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Michele Romolini - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Network governance for large‐scale Natural Resource Conservation and the challenge of capture
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: R. Patrick Bixler, Dara M Wald, Laura A Ogden, Kirsten M Leong, Erik W. Johnston, Michele RomoliniAbstract:Large-scale Natural Resource Conservation initiatives are increasingly adopting a network governance framework to respond to the ecological, social, and political challenges of contemporary environmental governance. A network approach offers new modes of management that allow Resource managers and others to transcend a single institution, organization, Resource, or landscape and engage in Conservation that is multi-species and multi-jurisdictional. However, there are challenges to network governance in large-scale Conservation efforts, which we address by focusing on how special interests can capture networks and shape the goals, objectives, and outcomes of initiatives. The term “network capture” is used here to describe an array of strategies that direct the processes and outcomes of large-scale initiatives in ways that advance a group's positions, concerns, or economic interests. We outline how new stakeholders emerge from these management processes, and how the ease of information sharing can blur stakeholder positions and lead to competing knowledge claims. We conclude by reasserting the benefits of network governance while acknowledging the unique challenges that networks present.
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network governance for large scale Natural Resource Conservation and the challenge of capture
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: Patrick R Bixler, Dara M Wald, Laura A Ogden, Kirsten M Leong, Erik Johnston, Michele RomoliniAbstract:Large-scale Natural Resource Conservation initiatives are increasingly adopting a network governance framework to respond to the ecological, social, and political challenges of contemporary environmental governance. A network approach offers new modes of management that allow Resource managers and others to transcend a single institution, organization, Resource, or landscape and engage in Conservation that is multi-species and multi-jurisdictional. However, there are challenges to network governance in large-scale Conservation efforts, which we address by focusing on how special interests can capture networks and shape the goals, objectives, and outcomes of initiatives. The term “network capture” is used here to describe an array of strategies that direct the processes and outcomes of large-scale initiatives in ways that advance a group's positions, concerns, or economic interests. We outline how new stakeholders emerge from these management processes, and how the ease of information sharing can blur stakeholder positions and lead to competing knowledge claims. We conclude by reasserting the benefits of network governance while acknowledging the unique challenges that networks present.
Jonathan G. Lundgren - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and Natural Resource Conservation profitably
PeerJ, 2018Co-Authors: Claire E. Lacanne, Jonathan G. LundgrenAbstract:Most cropland in the United States is characterized by large monocultures, whose productivity is maintained through a strong reliance on costly tillage, external fertilizers, and pesticides (Schipanski et al., 2016). Despite this, farmers have developed a regenerative model of farm production that promotes soil health and biodiversity, while producing nutrient-dense farm products profitably. Little work has focused on the relative costs and benefits of novel regenerative farming operations, which necessitates studying in situ, farmer-defined best management practices. Here, we evaluate the relative effects of regenerative and conventional corn production systems on pest management services, soil Conservation, and farmer profitability and productivity throughout the Northern Plains of the United States. Regenerative farming systems provided greater ecosystem services and profitability for farmers than an input-intensive model of corn production. Pests were 10-fold more abundant in insecticide-treated corn fields than on insecticide-free regenerative farms, indicating that farmers who proactively design pest-resilient food systems outperform farmers that react to pests chemically. Regenerative fields had 29% lower grain production but 78% higher profits over traditional corn production systems. Profit was positively correlated with the particulate organic matter of the soil, not yield. These results provide the basis for dialogue on ecologically based farming systems that could be used to simultaneously produce food while conserving our Natural Resource base: two factors that are pitted against one another in simplified food production systems. To attain this requires a systems-level shift on the farm; simply applying individual regenerative practices within the current production model will not likely produce the documented results.
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Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and Natural Resource Conservation profitably
2017Co-Authors: Claire E. Lacanne, Jonathan G. LundgrenAbstract:Most cropland in the U.S. is characterized by large monocultures, whose productivity is maintained through a strong reliance on costly tillage, external fertilizers, and pesticides ( Schipanski et al., 2016 ) . Despite this, farmers have developed a regenerative model of farm production that promotes soil health and biodiversity, while producing nutrient-dense farm products profitably. Little work has focused on the relative costs and benefits of novel regenerative farming operations, which necessitates studying in situ, farmer-defined best management practices. Here, we evaluate the relative effects of regenerative and conventional corn production systems on pest management services, soil Conservation, and farmer profitability and productivity throughout the Northern Plains of the United States. Regenerative farming systems provided greater ecosystem services and profitability for farmers than an input-intensive model of corn production. Pests were 10-fold more abundant in insecticide-treated corn fields than on insecticide-free regenerative farms, indicating that farmers who proactively design pest-resilient food systems outperform farmers that react to pests chemically. Regenerative fields had 29% lower grain production but 78% higher profits over traditional corn production systems. Profit was positively correlated with the particulate organic matter of the soil, not yield. These results provide the basis for dialogue on ecologically based farming systems that could be used to simultaneously produce food while conserving our Natural Resource base: two factors that are pitted against one another in simplified food production systems. To attain this requires a systems-level shift on the farm; simply applying individual regenerative practices within the current production model will not likely produce the documented results.
Scott J. Josiah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Approaches to Expand NGO Natural Resource Conservation Program Outreach
Society & Natural Resources, 2001Co-Authors: Scott J. JosiahAbstract:Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are widely recognized for their success in designing and implementing locally effective Natural Resource Conservation programs. However, most NGOs are small, scattered organizations that do not generate large-scale change. Some try to expand their operations, yet in the process lose the very attributes that fostered their local successes. This article examines how NGOs successfully achieve large-scale outreach, yet remain relevant to local needs. It draws on the experience of 168 NGOs from 42 developing countries that had expanded their Natural Resource program impacts, or that operated large, effective programs. It examines the complexities of the expansion process, identifies critical elements to consider in expansion efforts, and presents eight approaches used by NGOs that work well on a small scale yet can be transformed and incorporated into large-scale strategies, structures, and systems.
Robert Denève - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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IUCN Sahel studies : Sahel-Sahel a controversial vision
1995Co-Authors: Robert DenèveAbstract:This report analyses the factors which motivate land use by rural populations and provides a context for any policy or strategy which addresses Natural Resource Conservation in the Sahel. The author suggest that production systems in the Sahel have reached or even exceeded their capacity to respond to the needs of a growing population and further that development aid has only had a negligible impact on the trend to over exploit. It offers a different perspective on issues concerning the Sahel.
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Etudes de l'UICN sur le Sahel : Sahel-Sahel une vision controversée
1995Co-Authors: Robert DenèveAbstract:This report analyses the factors which motivate land use by rural populations and provides a context for any policy or strategy which addresses Natural Resource Conservation in the Sahel. The author suggest that production systems in the Sahel have reached or even exceeded their capacity to respond to the needs of a growing population and further that development aid has only had a negligible impact on the trend to over exploit. It offers a different perspective on issues concerning the Sahel.
Dara M Wald - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Network governance for large‐scale Natural Resource Conservation and the challenge of capture
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: R. Patrick Bixler, Dara M Wald, Laura A Ogden, Kirsten M Leong, Erik W. Johnston, Michele RomoliniAbstract:Large-scale Natural Resource Conservation initiatives are increasingly adopting a network governance framework to respond to the ecological, social, and political challenges of contemporary environmental governance. A network approach offers new modes of management that allow Resource managers and others to transcend a single institution, organization, Resource, or landscape and engage in Conservation that is multi-species and multi-jurisdictional. However, there are challenges to network governance in large-scale Conservation efforts, which we address by focusing on how special interests can capture networks and shape the goals, objectives, and outcomes of initiatives. The term “network capture” is used here to describe an array of strategies that direct the processes and outcomes of large-scale initiatives in ways that advance a group's positions, concerns, or economic interests. We outline how new stakeholders emerge from these management processes, and how the ease of information sharing can blur stakeholder positions and lead to competing knowledge claims. We conclude by reasserting the benefits of network governance while acknowledging the unique challenges that networks present.
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network governance for large scale Natural Resource Conservation and the challenge of capture
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: Patrick R Bixler, Dara M Wald, Laura A Ogden, Kirsten M Leong, Erik Johnston, Michele RomoliniAbstract:Large-scale Natural Resource Conservation initiatives are increasingly adopting a network governance framework to respond to the ecological, social, and political challenges of contemporary environmental governance. A network approach offers new modes of management that allow Resource managers and others to transcend a single institution, organization, Resource, or landscape and engage in Conservation that is multi-species and multi-jurisdictional. However, there are challenges to network governance in large-scale Conservation efforts, which we address by focusing on how special interests can capture networks and shape the goals, objectives, and outcomes of initiatives. The term “network capture” is used here to describe an array of strategies that direct the processes and outcomes of large-scale initiatives in ways that advance a group's positions, concerns, or economic interests. We outline how new stakeholders emerge from these management processes, and how the ease of information sharing can blur stakeholder positions and lead to competing knowledge claims. We conclude by reasserting the benefits of network governance while acknowledging the unique challenges that networks present.
