Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon

The use of multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) in territorial planning has gained global popularity. These MSFs aim to bring diverse actors together to collaboratively and equitably develop a plan that assigns optimal land uses to a territory. However, as promoting particular land uses and benefits for...

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Main Authors: Gonzales Tovar, J., Larson, A.M., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Barnes, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Commonwealth Forestry Association 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115137
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author Gonzales Tovar, J.
Larson, A.M.
Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.
Barnes, G.
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Larson, A.M.
Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.
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description The use of multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) in territorial planning has gained global popularity. These MSFs aim to bring diverse actors together to collaboratively and equitably develop a plan that assigns optimal land uses to a territory. However, as promoting particular land uses and benefits for some actors often comes at a cost to others, territorial planning MSFs may reproduce or even exacerbate, rather than mitigate, conflicts and asymmetries. We comparatively analyze collaboration, power relations and sustainability goals in the Ecological-Economic Zoning commissions of Acre and Mato Grosso, Brazil, which fall under the same federal mandate but operate in contrasting contexts. We show how territorial planning MSFs have better chances of meeting their goals when they are understood as political processes: in this case, when they emerge from and are nourished by powerful local social-environmental movements and alliances, rather than being technocratic initiatives opposed by powerful local production-business alliances.
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spelling CGSpace1151372024-11-15T08:52:31Z Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon Gonzales Tovar, J. Larson, A.M. Sarmiento Barletti, J.P. Barnes, G. sustainable development governance stakeholders collaboration land use planning The use of multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) in territorial planning has gained global popularity. These MSFs aim to bring diverse actors together to collaboratively and equitably develop a plan that assigns optimal land uses to a territory. However, as promoting particular land uses and benefits for some actors often comes at a cost to others, territorial planning MSFs may reproduce or even exacerbate, rather than mitigate, conflicts and asymmetries. We comparatively analyze collaboration, power relations and sustainability goals in the Ecological-Economic Zoning commissions of Acre and Mato Grosso, Brazil, which fall under the same federal mandate but operate in contrasting contexts. We show how territorial planning MSFs have better chances of meeting their goals when they are understood as political processes: in this case, when they emerge from and are nourished by powerful local social-environmental movements and alliances, rather than being technocratic initiatives opposed by powerful local production-business alliances. 2021-07-26 2021-09-24T06:25:48Z 2021-09-24T06:25:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115137 en Open Access Commonwealth Forestry Association Tovar, J.G., Larson, A.M., Barletti, J.P. and Barnes, G., 2021. Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two'Ecological-Economic Zoning'multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon. International Forestry Review, 23(1), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554821833466077
spellingShingle sustainable development
governance
stakeholders
collaboration
land use planning
Gonzales Tovar, J.
Larson, A.M.
Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.
Barnes, G.
Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title_full Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title_fullStr Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title_full_unstemmed Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title_short Politics and power in territorial planning: insights from two 'Ecological-Economic Zoning' multi-stakeholder processes in the Brazilian Amazon
title_sort politics and power in territorial planning insights from two ecological economic zoning multi stakeholder processes in the brazilian amazon
topic sustainable development
governance
stakeholders
collaboration
land use planning
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115137
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