Framing scale in participatory biodiversity management may contribute to more sustainable solutions: Scale framing in participatory biodiversity management

Young, Juliette C., Jordan, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024, Searle, Kate R., Butler, Adam, Simmons, Peter and Watt, Allan D. (2013) Framing scale in participatory biodiversity management may contribute to more sustainable solutions: Scale framing in participatory biodiversity management. Conservation Letters, 6 (5). pp. 333-340. ISSN 1755-263X

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Abstract

There is general acceptance that biodiversity management should be adapted to ecological scale but only recently has the precise role of scale in participatory biodiversity governance begun to be explored. We investigated stakeholder perceptions in three case studies of biodiversity management planning to understand the effect of framing a management response according to the ecological and social scale of the problem on (i) participatory processes and (ii) their social and ecological outcomes. Perceptions of success were highest in the case study where stakeholder involvement reflected the perceived ecological scale of the problem. Other factors contributing to successful outcomes were identified, including effective boundary spanning and mutual recognition of conservation conflicts. Failure to take the latter into account, and to align management responses with socioecological scale, may jeopardize long-term sustainability of biodiversity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biodiversity,comanagement,cross-scale interactons,human-environment systems,natura 2000,public participation,scale,scotland,special area of conservation
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2013 10:06
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 01:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43667
DOI:	10.1111/conl.12012

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