Pluralism in Ecosystem Governance
- 1st Edition, Volume 66 - June 20, 2022
- Editors: Jennifer Holzer, Julia Baird, Gordon M Hickey
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 9 0 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 9 0 2 - 2
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Request a sales quotePluralism in Ecosystem Governance, Volume 66 in the Advances in Ecological Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this release including chapters on An exploration of the effects of political pluralism on decision making for sustainability: Implications for membership on public sector boards, Transdisciplinary agroecological research on biodiversity and ecosystem services for sustainable and climate resilient farming systems in Malawi, Pluralistic approaches in research advance farming and freshwater sustainability efforts in the Great Lakes Basin, Pluralism to manage the complexity of ecosystem services co-production, Of green spaces and gray areas: An Ethnography of Ecosystem Governance in Peri-Urban Bangaluru, India, and more.
Additional chapters include Charting Evidence-based Biodiversity Pathways for Sustainable Development in Canada, Community-scientist collaboration in the creation, management and research for two new National Wildlife Areas in Arctic Canada, Rigid social-ecological governance: how discourse inertia has limited pluralism in Doñana, and a variety of other topics.
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Environmentalists, ecologists at undergraduate through to research level, social scientists and economists
- Cover image
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Introduction: Pluralism in ecosystem governance
- Defining and understanding pluralism
- Defining ecosystem governance
- The translational ecology approach
- Summary of the special issue
- References
- Spotlight on Indigenous and local knowledge
- Chapter One: Transdisciplinary agroecological research on biodiversity and ecosystem services for sustainable and climate resilient farming systems in Malawi
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Agroecological research—A transdisciplinary pluralistic agenda
- 3: Theories underpinning our approach: Indigenous knowledge, political ecology, and decolonizing research
- 4: Farmer-led agroecological research in Malawi using scenarios for biodiversity and ecosystem services (FARMS4Biodiversity)
- 5: Pluralism of participatory and collaborative methodologies
- 6: Transdisciplinary knowledge co-production for farm-level and community resilience
- 7: Synthesis
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Two: Community-scientist collaboration in the creation, management and research for two National Wildlife Areas in Arctic Canada
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The seabird colonies and threats in the Arctic
- 3: Historical perspectives on the Qaqulluit (ᖃᖁᓪᓗᐃᑦ) and Akpait (ᐊᒃᐸᐃᑦ) national wildlife areas (NWAs)
- 4: Area Co-management Committees—A new model of governance for protected areas
- 5: Co-management and shared research opportunities—An example
- 6: From collaborative local research to tracking international trends
- 7: The future of collaborative research and management between Inuit communities and scientists
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Three: Enhancing collaboration across the knowledge system boundaries of ecosystem governance
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Governing transboundary social-ecological systems
- 3: Traditional ecological knowledge and natural resource governance
- 4: Actor-network theory and other ways of accounting for complexity and nonhuman agency
- 5: New directions for scholarship and practice in ecosystem governance
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Amplifying muted voices
- Chapter Four: Of green spaces and grey areas: An ethnography of everyday forest management in peri-urban Bengaluru, India
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methods
- 3: Results
- 4: Discussion
- 5: Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five: Posthumanist Pluralities: Advocating for nonhuman species’ rights, agency, and welfare in ecosystem governance
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical background
- 3: Methodology
- 4: Findings and discussion
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Six: Saving the Sonso Lagoon: contesting entrenched local powers and building practical authority in wetland governance in Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Data and methods
- 3: Confronting entrenched local powers. De-localizing the conflict and jumping scales
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Methods and approaches to foster pluralism in translational ecology
- Chapter Seven: Participation as a pathway to pluralism: A critical view over diverse disciplines
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Participation: Diverse traditions across disciplines
- 3: Diverse spaces for participation in ecosystem governance
- 4: Challenges in participation for achieving plurality
- 5: Reflexivity for participation as a pathway to plurality in ecosystem governance
- 6: Concluding statements
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Eight: Pluralistic approaches in research aim to advance farming and freshwater restoration in the Great Lakes basin
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reframing research as a community-engaged pursuit: The Healthy Headwaters Lab
- 3: Case study 1: Farm and Freshwater Ecology Research Network (FERN)
- 4: Case study 2: Indigenous Knowledge Circle (IKC)
- 5: Navigating challenges
- 6: Assessing early impacts and outcomes
- 7: Conclusions: What can be achieved through pluralism in freshwater restoration science
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Nine: Disrupting the governance of social-ecological rigidity traps: Can pluralism foster change towards sustainability?
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The pluralist harmonizing movement in institutional analysis
- 3: A neoinstitutionalist approach
- 4: Methods
- 5: Results and discussion
- 6: Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A: Illustrative extracts of results from the thematic analysis (task 1)
- Appendix B: Doñana's historical pattern
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Ten: Governance to manage the complexity of nature's contributions to people co-production
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical background
- 3: Methods
- 4: Results
- 5: Discussion
- References
- No. of pages: 348
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 66
- Published: June 20, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323989015
- eBook ISBN: 9780323989022
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Jennifer Holzer
Jen Holzer holds a PhD from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Environmental Studies, an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University, and a BA from Swarthmore College. Her doctoral work evaluated the research-implementation gap in social-ecological research in Europe using case studies in Spain, Scotland, and Romania, and provided recommendation that fed directly into enhancing European research infrastructures. Previously, she was a project manager for climate change mitigation and energy efficiency programs in California and across the US. She is particularly interested in improving the effectiveness of transdisciplinary science, integrating social sciences research and practice for better environmental decision-making.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, CanadaJB
Julia Baird
Prof. Julia Baird’s research focuses on the human dimensions of water resources. She is particularly interested in water resilience, improving outcomes of water governance by improving processes, and agricultural decision-making and its impacts on water.
Affiliations and expertise
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) and Associate Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre and the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, CanadaGH
Gordon M Hickey
Gordon Hickey completed a Bachelor of Forest Science degree (Honours) at the University of Melbourne, a Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Public Administration (Executive) at the Australian and New Zealand School of Government, Monash University. He is the Founding Head of the Sustainable Futures Research Laboratory specializing in sustainable natural resource management, policy and governance. His work employs qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method techniques to examine diverse socio-ecological and socio-technical systems with a view to informing decision-making and supporting innovative public policies. He has conducted research in over 30 countries on six continents and engages in multi-disciplinary and international research teams working in collaboration with end-users including government, the private sector and local/Indigenous communities. He is presently an Associate Editor of the journals Food Security and Society & Natural Resources.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, McGill University Department of Natural Resource Sciences, CanadaRead Pluralism in Ecosystem Governance on ScienceDirect