Environmental Governance and its impactions for Conservation Practice (Armitage et al.)

Question 1

What are the 3 focuses of Conservation Practice?

Answer 1

1. Permit Scientists and managers to participate more effectively in real-world conservation initiatives.
2. Encourage reflection on the assumptions and values that frame their own role in conservation initiatives.
3. Further recognize how conservation occurs in a contested and power-laden social context

Question 2

Describe the pathology of natural resource management?

Answer 2

Command and control management has reaped benefits of ecosystem services (Provisioning and regulating services).

Question 3

What are the two kinds of costs for natural resource management?

Answer 3

Social costs (Conflict, enforcement) and Environmental Costs (Decline in biodiversity, productivity, etc.)

Question 4

What kind of management has reaped the benefits of ecosystem services? ***

Answer 4

Command and Control Management

Question 5

What does it mean by Command and Control Management?

Answer 5

We tend to hold ecosystems at a certain stage in their development to prove beneficial for human use, intensively manage and control normal ecological succession processes.

Question 6

What has become a key concern with natural resource management? ***

Answer 6

How decisions are made and by whom

Question 7

Define Management:

Answer 7

Operational decision for specific outcomes

Question 8

Define Governance

Answer 8

Broad processes and institutions (Norms, rights) societies use to make decisions

Question 9

Are management and governance the same?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

What are some commonalities between Management and Governance?

Answer 10

• Deliberation
• Negotiation
• Uncertainty

Question 11

What must scientists and managers recognize about governance?

Answer 11

That it can refer to a set of arrangements but can also be used as an analytical lens to understand how to achieve conservation outcomes.

Question 12

What are the 8 ways to encourage links among science, public, and policy actors for improved conservation management? (DRTRNCJC)

Answer 12

1. Dialogue
2. Respect
3. Trust
4. Relationships
5. Network
6. Co-production of knowledge
7. Joint decision making
8. Consensus on goals & objectives

Question 13

When Environmental Governance is in practice, what should be considered?

Answer 13

Openness to using institutions and incentives in novel ways to address the collective action nature of environmental problems.

Question 14

The need for and environmental governance perspective stems from limitations of single government agencies to address ________ (3).

Answer 14

Wicked Problems
Public pressure for involvement
Expected Benefits

Question 15

What are the five key emerging directions for environmental governance?

Answer 15

1. Fit and Scale
2. Adaptiveness and Learning
3. Knowledge
4. Actions and Roles
5. Accountability and Legitimacy

Question 16

What does “Fit and Scale” mean in terms of environmental governance?

Answer 16

It identifies and categorizes various type of mismatches (Spatial, temporal, etc.) to help clarify key challenges, affected actions and potential responses.

Question 17

Give an example of how Fit and Scale could be applied in Environmental Governance:

Answer 17

Specified solutions that fit the scale and context of an issue (E.g., a regional approach to address flooding). Do the boundaries fit the scale of the issues?

Question 18

What are 7 considerations when determining Fit and Scale?

Answer 18

1. Sectors
2. Jurisdictions
3. Administrative Boundaries
4. Traditional Use Areas
5. Municipal and Township boundaries
6. Foret Types
7. Wood Supply Commitments

Question 19

True or False: sometimes boundaries are set without consideration of the ecological boundaries, and simply for administrative and economic purposes.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Describe Adaptability and Learning in terms of environmental governance:

Answer 20

Identify the attributes of institutional and governance arrangements that exhibit a capacity to adapt.

Question 21

Who are the 5 groups associated with Adaptiveness and Learning regarding Environmental Governance?

Answer 21

1. Northeast Superior Mayors Group
2. Northeast Superior Regional Chiefs Forum
3. Local Action Centers
4. Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp
5. FEDNor

Question 22

Describe Knowledge in terms of Environmental Governance:

Answer 22

Assess and reflect on the type of knowledge available to help understand the conservation context and problems, identify the holders of that knowledge.

Question 23

Describe Actors and Roles in terms of Environmental Governance:

Answer 23

Characterize and assess the various actors involved (formally and informally) in making decisions, the key relationships they have, and their role in fostering adaptive capacity.

Question 24

Describe Accountability and Legitimacy in terms of Environmental Governance:

Answer 24

Assess the extent to which formal and informal relationships associated with multiple actors in governance are sources of accountability and legitimacy.