Taking Stock of Nature: Participatory Biodiversity Assessment for Policy, Planning and Practice

301 Pages·2010·5.915 MB·English

by  Anna Lawrence (editor)

TakingStockofNature
ParticipatoryBiodiversityAssessmentforPolicy,PlanningandPractice
Inaworldofincreasingdemandsforbiodiversityinformation,participatory
biodiversityassessmentandmonitoringisbecomingmoresignificant.Whilstother
bookshavefocusedonmethods,orlinkstoconservationordevelopment,thisbookis
writtenparticularlyforpolicy-makersandplanners.Introductorychaptersanalysethe
challengesoftheapproach,thegloballegislationcontext,andthesignificanceofthe
MillenniumEcosystemAssessment.Speciallycommissionedcasestudiesprovide
evidencefrom17countries,by50authorswithexpertiseinbothbiologicalandsocial
sciences.Rangingfromcommunityconservationprojectsindevelopingcountries,to
amateurbirdwatchingintheUK,theydescribethecontext,objectives,stakeholders
andprocesses,andreflectonthesuccessofoutcomes.Ratherthanadvocatingany
particularapproach,thebooktakesaconstructivelycriticallookatthemotives,
experiencesandoutcomesofsuchapproaches,withcross-cuttinglessonstoinform
planningandinterpretationoffutureparticipatoryprojectsandtheircontributionto
policyobjectives.
ANNA LAWRENCEhasbeenworkingfornearly20yearsinparticipatoryconservation
andsocialforestryresearch.FollowingdegreesfromCambridgeandOxford
Universities,herearlycareerinSouthAmericaandAsiainspiredafocuson
interactionbetweenlocalandscientificknowledge,andlinkingresearchtopolicyand
practice.AttheEnvironmentalChangeInstitute,UniversityofOxford,sheestablished
andledtheHumanEcologyresearchgroupforsevenyears.Afterworkinginmore
than20countriesshehasrecentlymovedtofocusonissuesclosertohome,asHeadof
SocialandEconomicResearchintheBritishGovernment’sForestryCommission.

Taking Stock of Nature
Participatory Biodiversity Assessment
for Policy, Planning and Practice
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ANNA LAWRENCE
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Contents
Listofcontributors pagevii
Acknowledgements xi
1. Introduction:learningfromexperiencesofparticipatory
biodiversityassessment 1
ANNA LAWRENCE
2. Monitoringandassessmentofbiodiversityunderthe
ConventiononBiologicalDiversityandotherinternational
agreements 30
RUTH MACKENZIE
3. TheMillenniumEcosystemAssessment:amulti-scale
assessmentforglobalstakeholders 49
CIARA RAUDSEPP-HEARNE AND DORIS CAPISTRANO
4. ConservationofbiologicaldiversityinElSalvadorshade
coffee:theimportanceoftaxonomiccapacityfor
participatoryassessments 69
ALEX MONRO AND DAVID T. JONES
5. Takingstockofnatureinspecies-richbuteconomicallypoor
areas:anemergingdisciplineoflocallybasedmonitoring 88
FINN DANIELSEN, NEIL BURGESS, MIKKEL FUNDER,
TOM BLOMLEY, JUSTIN BRASHARES, AMINA AKIDA,
ARNE JENSEN, MARLYNN MENDOZA, GREG STUART-HILL,
MICHAEL K. POULSEN, HADIJA RAMADHANI,
MOSES K. SAM AND ELMER TOPP-JØRGENSEN
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vi Contents
6. Researchinglocalperspectivesonbiodiversityintropical
landscapes:lessonsfromtencasestudies 113
MANUEL BOISSIE`RE, MARIEKE SASSEN, DOUGLAS SHEIL,
MIRIAM VAN HEIST, WIL DE JONG, ROBERT CUNLIFFE,
MEILINDA WAN, MICHAEL PADMANABA, NINING LISWANTI,
IMAM BASUKI, KRISTEN EVANS, PETER CRONKLETON,
TIM LYNAM, PIIA KOPONEN AND CHRISTIANA BAIRAKTARI
7. ParticipatoryresourcesmonitoringinSWChina:lessons
afterfiveyears 142
JEANNETTE VAN RIJSOORT, ZHANG JINFENG,
MARLON TEN HOONTE AND WANG LEI
8. ForestinventoryinNepal–technicalpowerorsocial
empowerment? 165
JANE HULL, HEMANT OJHA AND KRISHNA PRASED PAUDEL
9. PerceptionsoflandscapechangeinBritishColumbia’s
Northwest:implicationsforbiodiversityandparticipatory
management 185
JOHN LEWIS
10. Howthousandsplannedforabillion:lessonsfromIndiaon
decentralized,participatoryplanning 211
SEEMA BHATT AND TEJASWINI APTE
11. Insidemonitoring:acomparisonofbirdmonitoringgroups
inSloveniaandtheUnitedKingdom 232
SANDRA BELL, MARIELLA MARZANO AND DAN PODJED
12. Thepersonalandpoliticalofvolunteers’data:towardsa
nationalbiodiversitydatabasefortheUK 251
ANNA LAWRENCE
13. Improvingforestmanagementthroughparticipatory
monitoring:acomparativecasestudyoffour
community-basedforestryorganizationsintheWestern
UnitedStates 266
HEIDI L. BALLARD, VICTORIA STURTEVANT AND
MARIA E. FERNANDEZ-GIMENEZ
Index 288
Contributors
AminaAkida
ForestryandBeekeepingDivision,MinistryofNaturalResourcesand
Tourism,Tanzania
TejaswiniApte
IndependentEnvironmentalResearcher/Writer,India
ChristianaBairaktari
ResearchInstituteWageningenUniversity(Alterra),TheNetherlands
HeidiL.Ballard
UniversityofCalifornia,USA
ImamBasuki
CIFOR,ForestryResearch,Indonesia
SandraBell
UniversityofDurham,UK
SeemaBhatt
ConservationandLivelihoods,India
TomBlomley
SeniorAdviseronParticipatoryForestManagement,UK
ManuelBoissie`re
CIRAD/CIFOR,ForestryResearch,Indonesia
JustinBrashares
UniversityofCalifornia,USA
NeilBurgess
CambridgeUniversity,UK
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viii Listofcontributors
DorisCapistrano
CenterforInternationalForestryResearch,Indonesia
PeterCronkleton
CIFOR,Bolivia
RobertCunliffe
CIFOR,Indonesia
FinnDanielsen
NORDECO(NordicAgencyforDevelopmentandEcology),Denmark
KristenEvans
CIFOR,USA
MariaE.Fernandez-Gimenez
ColoradoStateUniversity,USA
MikkelFunder
NORDECO(NordicAgencyforDevelopmentandEcology),Denmark
JaneHull
ForestryCommission,UK
ArneJensen
NORDECO(NordicAgencyforDevelopmentandEcology),Denmark
ZhangJinfeng
YunnanAcademyofForestry,China
WildeJong
KyotoUniversity,Japan
DavidT.Jones
TheNaturalHistoryMuseum(BM),UK
PiiaKoponen
CIFOR,Indonesia
AnnaLawrence
ForestryCommission,UK
WangLei
YunnanAcademyofForestry,China
JohnLewis
UniversityofWaterloo,Canada
Listofcontributors ix
NiningLiswanti
CIFOR,Indonesia
TimLynam
CSIROSustainableEcosystems,Australia
RuthMackenzie
UniversityCollegeLondon,UK
MariellaMarzano
ForestryCommission,UK
MarlynnMendoza
NAPWNCCpd.,ThePhilippines
AlexMonro
TheNaturalHistoryMuseum(BM),UK
HemantOjha
ForestAction,Nepal
MichaelPadmanaba
CIFOR,Indonesia
KrishnaPrasadPaudel
ForestAction,Nepal
DanPodjed
UniversityofLjubljana,Slovenia
MichaelK.Poulsen
NORDECO(NordicAgencyforDevelopmentandEcology),Denmark
HadijaRamadhani
MinistryofNaturalResourcesandTourism,Tanzania
CiaraRaudsepp-Hearne
UniversityofQuebec,Canada
MosesK.Sam
ForestryCommission,Ghana
MariekeSassen
CIFOR,TheNetherlands
DouglasSheil
CIFOR,Indonesia