while carnivore governance in both countries are founded on decentralized management authority at the regional level, local actors struggle for their views, experiences and knowledge to be acknowledged and counted as valid in the management process. ... |
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden |
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden |
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden |
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden |
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Knowledge Claims and Struggles in Decentralized Large Carnivore Governance: Insights From Norway and Sweden |
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knowledge claims and struggles in decentralized large carnivore governance: insights from norway and sweden |
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