Contested Environments Extra Reading

Public participation as the public debate in natural resource management. Deliberative democratic theory believes that rather than seeing public participation improve decision making, it is an opportunity for public debate, personal reflection and informed public opinion. Multistakeholder involvement is optimal for decisions. Public deliberation is seen as a source of influence
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Public participation as the public debate in natural resource management. Deliberative democratic theory believes that rather than seeing public participation improve decision making, it is an opportunity for public debate, personal reflection and informed public opinion. Multistakeholder involvement is optimal for decisions. Public deliberation is seen as a source of influence
Parkins and Mitchell, 2005
Rebirth of environmentalism as pragmatic, adaptive management. Death of the Age of Ideology environmental. Aldo Leopold 1st adaptive managers. Environmental ethics, environmental economics and environmental pragmatism. Framing environmental problems as benign and wicked
Norton, 2005
Engaging the public: information and deliberation in environmental policy. Public involvement is necessary for sustainable development. Belief that if people knew the connection between behaviour and environmental threats generate a sense of responsibility. Influence of media and how climate change is not just physically/ scientifically defined.
Owens, 2000
Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. The scatter gun approach of conservation activity complement silver bullet strategy of hotspots. Theory-island biogeography and safeguarding hotspots
Myers et al., 2000
Moorland management for Reg Grouse. Game management sustainable improve biodiversity and ecosystem services. Predator control- Harrier Action Plan (DEFRA, 2016). Managed burning, grazing and vegetation control. Relationship between use of prescribed burns and the frequency and extent of wildfires in Moorlands remains contested. Grouse disease and treatment-culling of Mountain Hairs carry sheep tick. Better research need help private sector partnership
Sotherton, Baines and Aebischer, 2017
Environmental impacts of high-output driven shooting of Red Grouse. Intensive shooting practice with weak regulation lead to environmental impacts of intensive game management. Peatland restoration and future research
Thompson et al., 2016
Larval export from marine reserves and the recruitment benefit for fish and fisheries. Marine reserve areas closed to all forms of fishing to supplement fisheries and conserve population. Adult reserves exporting offspring nearby fished areas, significant larvae retention within natal reserves and population replenishment within reserve network which is a significant resource for recruitment population. Marine reserve areas coupled with traditional harvest restrictions-yields sustainable
Harrison et al., 2012
Biocomplexity and fisheries sustainability of the sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Biocomplexity of fish stocks maintain resilience to environmental change by providing stability and sustainability. Success of this fishery due to favourable ocean conditions, fixed escarpment management policy and limited entry fishery. Long time sustainability achieved through complementary patterns of different stock components
Hilborn et al., 2003
Hunting with polar bear: problems with the passive common properties of the commons. Inuit in Canada's Arctic human hunters and polar bears as active participants in hunt. Common-pool resource theory- humans only active agents in collective of choice decisions and treats natural objects as passive. Inuit do not view land and resources as ownable rights separate things from humans-interactions of mutual relationships. Defining the common is not only from anthropogenic view point but also the communion of subjects rather than collection of objects
Schmidt and Dowsley, 2010
The social construction of Alaska native vulnerability to climate change. Alaska native village, Kivalina, shorelines vulnerable to erosion. Indigenous rights ignored due white superiority except when it allows for resource extraction. Prioritisation in anti-terrorism security not adaptation and mitigation measures of climate change. Who claims authority and knowledge- best policy responses incorporate different types of responses
Shearer, 2012
Deliberative democracy and the environment. Deliberative democracy and its brainstorming and transformative effects. Public deliberation can help produce decision conducive to environmental problems. Limits- not ensure produce consensus of complex problems, not guarantee the quality and quality and policy impact of outcome of deliberation and not deal with the cross-national issues properly. Deliberative democracy supported by environmentalistSmith, 2003The greening of participatory democracy: a consideration of theory. Variations- discursive and communicative democracy. Contested nature of environmental problems-biotic and physical components of ecosystem and socio-economic values people attribute to an ecosystem. Maori community- intrinsic values and ecosystem part complex spiritual sphereHayward, 2007Fracking and framing- media coverage of hydraulic fracturing in Canadian and US Newspaper. Hydraulic fracturing framed in Canada positive focusing on benefits to the local economy while US- harm to wildlife. Both pick up on water pollution. Media crucial in framing literature- strong influence. Topics salient tied extreme events/ connected issues draw human emotions- earthquakes and climate change- issues under reported by mediaOlive and Delshad, 2017The politics of co-production: risks, limits and pollution. Tensions and challenges of co-production expose the hidden politics. Co-production between researchers and users in the research process- renewal of democracy. Complex power relationships and competing/ conflicting incentives lead to unequal relationships in research participants, hierarchical structures and validity of research questioned. Co-dependency between researchers and partnersFlinders, Wood and Cunningham, 2016Payments for ecosystem services as commodity fetishism. Invisible complexity and invisible values. Ecological function subject trade, the standard unit of exchange and supply, demand and intermediation flows between sell and buy of ecosystem services. Markets along not fully take account environment costs to undermine environmental production. Compartmentalising nature's goods and services challenge technical perspective neglects the relative aspect of nature and masks fact ecosystem function dependent on each other. Establishing boundaries within ecosystem difficultKosoy and Corbera, 2004Science and managing ecosystem services. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) framework analysing social-ecological systems. Focus on the relationship between ecosystem services and human wellbeingCarpenter et al., 2009