Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management
Collaborative governance approaches have been suggested as strategies to handle wicked environmental problems. Evaluations have found promising examples of effective natural resource governance, but also highlighted the importance of social-ecological context and institutional design. The aim of thi...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:23268 2023-05-15T13:13:24+02:00 Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management Dressel, Sabrina Sjolander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandstrom, Camilla 2021 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/23268/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/23268/1/dressel_s_et_al_210414.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/23268/1/dressel_s_et_al_210414.pdf Dressel, Sabrina and Sjolander-Lindqvist, Annelie and Johansson, Maria and Ericsson, Göran and Sandstrom, Camilla (2021). Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management. Sustainability. 13 , 2329 [Research article] Fish and Wildlife Management Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) Research article NonPeerReviewed 2021 ftslunivuppsala 2022-09-15T16:13:52Z Collaborative governance approaches have been suggested as strategies to handle wicked environmental problems. Evaluations have found promising examples of effective natural resource governance, but also highlighted the importance of social-ecological context and institutional design. The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the achievement of social and ecological sustainability within Swedish moose (Alces alces) management. In 2012, a multi-level collaborative governance regime was implemented to decrease conflicts among stakeholders. We carried out semi-structured interviews with six 'good examples' (i.e., Moose Management Groups that showed positive social and ecological outcomes). We found that 'good examples' collectively identified existing knowledge gaps and management challenges and used their discretionary power to develop procedural arrangements that are adapted to the social-ecological context, their theory of change, and attributes of local actors. This contributed to the creation of bridging social capital and principled engagement across governance levels. Thus, our results indicate the existence of higher-order social learning as well as a positive feedback from within-level collaboration dynamics to between-level collaboration. Furthermore, our study illustrates the importance of institutional flexibility to utilize the existing knowledge across stakeholder groups and to allow for adaptations based on the social learning process. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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Fish and Wildlife Management Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) Dressel, Sabrina Sjolander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandstrom, Camilla Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management |
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Collaborative governance approaches have been suggested as strategies to handle wicked environmental problems. Evaluations have found promising examples of effective natural resource governance, but also highlighted the importance of social-ecological context and institutional design. The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the achievement of social and ecological sustainability within Swedish moose (Alces alces) management. In 2012, a multi-level collaborative governance regime was implemented to decrease conflicts among stakeholders. We carried out semi-structured interviews with six 'good examples' (i.e., Moose Management Groups that showed positive social and ecological outcomes). We found that 'good examples' collectively identified existing knowledge gaps and management challenges and used their discretionary power to develop procedural arrangements that are adapted to the social-ecological context, their theory of change, and attributes of local actors. This contributed to the creation of bridging social capital and principled engagement across governance levels. Thus, our results indicate the existence of higher-order social learning as well as a positive feedback from within-level collaboration dynamics to between-level collaboration. Furthermore, our study illustrates the importance of institutional flexibility to utilize the existing knowledge across stakeholder groups and to allow for adaptations based on the social learning process. |
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Dressel, Sabrina Sjolander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandstrom, Camilla |
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Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management |
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Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management |
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Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management |
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achieving social and ecological outcomes in collaborative environmental governance: good examples from swedish moose management |
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