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| Waylen, Kerry A; Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute; kerry.waylen@hutton.ac.uk; Blackstock, Kirsty L; Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute; kirsty.blackstock@hutton.ac.uk; Holstead, Kirsty L; Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute; kirsty.holstead@hutton.ac.uk. |
| There are many recommendations for environmental management practices to adopt more holistic or systems-based approaches and to strengthen stakeholder participation. However, management practices do not always match or achieve these ideals. We explore why theory may not be reflected by practice by exploring experiences of projects seeking to implement the ecosystem approach, a concept that entails participatory holistic management. A qualitative inductive approach was used to understand the processes, achievements, and challenges faced by 16 projects across the British Isles. Many projects made significant progress toward their goals, yet failed to achieve fully participatory holistic management. Many of the challenges that contributed to this failure can... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Conservation; Institutional inertia; Participation; Pathways; Systems thinking. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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