Lana, Marcos
- Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
Weak governance is a major threat to sustainable development, especially in rural contexts and within ecosystems of great social and economic value. To understand and compare its arrangement in the grasslands and wetlands of the Colombian Llanos and the Paraguayan Pantanal, we build upon the Institutional and Development Framework (IAD) as we explore the role of political, economic, and social institutions and combine components of the theory of common-pool resources (CPR) and new institutional economics (NIE). This hybrid conceptualization provides a synthesis of how top-down hierarchical and market-based systems of community-based and natural resource management negatively affect sustainable development in both study areas. Our findings suggest three underlying mechanisms causing a situation of weak governance: centralized (economic and political) power, the role of central and local governments, and social exclusion. Understanding these multidimensional contextual mechanisms improves the understanding that institutional structures supporting arrangements that handle grasslands and wetlands in a sustainable way are needed to protect the ecosystem's social and economic values, especially in rural and marginalized contexts.
Nyckelord
Colombia; common-pool resources; Orinoquia; Llanos Orientales; Pantanal; Paraguay
Publicerad i
Sustainability
2020, volym: 12, nummer: 17, artikelnummer: 7214
Utgivare: MDPI
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG12 Hållbar konsumtion och produktion
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald
UKÄ forskningsämne
Ekologi
Miljövetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177214
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/108122