Abstract
Cook, H., D. Benson, and L. Couldrick. 2016. Partnering for bioregionalism in England: a case study of the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Ecology and Society 21(2):38.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08504-210238
Highlights
Bioregionalism is a well-established philosophy that seeks to better connect communities with the governance of their local environment (McGinnis 1999)
The adoption of bioregionalism by institutions that are instrumental in river basin management has significant potential to resolve complex water resource management problems
The Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) in England provides an example of how localized bioregional institutionalization of adaptive comanagement, consensus decision making, local participation, indigenous technical and social knowledge, and “win-win” outcomes can potentially lead to resilient partnership working
Summary
Bioregionalism is a well-established philosophy that seeks to better connect communities with the governance of their local environment (McGinnis 1999). It was calculated that 6% of agricultural land conflicted with conservation priorities, allowing the Trust to better target and support landowners in these potential hotspots (WRT [date unknown]) Another key management approach, which integrates with bioregional planning, is using market-based instruments. Centralized pay-off rules (Ostrom 1986), prescribing the costs and benefits to participants, are primarily aimed at supporting the Environment Agency in meeting water quality objectives within the confines of departmental budgets, still constrained by government fiscal austerity This approach remains the dominant water management paradigm, recent years have witnessed the emergence of novel river basin organizations that together map out an increasingly polycentric governance landscape at the subregional scale
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