Can Strategic Ecosystem Management Succeed in Multiagency Environments?
2001; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3060910
ISSN1939-5582
Autores Tópico(s)Environmental Conservation and Management
ResumoEcological ApplicationsVolume 11, Issue 2 p. 570-583 Article CAN STRATEGIC ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT SUCCEED IN MULTIAGENCY ENVIRONMENTS? Glyn Bissix, Glyn Bissix Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK Present address: School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B0P 1X0 Canada. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJudith A. Rees, Judith A. Rees Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UKSearch for more papers by this author Glyn Bissix, Glyn Bissix Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK Present address: School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B0P 1X0 Canada. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJudith A. Rees, Judith A. Rees Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 April 2001 https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0570:CSEMSI]2.0.CO;2Citations: 16 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract While the descriptive and conceptual literature on ecosystem management is, in general, enthusiastic about its potential advantages, there is now a more critical literature that suggests that the long-term gains from ecological management approaches remain uncertain, in a multiagency context. Moreover, relatively little is known about the long-term influences of economic, political, environmental, and organizational change on both the capacity to implement ecological management systems and their ability to deliver sustainable ecosystem benefits. In this paper, an attempt is made to understand how the "character" of stakeholder agencies (i.e., the sets of interagency relationships and what is termed the organizational ecology of interacting agencies) operate to further or frustrate efforts to introduce sustainable ecological management systems. It does so recognizing that all are subject to change, given the dynamics of the political economy in which they operate. The workings of the Forest Improvement Act (1965–1986) and seven subsequent forest conservation initiatives in Nova Scotia are assessed. It is concluded that, in these Nova Scotian examples, market distortions and inertia within the multiagency political economy are too powerful and pervasive to allow the successful implementation of ecosystem management over the longer term. It is further argued that ecosystem management needs to be reconceptualized from an approach driven by scientific understanding to one that takes account of the multiple sets of interests and values in the political economy as a whole. When management has to involve numerous stakeholder groups, agreement over sustainable practices will not simply arise from the presentation of scientific evidence, but requires a shift in incentive structures from production to conservation. 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