Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru
A central element in multi-scalar and hierarchical environmental governance is the provisional legitimacy of institutional arrangements. This article focuses on the strategies deployed by a sample of protected area managers in Peru in the work with, from, for and sometimes against communities in the...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2022-01-01
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| description | A central element in multi-scalar and hierarchical environmental governance is the provisional legitimacy of institutional arrangements. This article focuses on the strategies deployed by a sample of protected area managers in Peru in the work with, from, for and sometimes against communities in the search for a negotiated coexistence. Currently, the park-community relationship in Peru is characterized by a strategic approach. Based on interviews and government documents, this text analyzes the strategies and rationalities of environmental governance. An argument is developed about the consolidation of a social contract for conservation understood as the process that allows the establishment of reciprocal recognition between the protected area institution and local organizations. Three elements stand out in the interviews: the legacies of conservation in rural areas, the old and new spaces and mechanisms for participation, and the emergence of new forms of rural organization in relation to protected areas through the formalization of management agreements. It is concluded that each of these elements point to conditions for creating lasting legitimacy in conservation territories; however, these participatory and inclusive mechanisms are also hierarchical institutional spaces due to their emphasis on the creation of incentives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfb7d048c9ea40429f8646638fd213ff2022-12-21T20:06:49ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832022-01-01267216118310.17141/iconos.72.2022.4953Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of PeruMattias Borg Rasmussen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-3525Universidad de CopenhagueA central element in multi-scalar and hierarchical environmental governance is the provisional legitimacy of institutional arrangements. This article focuses on the strategies deployed by a sample of protected area managers in Peru in the work with, from, for and sometimes against communities in the search for a negotiated coexistence. Currently, the park-community relationship in Peru is characterized by a strategic approach. Based on interviews and government documents, this text analyzes the strategies and rationalities of environmental governance. An argument is developed about the consolidation of a social contract for conservation understood as the process that allows the establishment of reciprocal recognition between the protected area institution and local organizations. Three elements stand out in the interviews: the legacies of conservation in rural areas, the old and new spaces and mechanisms for participation, and the emergence of new forms of rural organization in relation to protected areas through the formalization of management agreements. It is concluded that each of these elements point to conditions for creating lasting legitimacy in conservation territories; however, these participatory and inclusive mechanisms are also hierarchical institutional spaces due to their emphasis on the creation of incentives.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/4953conservationenvironmental governanceinstitutionslegitimacyparticipationperu |
| spellingShingle | Mattias Borg Rasmussen Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru Íconos conservation environmental governance institutions legitimacy participation peru |
| title | Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru |
| title_full | Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru |
| title_fullStr | Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru |
| title_short | Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru |
| title_sort | negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of peru |
| topic | conservation environmental governance institutions legitimacy participation peru |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/4953 |
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