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| Shen, Xiaoli; Center for Nature and Society, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; xlshen.pku@gmail.com; Lu, Zhi; Center for Nature and Society, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China;ShanShui Conservation Center, Beijing, 100871, China; luzhi@pku.edu.cn; Li, Shengzhi; ShanShui Conservation Center, Beijing, 100871, China;; Chen, Nyima; ShanShui Conservation Center, Beijing, 100871, China;. |
| Sacred sites are based on indigenous culture and traditional practices that value land and lives, and are considered to be of significant contribution in biodiversity conservation. However, there is a lack of understanding about how these traditional systems function (i.e., the distribution and size of sacred sites, their management and current status), especially for those sites within the Tibetan region. From 2004 to 2007, we investigated 213 sacred mountains, a major form of Tibetan sacred site, in western China, and documented their traditional management system. We mapped 154 sacred mountains within a GIS and estimated their average size was 25.9 km2 (range 0.6–208.4 km2), with sacred mountains of greater religious significance covering... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Informal institutions; Participatory mapping; Protected areas; Tibetan sacred sites; Traditional land management. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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| Hahn, Thomas; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University ; thomas.hahn@stockholmresilience.su.se. |
| Governance networks play an increasingly important role in ecosystem management. The collaboration within these governance networks can be formalized or informal, top-down or bottom-up, and designed or self-organized. Informal self-organized governance networks may increase legitimacy if a variety of stakeholders are involved, but at the same time, accountability becomes blurred when decisions are taken. Basically, democratic accountability refers to ways in which citizens can control their government and the mechanisms for doing so. Scholars in ecosystem management are generally positive to policy/governance networks and emphasize its potential for enhancing social learning, adaptability, and resilience in social-ecological systems. Political scientists,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacity; Adaptive cycle; Adaptive governance; Bridging organizations; Ecosystem service; Informal institutions; Leadership; Naturum; Panarchy; Path dependency. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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