Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases
Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are the subject of increasing attention and investment in the domain of collaborative natural resource governance, yet evidence-based guidance is slim on policy and investment priorities to leverage the MSP approach. We provide a comparative analysis of eight landsc...
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| author | Blake D. Ratner Anne M. Larson Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti Hagar ElDidi Delia Catacutan Fiona Flintan Diana Suhardiman Thomas Falk Ruth Meinzen-Dick |
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| description | Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are the subject of increasing attention and investment in the domain of collaborative natural resource governance, yet evidence-based guidance is slim on policy and investment priorities to leverage the MSP approach. We provide a comparative analysis of eight landscape-level MSPs spanning seven countries (Peru, Brazil, India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and a cross-border case from Kenya and Somalia), representing a diversity of resource systems covering forests, rangelands, and multiuse agricultural landscapes. Applying an adapted social-ecological systems framework, our synthesis identifies the influence of these MSPs on patterns of stakeholder interaction and draws implications for the design and organization of MSPs that are both appropriate and effective. From the cases, we distill lessons addressing: (1) how to design an MSP in relation to the governance context, including the fit between institutional and ecological dimensions of the system and with attention to cross-scale linkages; (2) how to implement inclusive processes that address power inequities, including through capacity building and procedural rules; and (3) how to support adaptive learning to expand the MSP’s influence over time, including monitoring outcomes, adapting the scope of stakeholder engagement, and investing in MSP durability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c574102f26b49bebba5bf98f3861a2f2022-12-22T03:53:14ZengResilience AllianceEcology and Society1708-30872022-06-01272210.5751/ES-13168-27020213168Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level casesBlake D. Ratner0Anne M. Larson1Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti2Hagar ElDidi3Delia Catacutan4Fiona Flintan5Diana Suhardiman6Thomas Falk7Ruth Meinzen-Dick8Collaborating for Resilience (CoRe)Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)World Agroforestry (ICRAF)International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)International Water Management Institute (IWMI)International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are the subject of increasing attention and investment in the domain of collaborative natural resource governance, yet evidence-based guidance is slim on policy and investment priorities to leverage the MSP approach. We provide a comparative analysis of eight landscape-level MSPs spanning seven countries (Peru, Brazil, India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and a cross-border case from Kenya and Somalia), representing a diversity of resource systems covering forests, rangelands, and multiuse agricultural landscapes. Applying an adapted social-ecological systems framework, our synthesis identifies the influence of these MSPs on patterns of stakeholder interaction and draws implications for the design and organization of MSPs that are both appropriate and effective. From the cases, we distill lessons addressing: (1) how to design an MSP in relation to the governance context, including the fit between institutional and ecological dimensions of the system and with attention to cross-scale linkages; (2) how to implement inclusive processes that address power inequities, including through capacity building and procedural rules; and (3) how to support adaptive learning to expand the MSP’s influence over time, including monitoring outcomes, adapting the scope of stakeholder engagement, and investing in MSP durability.https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss2/art2/adaptive learningcollaborative governanceinclusionlandscape approachesmultistakeholder dialoguepower relationsresilience |
| spellingShingle | Blake D. Ratner Anne M. Larson Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti Hagar ElDidi Delia Catacutan Fiona Flintan Diana Suhardiman Thomas Falk Ruth Meinzen-Dick Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases Ecology and Society adaptive learning collaborative governance inclusion landscape approaches multistakeholder dialogue power relations resilience |
| title | Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases |
| title_full | Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases |
| title_fullStr | Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases |
| title_short | Multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance: lessons from eight landscape-level cases |
| title_sort | multistakeholder platforms for natural resource governance lessons from eight landscape level cases |
| topic | adaptive learning collaborative governance inclusion landscape approaches multistakeholder dialogue power relations resilience |
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