Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation. Issue 5 (11th July 2022)
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- Title:
- Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation. Issue 5 (11th July 2022)
- Main Title:
- Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation
- Authors:
- Turner, Rachel A.
Forster, Johanna
Fitzsimmons, Clare
Mahon, Robin - Abstract:
- Abstract: To understand and address the failures of reef governance, it is critical to understand the perceptions of diverse policy makers and practitioners about the challenges they face in achieving their goals. Examining the discourse of policy makers and practitioners can reveal the extent to which these perceptions capture the full spectrum of potential governance challenges, including those related to management, institutional structures and processes, the values and principles underpinning governance, and the social and environmental context. We conducted semistructured interviews with 110 policy makers and practitioners across multiple sectors, scales, and contexts in Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, and Honduras. We used thematic qualitative analysis informed by theories of interactive governance and governability to examine the challenges perceived by governance actors. Perceived governance challenges were broadly consistent across countries, but differed by sector ( V = 0.819, F 6, 60 = 1.502, p = 0.01) and by level (community compared with national) ( V = 0.194, F 1, 10 = 2.178, = 0.026). Management inputs and outputs, challenges relating to the socioeconomic context, issues of leadership and power, and stakeholder engagement were commonly cited challenges (>75%). Few respondents discussed challenges relating to the ecological context, governance processes, or the values and principles underpinning governance. We argue that examining perceptions can informAbstract: To understand and address the failures of reef governance, it is critical to understand the perceptions of diverse policy makers and practitioners about the challenges they face in achieving their goals. Examining the discourse of policy makers and practitioners can reveal the extent to which these perceptions capture the full spectrum of potential governance challenges, including those related to management, institutional structures and processes, the values and principles underpinning governance, and the social and environmental context. We conducted semistructured interviews with 110 policy makers and practitioners across multiple sectors, scales, and contexts in Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, and Honduras. We used thematic qualitative analysis informed by theories of interactive governance and governability to examine the challenges perceived by governance actors. Perceived governance challenges were broadly consistent across countries, but differed by sector ( V = 0.819, F 6, 60 = 1.502, p = 0.01) and by level (community compared with national) ( V = 0.194, F 1, 10 = 2.178, = 0.026). Management inputs and outputs, challenges relating to the socioeconomic context, issues of leadership and power, and stakeholder engagement were commonly cited challenges (>75%). Few respondents discussed challenges relating to the ecological context, governance processes, or the values and principles underpinning governance. We argue that examining perceptions can inform efforts to improve governance and assess the appropriateness of particular management tools under context‐specific governance constraints. Furthermore, expanding the narratives of governance challenges to encompass the subtle values and images underpinning governance, and the scale of the challenges faced, can help identify a wider set of opportunities for change. Abstract : Expansión de las Narrativas de los Límites de la Gobernanza para Mejorar la Conservación de los Arrecifes de Coral Resumen: Es muy importante entender las percepciones que tienen los practicantes y los formuladores de políticas sobre los retos que enfrentan para alcanzar sus objetivos para poder entender y abordar los fracasos en la gobernanza de los arrecifes. El análisis del discurso de los formuladores y los practicantes puede revelar la extensión a la que estas percepciones capturan el espectro completo de los retos potenciales para la gobernanza, incluidos aquellos relacionados con el manejo, las estructuras y los procesos institucionales, los valores y principios que apuntalan la gobernanza y el contexto social y ambiental. Realizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas a 110 formuladores y practicantes de múltiples sectores, escalas y contextos en Barbados, San Cristóbal y Nieves, Belice y Honduras. Usamos un análisis cualitativo temático informado por las teorías de la gobernanza interactiva y la gobernabilidad para examinar los retos percibidos por los actores de gobernanza. A grandes rasgos, los retos percibidos en la gobernanza fueron coherentes entre los países, pero difirieron por sector ( V = 0.819, F 6, 60 = 1.502, p = 0.01) y por nivel (comunitario comparado con nacional) ( V = 0.194, F 1, 10 = 2.178, = 0.026). Las aportaciones y producciones del manejo, los retos relacionados con el contexto socioeconómico, los temas de liderazgo y poder y la participación de los actores fueron los retos mencionados comúnmente (>75%). Pocos respondientes discutieron los retos relacionados con el contexto ecológico, los procesos de gobernanza o los valores y principios que apuntalan la gobernanza. Alegamos que el análisis de las percepciones puede guiar a los esfuerzos para mejorar la gobernanza y evaluar cuán apropiadas son las herramientas particulares de manejo bajo los límites de gobernanza específicos al contexto. Además, expandir las narrativas de los retos de gobernanza para englobar los valores e imágenes sutiles que apuntalan la gobernanza, y la escala del reto al que se enfrenta, puede ayudar a identificar un conjunto más amplio de oportunidades de cambio. 【摘要】: 为了理解和解决珊瑚礁管理的失败, 需了解不同的政策制定者和实践者对实现目标时所面临挑战的看法。研究决策者和实践者的话语可以揭示这些看法在多大程度上反映了潜在的管理挑战, 包括与管理、制度结构和程序、支持管理的价值和原则, 以及社会和环境背景有关的挑战。我们对巴巴多斯、圣基茨和尼维斯、伯利兹和洪都拉斯涉及多个部门、规模和背景的110名决策者和实践者进行了半结构化访谈。我们以交互性管理和管理能力理论为指导, 使用主题定性分析, 研究了管理者所感知到的挑战。各国受访者感知到的管理挑战大体一致, 但因部门( V = 0.819, F 6, 60 = 1.502, p = 0.01)和级别(社区或国家, V = 0.194, F 1, 10 = 2.178, p = 0.026)而有所不同。普遍提到的挑战(>75%)包括管理投入和产出、与社会经济环境有关的挑战、领导力和权力问题, 以及利益相关者的参与。很少有受访者讨论与生态环境、管理过程或支持管理的价值观与原则有关的挑战。我们认为, 对观念的研究可以为改进管理提供信息, 还可以评估特定背景的管理制约因素下管理工具的适当性。此外, 扩大对管理挑战的叙述, 以包括支持管理的不易察觉的价值观和形象, 以及所面临的挑战的规模, 可以帮助确定更广泛的变革机会。【翻译:胡怡思;审校:聂永刚】 … (more)
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- Conservation biology. Volume 36:Issue 5(2022)
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- Conservation biology
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Issue 5(2022)
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- Volume 36, Issue 5 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 5
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- 2022-0036-0005-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2022-07-11
- Subjects:
- Caribbean -- environmental governance -- governability -- interactive governance -- perceptions -- Caribe -- gobernanza ambiental -- gobernanza interactiva -- gobernabilidad -- percepciones -- 交互式治理 -- 管理能力 -- 观念 -- 加勒比地区
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