Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
This paper reports on outcomes and lessons learned from a 15-month initiative aimed at strengthening collective action to address natural resource conflict in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Employing the Appreciation-Influence-Control (AIC) model of participatory stakeholder engagement, the initiative a...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
International Food Policy Research Institute
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153469 |
| _version_ | 1855538442020061184 |
|---|---|
| author | Ratner, Blake D. Halpern, Guy Kosal, Mam |
| author_browse | Halpern, Guy Kosal, Mam Ratner, Blake D. |
| author_facet | Ratner, Blake D. Halpern, Guy Kosal, Mam |
| author_sort | Ratner, Blake D. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | This paper reports on outcomes and lessons learned from a 15-month initiative aimed at strengthening collective action to address natural resource conflict in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Employing the Appreciation-Influence-Control (AIC) model of participatory stakeholder engagement, the initiative aimed in particular to build collective understanding of the sources of vulnerability in fisheries livelihoods and to catalyze efforts to support resilience in this valuable and productive socialecological system. Outcomes include important shifts in fishery access rights and resource management authority—notably the transfer of a large, commercial fishing concession to community access, and the resolution of a boundary dispute involving community fishery organizations in neighboring provinces. Motivated by such successes in collaborative problem analysis and advocacy, the main national grassroots network representing fishing communities have also modified its internal governance and strategy of engagement to emphasize constructive links with government and the formal NGO sector. The experience demonstrates the potential of such an open-ended process of action research to enable collective action and improve natural resource governance, even amidst ongoing resource conflict. We conclude with a set of lessons learned to guide such efforts in practice. |
| format | Artículo preliminar |
| id | CGSpace153469 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| publishDateRange | 2011 |
| publishDateSort | 2011 |
| publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| publisherStr | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1534692025-01-10T06:37:47Z Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake Ratner, Blake D. Halpern, Guy Kosal, Mam collective action land conflicts stakeholders governance socioecological systems fisheries This paper reports on outcomes and lessons learned from a 15-month initiative aimed at strengthening collective action to address natural resource conflict in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Employing the Appreciation-Influence-Control (AIC) model of participatory stakeholder engagement, the initiative aimed in particular to build collective understanding of the sources of vulnerability in fisheries livelihoods and to catalyze efforts to support resilience in this valuable and productive socialecological system. Outcomes include important shifts in fishery access rights and resource management authority—notably the transfer of a large, commercial fishing concession to community access, and the resolution of a boundary dispute involving community fishery organizations in neighboring provinces. Motivated by such successes in collaborative problem analysis and advocacy, the main national grassroots network representing fishing communities have also modified its internal governance and strategy of engagement to emphasize constructive links with government and the formal NGO sector. The experience demonstrates the potential of such an open-ended process of action research to enable collective action and improve natural resource governance, even amidst ongoing resource conflict. We conclude with a set of lessons learned to guide such efforts in practice. 2011 2024-10-01T13:56:19Z 2024-10-01T13:56:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153469 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ratner, Blake D.; Halpern, Guy; Kosal, Mam. 2011. Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. CAPRi Working Paper 0103. https://doi.org/10.2499/CAPRiWP103. |
| spellingShingle | collective action land conflicts stakeholders governance socioecological systems fisheries Ratner, Blake D. Halpern, Guy Kosal, Mam Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title | Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title_full | Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title_fullStr | Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title_full_unstemmed | Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title_short | Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: Lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake |
| title_sort | catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict lessons from cambodia s tonle sap lake |
| topic | collective action land conflicts stakeholders governance socioecological systems fisheries |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153469 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ratnerblaked catalyzingcollectiveactiontoaddressnaturalresourceconflictlessonsfromcambodiastonlesaplake AT halpernguy catalyzingcollectiveactiontoaddressnaturalresourceconflictlessonsfromcambodiastonlesaplake AT kosalmam catalyzingcollectiveactiontoaddressnaturalresourceconflictlessonsfromcambodiastonlesaplake |