Fishermen's attitudes towards drone use for sustainable fishing in a coastal community in Kerala, India: An exploratory qualitative study

Sustainable Futures, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7, P. 100225 - 100225

Published: June 1, 2024

Fishing is crucial to livelihoods and development. However, unsustainable practices shocks threaten this potential, which worsened by limited research on technologies such as drones enhance sustainable fishing. Our study used an exploratory qualitative approach involving 48 fishermen in Alappad Kerala. The findings revealed that use either or traditional practices. Due increasing familiarity with new technologies, have positive attitudes toward drone use. Using these narratives, we ideated the characteristics of feasible drone(s) for localized success adoption/use dependent fishermen's attitudes.

Language: Английский

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Polycentric Climate Governance: The State, Local Action, Democratic Preferences, and Power—Emerging Insights and a Research Agenda

Global Environmental Politics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(3), P. 24 - 47

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract In recent years, climate governance has shifted from the global, multilateral regime to voluntary initiatives multiple directions. Scholars frequently use a polycentric lens study complex and multijurisdictional reality. The perspective helps grasp new reality at general level, but it is lacking in specificity. To fill this research gap, article attempts enhance analytical power of by exploring four issues: role state, diffusion local action, integration democratic preferences, power. These issues are discussed doing systematic literature review empirical regarding change mitigation. results show importance states national level provide insights into how share transfer knowledge, get supported transnational networks, secure compliance with preferences. provides less insight concludes developing agendas for further cumulation knowledge strengthen action all levels.

Language: Английский

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The Commons

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 48(1), P. 531 - 558

Published: Sept. 14, 2023

Commons—resources used or governed by groups of heterogeneous users through agreed-upon institutional arrangements—are the subject one more successful research programs in social-environmental sciences. This review assesses on commons to accomplish three tasks. First, it surveys theoretical, substantive, and methods-focused achievements field, illustrating how has also influenced natural resource policy making. Second, examines changing trajectories research, emphasizing growing interest researchers new methods application insights social contexts. Third, suggests that can find continuing relevance addressing contemporary future challenges. It highlights directions particular: ( a) strengthening focus issues power equity, b) applying about effective governance collaborative attempts craft societal spaces, c) advancing an emerging emphasis causal analysis taking advantage novel streams large-scale public datasets.

Language: Английский

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Digital commoning and post-capitalist crypto-economies: The case of FairCoop

Geoforum, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 144, P. 103811 - 103811

Published: June 20, 2023

In the context of current global recession, big tech and data corporations have amassed a disturbing amount power influence in this new phase platform surveillance capitalism. Against backdrop, inspired by Gibson-Graham's invitation to look for difference rather than dominance, paper considers digital commons as viable post-capitalist alternative. particular, research's focus will be on international activist collective, FairCoop. This group, ideas degrowth, decentralization post-capitalism, has developed its own crypto-currency, FairCoin, along with tools infrastructures that seek challenge economic status quo. Grounded ethnographic fieldwork, investigation explores practices experiences alternative project. Drawing commoning literature, engages challenges such initiatives face, risky entanglements crypto-markets, governance mechanisms, transparency management issues, scalability individual burnouts. By studying FairCoop associated collectives Komun Kaana, demonstrates how economies, blockchain can contribute more progressive transformative technological innovation. Yet, focusing practice (re)production reveals multifaceted picture. I argue if we are study present future commoning, it is crucial engage difficult issues tensions, hierarchies democratic deficits. These cases discussed further debate possibilities post-capitalism era bring innovation perspectives into fruitful dialogue.

Language: Английский

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Communication and Deliberation for Environmental Governance

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 49(1), P. 367 - 393

Published: May 9, 2024

Environmental governance occurs through and is shaped by communication. We propose a typology of public communication, classifying it directionality (one-way or two-way) objective (informational operational). then review how communication types influence individuals’ conceptual frames, values, environmental behaviors. Though one-way common, its impact often limited to influencing frames. Research on two-way informational demonstrates greater ability align frames values among individuals, research operational the greatest Factors that affect include medium which occurs, trust, timing, social-material context. Among these, our considers new directions in focus role digital platforms, misinformation, disinformation. conclude synthesizing deliberative case citizens guided democratic ideals.

Language: Английский

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Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach

Australian Journal of Public Administration, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

Abstract The management of disasters has traditionally involved public, private, and nongovernmental organisations working together. While scholars have examined the value collaborations among these entities, less is known about how to successfully engage empower communities in disaster management. Based on network governance theory, this article contributes growing body public literature community engagement by presenting findings from an Australian research initiative conducted after 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires New South Wales. Through workshops semi‐structured interviews with a total 58 members local emergency agencies, paper identifies differing perspectives power distribution stakeholders, indicating complexities achieving integrated community‐led approach. underscore need shift exclusively centralised more inclusive systems, recognising unique contributions nonofficial community‐based groups. To address this, study suggests: funded consultation committee, ensuring government representation; collaborative debriefing sessions, leveraging technology for knowledge capture; adoption different leadership styles able identify, include, integrate as both steerers rowers within established hierarchical arrangements. Points practitioners current system, which relies recognised experts state‐controlled facilities, limits integration resources knowledge. A towards community‐centric approach (collaborative polycentric governance) needed enhance resilience response Australia. Different stages reduction could should styles: transformational, style be implemented before disaster, while transactional style, focused restructuring system or it applied, adopted during disaster.

Language: Английский

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Tackling Gender Inequality in Community-Based Organizations: The Contribution of Cacao Cooperatives to Environmental Justice for Women in Peru

International Journal of the Commons, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(1), P. 112 - 130

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Persistent gender inequalities challenge theory and praxis of community-based collective action. Here we adopt an innovative approach which integrates environmental justice, value chain inclusion action to diagnose in organizations (CBOs) identify strategies address them. Drawing on the findings case studies conducted at six CBOs Peru's cacao sector, this article aims make three contributions. Empirically, analyze current situation of, barriers for justice women selected CBOs. Theoretically, contribute through analysis inclusion. Methodologically, propose a framework that analysts may use assess Results show overall, participate less benefit from Furthermore, recognition women's contributions capabilities creation tend remain limited. We discuss 18 recommendations can inequality their female stakeholders cooperative, community, household individual level. Most salient include workshops, generating income opportunities women, increasing rights partners official cooperative members, introducing quotas leadership positions. If such efforts are reinforced better theorized, continuously implemented, as cooperatives have potential improve outcomes within organizations, families, communities large.

Language: Английский

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Theories of institutional change and marine privatisation

MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Abstract Privatisation, as a process that assigns more individual property rights, implies in most cases institutional change. Privatisation might occur on the level of society, when formal laws, but often also informal rules are changing, or it take place an organisational asset under open access regime, cooperative, state-owned company is converted into privately managed entity. From this perspective, seems obvious theories change provide certain understanding privatisation processes marine realm. Processes very heterogeneous their characteristics: some informal, part business world, others political realm, to degree planned, emerging and have evolutionary characteristics, characterised by huge power asymmetries equal footing. Therefore, paper interrogates broad range Our perspective does not proclaim investigate superiority one theory above other, rather inquires about fit . After elaborating theories, clarifying focus, core concepts assumptions, illustrates explanatory powers looking at case space Saint Louis, Senegal. Due strong restrictions for Senegalese fishers fish Mauritanian waters, establishment protected area, recently gas field doorstep, confronted with enclosure commons.

Language: Английский

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Power relations in Sub-Saharan African small scale fisheries and conservation: A multi-dimensional review

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 178, P. 106732 - 106732

Published: April 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Educating through commons-based pedagogical practices

EIKI Journal of Effective Teaching Methods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(2)

Published: May 16, 2024

This paper explores the transformative potential of primary education pedagogy to instill logic and ethics commons, emphasizing a paradigm shift away from competitive or individualistic learning frameworks towards those fostering care, reciprocity, mutual support. Through year-long action research project in sixth-grade classroom, this study examines transfer Educational commons elements into formal schooling. It argues that such integration requires pedagogical practices cultivate distinct cognitive operational modes, enabling students engage self-organization school classroom collective knowledge management. The details development operationalization what is termed as “commons-based practices”. These are designed encourage environment inclusive collaborative, characterized by peer learning, co-creation knowledge, assemblies. dialogue accountability. juxtaposes theoretical with practical applications, providing insights how these approaches can be effectively implemented transform educational settings. emphasis placed on creating dynamic supports exploration negotiation diverse concepts, thereby an atmosphere conducive communal ethical engagement.

Language: Английский

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