Transforming the social-ecological systems framework into a knowledge exchange and deliberation tool for comanagement

Stefan Partelow,Marie Fujitani,Achim Schlüter,Vigneshwaran Soundararajan

doi:10.5751/es-10724-240115

Abstract

Transforming the social-ecological systems framework into a knowledge exchange and deliberation tool for comanagement

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Finding more effective ways to communicate and exchange knowledge between science, policy, and practice is of significant interest for global environmental governance (Dietz et al 2003, Cornell et al 2013, McAllister and Taylor 2015)
The Governance systems tier retained its name and shows the different governance systems including images related to rules, comanagement, knowledge exchange, formal and informal governance settings
The process of transformation was accomplished by engaging local fishers through iterative learning, where we the researchers learned from fishers about how they view and understand their own system to generate the appropriate images

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Introduction

Finding more effective ways to communicate and exchange knowledge between science, policy, and practice is of significant interest for global environmental governance (Dietz et al 2003, Cornell et al 2013, McAllister and Taylor 2015). It is not always clear at which level, phase, or through which mechanisms different types of knowledge can best inform governance in meaningful and mutually accepted ways (Newig and Fritsch 2009, Raymond et al 2010, Tengö et al 2014). It is not always clear when or how different actors can or should participate and bring their knowledge into governance processes (Reed 2008, Schneider and Buser 2018). The political nature of decision making, power asymmetries, or hierarchical actor relationships can create substantial barriers (Brechin et al 2002, Underdal 2010)

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