气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia

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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102057
	Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia
	Cheok J.; Weeks R.; Morrison T.H.; Pressey R.L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	62
英文摘要	Problems of scale abound in the governance of complex social-ecological systems. Conservation governance, for example, typically occurs at a single scale, but needs to inform governance and action at other scales to be truly effective at achieving social and ecological outcomes. This process is conventionally conceived as unidirectional – either scaling down or scaling up – in the way it both exploits and creates the natural, social, human, institutional, and financial resources and benefits that are collectively known as conservation ‘capital’. Here we analyse multiscale conservation governance and the different types of capital that impede or facilitate its effectiveness. Comparative analysis of conservation planning in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, through in-depth document review, key informant interview, and participant observation, reveals limited evidence of unidirectional processes. Instead, we observe multidirectional scaling pathways, cultivated by the following six scale-explicit characteristics of effective conservation governance: 1) multiscale understanding, 2) scale jumping, 3) scaled leadership characteristics, 4) scaled stakeholder engagement, 5) scaled policy frameworks, and 6) scaled institutional settings. While the latter four are familiar concepts, though not always recognised as explicitly scalar, we know little about the first two attributes of conservation governance. Based on this novelty and relevance, we propose a new form of capital – ‘scalar capital’ – to complement natural, social, human, institutional, and financial capitals as both input and outcome of effective conservation governance. We find that scalar capital facilitates flows of different resources (data, conservation objectives, practitioner experience, institutional support, and funding) in multiple directions. Critically, we present empirical evidence that conservation governance can foster scalar capital to improve outcomes across multiple scales. © 2020 The Authors
英文关键词	Conservation planning; Environmental governance; Multiscale governance; Scalar capital; Social-ecological systems
语种	英语
scopus关键词	conservation planning; conservation status; governance approach; leadership; stakeholder; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/142058
作者单位	ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook UniversityQLD 4814, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cheok J.,Weeks R.,Morrison T.H.,et al. Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia[J],2020,62.
APA	Cheok J.,Weeks R.,Morrison T.H.,&Pressey R.L..(2020).Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia.Global Environmental Change,62.
MLA	Cheok J.,et al."Scalar capital as ingredient of success in conservation governance: evidence from Melanesia".Global Environmental Change 62(2020).