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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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-180629 2023-10-09T21:44:20+02:00 Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance : Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management Dressel, Sabrina Sjölander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandström, Camilla 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-180629 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042329 eng eng Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen Sustainability, 2021, 13:4, orcid:0000-0002-7674-6197 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-180629 doi:10.3390/su13042329 ISI:000624775300001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85101944803 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess adaptive management collaborative governance regime collaboration dynamics institutional flexibility leadership multi-level governance social capital social learning Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042329 2023-09-22T14:01:07Z 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 Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Sustainability 13 4 2329 |
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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 Sjölander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandström, Camilla |
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Dressel, Sabrina Sjölander-Lindqvist, Annelie Johansson, Maria Ericsson, Göran Sandström, 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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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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