Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves

This master thesis explores how the County Administration Boards (CAB) in Halland, Uppsala and Västerbotten describe how they work with local participation during the operational phase of already established nature reserves. The empirical material consists of reserve decisions and management plans f...

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Autor principal: Widmark, Hugo
Formato: H2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2018
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description This master thesis explores how the County Administration Boards (CAB) in Halland, Uppsala and Västerbotten describe how they work with local participation during the operational phase of already established nature reserves. The empirical material consists of reserve decisions and management plans from 186 nature reserves and interviews with CAB officials. When assessing the reserve decisions and management plans, three categories of local participation were discerned: i) local participation as practical management, ii) local participation as consultation, iii) and local participation through management boards. Based on the assessment of the steering documents and the interviews local participation mostly seems to occur through practical management. Management boards and projects with various degrees of dialogue were found in a handful nature reserves. The CABs seem to have a pragmatic view of local participation. If local actors are to be more active in decision making during the management of nature reserves, the CABs need to facilitate and institutionalise such possibilities for local actors.
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spelling RepoSLU141222020-05-20T11:27:55Z Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves Widmark, Hugo participation nature conservation nature reserve This master thesis explores how the County Administration Boards (CAB) in Halland, Uppsala and Västerbotten describe how they work with local participation during the operational phase of already established nature reserves. The empirical material consists of reserve decisions and management plans from 186 nature reserves and interviews with CAB officials. When assessing the reserve decisions and management plans, three categories of local participation were discerned: i) local participation as practical management, ii) local participation as consultation, iii) and local participation through management boards. Based on the assessment of the steering documents and the interviews local participation mostly seems to occur through practical management. Management boards and projects with various degrees of dialogue were found in a handful nature reserves. The CABs seem to have a pragmatic view of local participation. If local actors are to be more active in decision making during the management of nature reserves, the CABs need to facilitate and institutionalise such possibilities for local actors. SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2018 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14122/
spellingShingle participation
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Widmark, Hugo
Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title_full Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title_fullStr Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title_full_unstemmed Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title_short Participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
title_sort participation lost in translation? : an assessment of local participation during the operational phase of nature reserves
topic participation
nature conservation
nature reserve