How do companies implement their zero-deforestation commitments

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 375, P. 134056 - 134056

Published: Sept. 12, 2022

More than 500 companies engaged in supply chains of forest-risk commodity have adopted zero-deforestation commitments (ZDCs). We use corporate social responsibility strategy and policy implementation theories to analyse the processes conditions for ZDC implementation. base our study on 35 semi-structured interviews with company representatives sector actors, publicly available data, reports. The objective is understand opportunities challenges at level companies. While past research addressed coverage effectiveness, knowledge still lacking companies' perspectives their commitments. This provides a unique perspective by integrating direct experience private actors an environmental governance regime. find that see ZDCs as journey often rely voluntary sustainability standards, aligning strategies key performance indicators (KPIs) these. They engage directly chain, conducting projects "on-the-ground." Implementing requires involvement procurement departments upper management, collaborations within between Companies service providers in-depth field monitoring tools, e.g. remote sensing, chain traceability prerequisite face numerous challenges. Internally, lack leadership ZDC, struggle align organization's operations manage suppliers, especially smallholders, allocate insufficient resources. Externally, they common standards stakeholder support, challenging regulatory missing market incentives. An uneven playing creates leakage markets. identify better leadership, technology pre-competitive collaboration potential solutions. Zero-deforestation are unlikely greatly contribute reducing deforestation until processes, mechanisms, place.

Language: Английский

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Co-producing theory of change to operationalize integrated landscape approaches

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 18(2), P. 839 - 855

Published: Sept. 12, 2022

Integrated landscape approaches that engage diverse stakeholder groups in governance are increasingly promoted to address linked social-ecological challenges tropical landscapes. Recent research suggests a transdisciplinary approach management can help identify common needs, enhance knowledge co-production, guide evidence-based policy development, and harmonize cross-sectorial integration. Meanwhile, guiding principles for suggest identifying concerns negotiating process of change fundamental implementation evaluation efforts. As such, the use decision support tools such as theory models build ordered sequences actions towards desired, agreed, future state advocated. However, application concept integrated is limited thus far, particularly within scientific literature. Here, we this gap by applying co-production co-produce current unsustainable associated conflicts Kalomo Hills Local Forest Reserve No. P.13 (KFR13) Zambia. The participatory engaged range stakeholders including village head people, local international researchers, district councillors, civil society representatives amongst others. Several pathways, actions, interventions were developed around themes deforestation, biodiversity wildlife conservation, socio-economic access rights, law enforcement. To make actionable, participants identified need enhanced cross-sector multi-level communication, capacity improved governance, while lack commitment coordinated exchange information along with poor formulation weak enforcement rules among potential impediments action. Use both inform design (by revealing place-based proposing solutions) mechanisms promote integration between non-state actors clarifying actor roles responsibilities). Co-developing inherently context specific, but outcomes study should hold relevance across contexts faced sustainability related reconciling conservation development objectives.

Language: Английский

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Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge

Forest Policy and Economics, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 131, P. 102566 - 102566

Published: Aug. 9, 2021

Language: Английский

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A Knowledge Review on Integrated Landscape Approaches

Forests, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 312 - 312

Published: Feb. 14, 2022

Holistic and multi-transdisciplinary approaches, where multiple goals are achieved in order to improve resilience societies ecosystems the short, medium, long term, ideal, even utopian. Hence, science has come together with practical experiences that highlight importance of working at a ‘landscape’ level. Landscapes, as socio-ecological systems, key for sustainability sustainable development, they represent realistic unit interconnect local, national, ultimately global scales. International efforts regarding holistic natural resources management approaches not new; however, currently pointing an Integrated Landscape Approach (ILA). Based on documentation review analysis, present article aims promote disambiguation ILA concept provide updated synthesis knowledge ILA. Especially forest sector, been identified particularly beneficial, strongly highlighted by scientific literature, infrastructure organizations encouraging it. The paper presents rationale behind concept, well main principles, we variety definitions some significant points overlap, inclusion ILAs current international arena relationship ILA’s Jurisdictional Approaches, make challenging world rapid change. Our recognizes strategy reconcile conservation, climate change, human well-being goals. naturally have social idealistic construction it, which might be just necessary andsignificant journey toward itself.

Language: Английский

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Participatory interventions for collective action and sustainable resource management: linking actors, situations and contexts through the IAD, NAS and SES frameworks

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 18(1), P. 79 - 96

Published: Sept. 20, 2022

Abstract Overcoming complex environmental challenges demands different forms of stakeholder participation and collective action. While informative relevant for participatory interventions, the literatures on action governance have largely remained disconnected. We illustrate how institutional analysis development (IAD), network (adjacent) situation (NAS) social–ecological system (SES) frameworks can be combined to provide a coherent approach that integrates these literatures, applies their insights bridges this disconnect. compare two similar one in Colombia Peru, whose design implementation we supported. Transdisciplinary nature, both sought foster watershed management. The allow us demarcate, characterise reflect upon situations (ASs) choice, coordination knowledge generation constituted each intervention (i.e. constituent NAS) other operational ASs lay outside boundaries interventions. These may not linked another or intervention’s NAS, but they influence outcomes interest nevertheless, thereby shaping potential interventions sustainable natural resource framework then suggests, our comparative illustrates, organisers researchers such as multi-actor deliberative platforms transdisciplinary research projects, should carefully consider, address constellation actors, contexts co-determining interest. Our study demonstrates IAD, SES NAS support endeavour.

Language: Английский

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Forests support people’s food and nutrition security through multiple pathways in low- and middle-income countries

One Earth, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(12), P. 1342 - 1353

Published: Dec. 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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Relational values of forests: Value‐conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(6), P. 1822 - 1838

Published: Aug. 9, 2022

Abstract Studies found that rapid decline of biodiversity and ecosystems globally have adversely affected an estimated 1.6 billion rural people whose livelihoods both directly indirectly depend on forests. To halt the loss forests other natural simultaneously support livelihoods, various external programmes been developed applied, including market‐based rights‐based approaches. However, ecosystem continues, better incentives or more secure rights not always led to local community participation improved livelihoods. This suggests need explain communities' motivations in nature stewardship. We conducted a study communities two villages Sulawesi who voluntarily maintain but showed resistance formal Social Forestry programmes. The aimed identify underlying reasons preferences, guided by research questions: (i) how did value forest landscapes? (ii) those values interact with externally driven programmes? applied Relational Values concept understand community's relations (or its elements) land identified points divergence. Data collection involved in‐depth semi‐structured interviews, focus group discussions framed principles Appreciative Inquiry, participant observation use/land cover change analysis. Our findings show their relation identity, ancestral heritage, sense place spiritual values. also divergence towards forestry thus contributes broader conceptualisation conservation providing empirical evidence importance framework understanding motivation behaviour stewardship evaluation conflicts. Read free Plain Language Summary for this article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Navigating power imbalances in landscape governance: a network and influence analysis in southern Zambia

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: Feb. 16, 2023

Abstract Actors engaging in integrated landscape approaches to reconciling conservation and development represent multiple sectors scales actors with different powers, resource access, influence on decision-making. Despite growing acknowledgement, limited evidence exists the implications of power relations for governance. Therefore, this paper asks why how forms unfold affect functioning multi-stakeholder platforms southern Zambia. Social network analysis a assessment reveal that all exercise some form visible, hidden, or invisible social spaces decision-making negotiate new order. The intersection customary state governance reveals imbalances are product actors’ belongingness, situatedness, settlement histories. We conclude potentially suited balance by triggering dynamic holders engage However, before implementing approach helps better recognise differentials create basis marginalised participate equally. bears relevance beyond case, as methods used unravel dynamics contested landscapes applicable across tropics where mixed statutory arrangements prevail.

Language: Английский

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Assessing ambitious nature conservation strategies in a below 2-degree and food-secure world

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 284, P. 110068 - 110068

Published: June 30, 2023

Global biodiversity is projected to further decline under a wide range of future socio-economic development pathways, even in sustainability-oriented scenarios. This raises the question how can be put on path recovery, core challenge for implementation CBD Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. We designed two ambitious global conservation strategies, 'Half Earth' (HE) and 'Sharing Planet' (SP), evaluated their ability restore terrestrial freshwater provide nature's contributions people (NCP), while also limiting warming below 2 degrees ensuring food security. applied integrated assessment framework IMAGE with GLOBIO model, using 'Middle Road' Shared Socio-economic Pathway (SSP2) its human population growth as baseline. found that HE strategy performs generally better (biodiversity intactness (MSA), Area Habitat, Living Planet Index, Red List Index) currently still natural regions. The SP yields more improvements human-used areas, regulating NCP (pest control, pollination, erosion water quality). However, both strategies were insufficient corresponded considerable increases security risks temperature. Only when we combined portfolio 'integrated sustainability measures', including climate change mitigation reductions waste animal product consumption, our scenarios resulted restoration keeping baseline projection.

Language: Английский

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How integration of socio-ecological data can shape regional environmental management decisions: an example from Australia

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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