Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Conflict in Protected Areas: Who Says Co-Management Does Not Work?


ABSTRACT: Natural resource-related conflicts can be extremely destructive and undermine environmental protection. Since the 1990 s co-management schemes, whereby the management of resources is shared by public and/or private sector stakeholders, have been a main strategy for reducing these conflicts worldwide. Despite initial high hopes, in recent years co-management has been perceived as falling short of expectations. However, systematic assessments of its role in conflict prevention or mitigation are non-existent. Interviews with 584 residents from ten protected areas in Colombia revealed that co-management can be successful in reducing conflict at grassroots level, as long as some critical enabling conditions, such as effective participation in the co-management process, are fulfilled not only on paper but also by praxis. We hope these findings will re-incentivize global efforts to make co-management work in protected areas and other common pool resource contexts, such as fisheries, agriculture, forestry and water management.

SUBMITTER: De Pourcq K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4695097 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC7080754 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4820849 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC3896434 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2972932 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC3406815 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC8250896 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10087165 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8202687 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5221784 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5131471 | biostudies-literature