Summary Africa has managed to conserve an exceptional mammal diversity but is also facing an incr... more Summary Africa has managed to conserve an exceptional mammal diversity but is also facing an increasing demand for agricultural land to address a booming human population. Conserving natural resources while producing food in natural landscapes is a challenge that requires ecosystem health and social-ecological systems thinking. A logo of the company Pro SuLi. The logo has several curved arrows. A logo of the European Union. A logo of the Research platform; Production and conservation in partnership. The logo has a circle with three spiral divisions.
Participation in natural resources management is widely promoted in sub†Saharan Africa, but fac... more Participation in natural resources management is widely promoted in sub†Saharan Africa, but faces mounting criticism from social science scholars who rarely engage with it in practice. We use the notion of room for manoeuvre to reflect on a multi†level participatory approach designed to support the BurkinabA¨ Integrated Water Resources Management policy and propose ways of engaging constructively with local users and policy†makers. Within an “invited space†of participation, water users’ room for manoeuvre was enhanced through the acquisition of new knowledge on the legal Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) framework. This allowed them to interact with decision†makers and to extend their networks. Power imbalances were discussed, but this did not lead to modifying existing power structures that hinge on broader societal dynamics.
As mentioned in previous chapters, the companion modelling approach is based on principles laid d... more As mentioned in previous chapters, the companion modelling approach is based on principles laid down in the ComMod Charter (Collectif ComMod 2005). In this founding document, two fields of application were identified: to produce knowledge on the social and ecological systems under study and to facilitate cooperation between different stakeholders involved in a participatory process.
Summary Africa has managed to conserve an exceptional mammal diversity but is also facing an incr... more Summary Africa has managed to conserve an exceptional mammal diversity but is also facing an increasing demand for agricultural land to address a booming human population. Conserving natural resources while producing food in natural landscapes is a challenge that requires ecosystem health and social-ecological systems thinking. A logo of the company Pro SuLi. The logo has several curved arrows. A logo of the European Union. A logo of the Research platform; Production and conservation in partnership. The logo has a circle with three spiral divisions.
Participation in natural resources management is widely promoted in sub†Saharan Africa, but fac... more Participation in natural resources management is widely promoted in sub†Saharan Africa, but faces mounting criticism from social science scholars who rarely engage with it in practice. We use the notion of room for manoeuvre to reflect on a multi†level participatory approach designed to support the BurkinabA¨ Integrated Water Resources Management policy and propose ways of engaging constructively with local users and policy†makers. Within an “invited space†of participation, water users’ room for manoeuvre was enhanced through the acquisition of new knowledge on the legal Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) framework. This allowed them to interact with decision†makers and to extend their networks. Power imbalances were discussed, but this did not lead to modifying existing power structures that hinge on broader societal dynamics.
As mentioned in previous chapters, the companion modelling approach is based on principles laid d... more As mentioned in previous chapters, the companion modelling approach is based on principles laid down in the ComMod Charter (Collectif ComMod 2005). In this founding document, two fields of application were identified: to produce knowledge on the social and ecological systems under study and to facilitate cooperation between different stakeholders involved in a participatory process.
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