Social involvement in environmental governance: The relevance of quality assurance processes in forest planning |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, Facultad de Economía, Empresa y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Campus de Guajara, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;2. Departamento de Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, Facultad de Economía, Empresa y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Campus de Guajara, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;1. Shizuoka University, Faculty of Agriculture, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan;2. Shinshu University, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, 8304 Minami-minowa, Kami-ina, Nagano 399-4511, Japan;3. Shinshu University, Faculty of Agriculture, 8304 Minami-minowa, Kami-ina, Nagano 399-4511, Japan;1. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos y de Montes, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario, 02006 Albacete, Spain;2. Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;1. Environmental Planning Laboratory (LABPLAM), Department of Urbanism and Spatial Planning, University of Granada, Spain;2. Environmental Planning Laboratory (LABPLAM), Department of Urbanism and Spatial, Planning, University of Granada, Spain;3. E.T.S. Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain, Spain;1. UFR de Géographie (Geography Training and Research Department), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UMR 7533 LADYSS (Integrated Research Unit), France;2. Institut Technologique FCBA, Délégation Centre-Ouest, France;1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;2. Laboratório de Dinâmica Evolutiva e Sistemas Complexos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;3. Earth System Science Center, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil;4. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531-990, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;5. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;6. Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Socio-environmental policy issues are characterized by inherent scientific uncertainty, ignorance and frequently by social discrepancies. Lack of recognition of the complexity and uncertainty of environmental issues has given rise to problems that have cast doubt on the adequacy of the science for policy model and traditionally employed evidence-based policy, thus leading to a crisis in science. In this context, there is a need for quality assurance procedures to assess policies and measures resulting from decision-making in environmental governance issues.Involving quality assurance in decision-making processes recognizes the different types of uncertainty related to an issue and the limits of problem-solving analysis. This approach requires participatory methodological frameworks in which stakeholders analyze the robustness of the assessment process used as well as the validity of assessment results. The approach considers governance as being a relative term depending on the historical, social, economic, political, environmental and cultural context in which it is developed.A participatory methodology is applied to an assessment of forest track alternatives on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands). In this study, a social sensitivity analysis explores the social validity of this assessment through the concept of quality understood as ‘fitness for use’. Such a methodology facilitates processes of dialogue and consensus needed in decision-making in conflictive situations. As a result this methodology should serve as a reference for other places with similar situations. |
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| Keywords: | Environmental governance Conflict situations Quality assurance Participatory techniques Social sensitivity analysis |
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