This thesis investigates the contexts, rationales, and practices of collaborative governance between Wayúu indigenous chiefs and Parks (national parks authority) in Makuira National Park, northeast Colombia. The study looks into the Wayúu institutions for territorial governance; policies for conservation, participation and indigenous rights; and key aspects of cross-cultural park governance. The field research was based on an in-depth qualitative case study. I used an ethnographic approach with document review, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and use of existing qualitative data. The Wayúu people have a system of customary territorial governance that comprises institutions regarding ownership, access, use, and control of territory and its resources. Wayúu sacred places in Makuira Mountains follow spiritual institutions for proper behaviour and respectful relations with supernatural beings. However, Wayúu territorial governance and autonomy is affected by broader contexts of social-political and economic processes. “Parks with People” policy seeks to enhance governance in protected areas by addressing conflicts, recognizing indigenous territories, authority, and mutual collaboration. Co-government is approached as a “signature of agreements” by Parks in Bogotá, as an “ongoing process” by Makuira National Park staff and as an “alliance” by indigenous peoples. While formal co-government process is mostly led by Parks, Wayúu institutions influence informal day-to-day practice. Most Wayúu rights are recognised however, self-determination is not fully recognised. Wayúu park staff helps facilitate cross-cultural respect and achieve more horizontal relations. These research findings highlight the importance of collaborative approaches for conservation that address historically informed national and local contexts and conflicts that at the same time recognise territorial and self-government rights. Supporting and building upon local institutions and customary management practices are important components of a more inclusive and rights-based practice of conservation. These findings provide for a more nuanced understanding of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs). While indigenous territories do have protected features; they are combined with other territorial practices that can be regarded as “incompatible” with conservation by other actors. This limits ICCAs ability to leverage for full recognition of indigenous rights. This study demonstrates that such rights recognition should happen at the constitutional level and not be attached to conservation objectives.

Tidal power is a clean renewable energy. Furthermore, electricity is acknowledged as a key need for development. However, until recently, due to high capital costs and extensive environmental concerns, few tidal power plants are operative around the world. These problems are now being mitigated by the application of appropriate, modern practices and technologies. In particular the use of small scale technologies, innovative financing and the involvement of local communities creates the potential for tidal power to be a tool in coastal development. This thesis examines the appropriateness of tidal power in the rural coastal community of Bangladesh, where electricity demand is a major development problem. Coastal Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, especially from cyclones, tidal surges and the effects of global warming on sea-level rise. Consequently, most of this coastal area has been protected by embankments and sluice gates, which can accommodate the normal tidal head rise and fall. The potential of tidal power to use this infrastructure, together with its associated problems and mitigation measures, have been analysed by comparing existing and potential tidal power technologies around the world, including a proposed Kimberley tidal power project in Western Australia. The research has identified that a significant amount of power could be produced from the tidal range of coastal Bangladesh by using the simple low-cost technology of tidal wheels in the tidal embankment sluice gates. The electricity produced could be utilised by various coastal interests, such as agriculture, shrimp aquaculture and other resource producing activities. However, the real benefits of this technology are that it can be applied in a way that simultaneously enables the development of local infrastructure and the improvement in living conditions of the local people by creating income generation and employment opportunities in these coastal communities. The thesis puts forward a community based co-management model as a means of effectively integrating tidal power in coastal area management in Bangladesh.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Newcastle University, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (Newcastle University, viewed on Feb. 12, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-258).

A negotiated, cooperative co-management arrangement between six Coast Salish First Nations and Parks Canada has created an opportunity for Hul’qumi’num peoples to “re-story” a colonized landscape in the southern Gulf Islands archipelago east of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Collaborative research undertaken with the Hul’qumi’num-Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Committee is part of a long-term and practical effort to regain authorship over Central Coast Salish cultures, languages and history. In particular, this thesis seeks to challenge popular and public narratives which do not recognize Hul’qumi’num peoples’ territories and territorialities in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (GINPR). By tracing the processes of narrative and historical production, and with attention to how power imbues these processes (Trouillot 1995), I argue that the narrative of ephemerality whereby Hul’qumi’num peoples are thought to have “floated by” the southern Gulf Islands, but never “settling” there, emerged largely through early colonial processes and Indian land policy which reconfigured Central Coast Salish territorialities. These assumptions have been reproduced in a regional anthropological “seasonal rounds” narrative and through the language of “villages” and “seasonal camps.” Through the period of comprehensive land claims, this narrative has been reified by framing the southern Gulf Islands as the exclusive territory of First Nations’ neighbouring the Hul’qumi’num. Narratives of ephemerality and exclusivity continue to dominate the public imaginary through their reproduction in GINPR interpretive materials and in the grey literature of consulting archaeologists. These narratives are not neutral, but have implications for rights and title recognition and accommodation by the state. The perspectives of Hul’qumi’num peoples help to understand the silence in the dominant narratives by elucidating the historic and ongoing significance of specific locales in the southern Gulf Islands for Hul’qumi’num individuals, families and communities, as well as the transformative processes effecting territorial dispossession in the post-European contact period. / Graduate / 2019-08-31

Collaborative governance approaches can advance resilience, equity and effectiveness in the restoration of degraded ecosystems. Often co-management arrangements are not static and should be understood as dynamic process between actors. Yet, management and governance dynamics in restoration are not fully understood. This thesis examines the governance development in a wetland restoration at Linnunsuo, Finland. Linnunsuo was degraded due to peat extraction by a state-owned energy company VAPO. Local fishers observed fish deaths in Jukajoki-river, that is connected to Linnunsuo, and VAPO lost its environmental permits. A co-management regime was founded in collaboration with the local community and VAPO to restore Linnunsuo. In 2017 VAPO decided to sell Linnunsuo, and an actor involved in co-management regime purchased the land to lead and continue the restoration work. The study applied a co-management framework to analyse stakeholder representative interviews to study the governance change. The results highlighted that the greatest change in governance since 2017 was self-determination which has led to greater adaptability in reacting to environmental changes, developing operating space that encourages experimenting and learning, some increase in networks and strengthening existing relationships, increased trust between actors, integration diverse knowledge systems and interests to the decision-making, development of mutual understanding and finding mechanisms to resolve conflicts. The study highlighted the importance of recognising the power dynamics of the actors that could hinder inclusive and transparent decision-making if not addressed. The outcomes indicate that the governance change at Linnunsuo has potentially increased resilience, but more studies and evidence should be presented in order to evaluate the socio-ecological resilience development after the governance change, as the study focused only on examining governance processes.

Cette thèse traite des conflictuelles entre les Environnementalistes (Etat du Cameroun, Projet Waza-Logone, agents du parc, Ongs internationales) et les pasteurs semi-nomades mbororo au Parc National de Waza, en période d’urgence écologique. Ils ont lieu sur un même territoire où le triptyque conservation - protection - valorisation en termes d’activités pratiquées par les Environnementalistes croise le pastoralisme semi-nomade, la collecte des matériaux de construction et des produits alimentaires spécifiques aux Mbororo. Chaque activité induit des conflits de même nature. Comme objet d’étude, les conflits montrent l’ignorance réciproque des légitimités et intérêts qu’ont chaque groupe de protagoniste face à l’autre, à un premier niveau de l’étude. La progression du travail de recherche identifie les représentations de l’espace, comme les noyaux centraux de la pérennité des conflits. Elles font agir les personnes qui les produisent, sans qu’elles n’en soient conscientes. Ainsi chez les Environnementalistes, le territoire abritant le Parc National de Waza est une banque de la biodiversité génétique in situ, parce que toute la biodiversité y vit. Il est un produit commercial valorisé par le tourisme, car la délectation des paysages nécessite une contrepartie financière. C’est aussi un espace approprié par l’Etat du Cameroun, qui en est le propriétaire légal. Tandis que chez les Mbororo, on parle d’un espace exproprié à cause de l’expulsion orchestrée par les Environnementalistes, qui est un acte de dépossession du territoire ancestral. La plantation et le lieu de mémoire sont deux autres représentations, puisque le ravitaillement en produits floristiques, la connexion à leur être et à la nature se font encore sur ce territoire. Ayant pris la mesure des conflits et les limites constatées par rapport à leur résolution, les représentations de l’espace sont des éléments importants à cerner, pour arriver à une accalmie définitive. Celle-ci passe par la convergence des compétences née de l’association des Environnementalistes, des Mbororo et des chercheurs, dans l’élaboration des solutions pratiques adaptées aux contextes local et international, dans lesquels s’inscrivent ces conflits. Ce qui fait que par une anthropologie appliquée, nous préconisons la conjonction des intérêts écologiques et sociaux adaptés à ce cas précis / This thesis is focused on the conflictual relationships between the Environmentalists (State of Cameroon; Project Waza-Logone, parc agents, international NGOs) and the half-nomad pastors by the name of mbororo, to whom the same territory is an environnemental bank for the former and a social bank for the latter. This contribution goes from the protagonists, to question the conflicts, in order to encompass their producers that are the representations. Thus, out of ethnography and of the analysis, are created these main conflicts due to nomad pastoralism, to the collection of material of constructions, food products, and traditional therapists. This latter are brought about by a flagrant ignorance that faces the mbororo with the tryptic protection-conservation- valorization of the ecology holders. However, this situation makes that the level of coercition is confronted to the permanent violation of the norms to be upheld. By exploring the conflicts, the parc represents to the Environmentalists a bank of genetic biodiversity in situ; all the biodiversity stays there. It is a business product valuable by tourism, without omitting that there is also a space appropriated by the State of Cameroon, which is the legal owner of the space. On the mbororo side, it is about an expropriated space and the orchestrated expulsion by the Environmentalists is a vibrant proof. The plantation and the place of memory are two others representations, validated by the fact that they are refuelled in diverse products to meet their needs, then it is inside that space that the connection with their lives and nature is made. Having measured the conflicts and the visible limits as far as the solution is concerned, we argue about some hypothesis proper to engage the protagonists toward the new understanding of the respective stakes. At last, they are located at different registers, translated into practical propositions capable of allowing a truly co-management

Although there is a growing literature on resilience and collaborative approaches to ecosystem management, there are relatively few empirical case studies on the process of adaptive governance. Moreover, previous research offers limited insights into the conditions that facilitate new ecosystem management trajectories. By analyzing the emergence of an adaptive co-management initiative in Bali, the UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape of Bali Province, this dissertation seeks to contribute to recent research on institutional governance approaches to enhance ecosystem management and social well-being. To that end, it addresses two questions. First, it identifies and explores three primary characteristics that fostered a new multi-level adaptive governance approach to cultural landscape management in Bali: the widespread perception of environmental crisis on the island that triggered collective action and the political will for a new form of ecosystem management; the emergence of a shared ideology--articulated in the Balinese Hindu philosophy of tri hita karana, or "the three causes of prosperity"--that unified diverse actors and actor networks and established a common platform for ecological resource management; and context-specific governance strategies that built on existing institutions and local-level initiatives. The second question centers on an analysis of the emergence of the management plan for the World Heritage site in Bali. The management plan was developed to support the Balinese subak in its struggle to adapt to current and future pressures that threaten to undermine the island's unique social-ecological system. For centuries, the subak have maintained Bali's terraced rice paddy landscape as a network of semi-autonomous irrigation associations, mediated through water temples. The adaptive co-management plan draws on principles of adaptive governance to connect subaks with other actors and actor groups across multiple institutional levels and regional jurisdictions. Research findings support the likelihood that the World Heritage initiative can promote transformative change in cultural landscape management in Bali. As the initiative develops, it will provide a fertile site for future research on adaptive governance, to better understand interdependent social-ecological relationships and the evolution of adaptive co-management approaches.

The aim of this this diploma thesis is to explore the relationship between the art galleries and the public. The key focus is to analyze indispensable approaches galleries should employ in order to survive on the cultural market. Firstly, the thesis discusses the economic aspects with the particular focus on the value added to the management and marketing of galleries. The next part deals with the social aspects. In addition to the gallery visitors and the influence of gallery interior on the visitor, the division of art on commercial and non-commercial sphere is explored. Furthermore, the term "socially engaged art" will be specified. The final discussion then shows the previous research by presenting practical examples to illustrate the importance of the issue, particularly focusing on the Egon Schiele Art Center in Český Krumlov.

Small-scale fisheries represent an important sector for Tanzania’s economy and the contribution to the livelihood of people. In Lake Babati, fish stocks are decreasing, mainly because of illegal fishing methods. This study therefore aims at examining how the problems of illegal fishing affect the fishermen, as well as their perceptions of the implemented fish ban. By using semi-structured interviews, a seasonal calendar and a Venn diagram, the data was analysed through a Critical Institutionalist lens. The results show that the fish ban has not improved the situation and that the fisheries co-management in Lake Babati is weakly practiced. Furthermore, the complexity of socially embedded relations constrains the organisation among the fishermen. As a response to the inadequate management, the fishermen suggest other solutions for preventing illegal fishing.

abstract: With global environmental systems under increasing Anthropogenic influence, conservationists and environmental managers are under immense pressure to protect and recover the world’s imperiled species and ecosystems. This effort is often motivated by a sense of moral responsibility, either to nature itself, or to the end of promoting human wellbeing over the long run. In other words, it is the purview of environmental ethics, a branch of applied philosophy that emerged in the 1970s and that for decades has been devoted to understanding and defending an attitude of respect for nature, usually for its own sake. Yet from the very start, environmental ethics has promoted itself as contributing to the resolution of real-world management and policy problems. By most accounts, however, the field has historically failed to deliver on this original promise, and environmental ethicists continue to miss opportunities to make intellectual inroads with key environmental decisionmakers. Inspired by classical and contemporary American philosophers such as Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty, I defend in this dissertation the virtues of a more explicitly pragmatic approach to environmental ethics. Specifically, I argue that environmental pragmatism is not only commensurate with pro-environmental attitudes but that it is more likely to lead to viable and sustainable outcomes, particularly in the context of eco-social resilience-building activities (e.g., local experimentation, adaptation, cooperation). In doing so, I call for a recasting of environmental ethics, a project that entails: 1) a conceptual reorientation involving the application of pragmatism applied to environmental problems; 2) a methodological approach linking a pragmatist environmentalism to the tradition and process of adaptive co-management; and 3) an empirical study of stakeholder values and perspectives in conservation collaboratives in Arizona. I conclude that a more pragmatic environmental ethics has the potential to bring a powerful set of ethical and methodological tools to bear in real-world management contexts and, where appropriate, can ground and justify coordinated conservation efforts. Finally, this research responds to critics who suggest that, because it strays too far from the ideological purity of traditional environmental ethics, the pragmatic decision-making process will, in the long run, weaken rather than bolster our commitment to conservation and environmental protection. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Biology 2019