Stakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems : some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and France

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dc.contributor.authorBouamrane, Meriemen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSpierenburg, Marjaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAgrawal, Arunen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoureima, Amadouen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCormier-Salem, Marie-Christineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEtienne, Michelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLe Page, Christopheen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLevrel, Harolden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMathevet, Raphaelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T10:18:34Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T10:18:34Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionCITATION: Bouamrane, M., et al. 2016. Stakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems: some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and France. Ecology and Society, 21(4):25, doi:10.5751/ES-08812-210425.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.ecologyandsociety.org
dc.description.abstractBiosphere reserves are an example of social-ecological systems that combine biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic development with knowledge generation and dissemination (both scientific and local). We review lessons learned from case studies biosphere reserves in western African and France, highlighting the importance of early stakeholder engagement to build knowledge for achieving sustainable development. We discuss the evolution of the concept of biosphere reserves and its application over time in different socioeconomic and cultural settings. The diversity of stakeholders and their different needs and perceptions about nature conservation complicate implementation processes, sometimes resulting in conflicts about the objectives and zonation of biosphere reserves. Dialogue among the different stakeholders must start at an early planning phase and be based on the principle of social and ecological solidarity. Dialogue must then be pursued, formalized, ritualized, and translated both in terms of biosphere reserve management and in terms of political support. Tools and methods exist that can facilitate such dialogue and colearning.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss4/art25/#abstract
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent9 pages : illustrations
dc.identifier.citationBouamrane, M., et al. 2016. Stakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems: some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and France. Ecology and Society, 21(4):25, doi:10.5751/ES-08812-210425en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1708-3087 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5751/ES-08812-210425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102146
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherResilience Alliance
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectBiosphere reserve -- Management -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectBiosphere reserves -- France -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectBiosphere reserves -- Africa, West -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial ecology -- Structures, etc. -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable development -- Africa, West -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainable development -- France -- Case studiesen_ZA
dc.titleStakeholder engagement and biodiversity conservation challenges in social-ecological systems : some insights from biosphere reserves in western Africa and Franceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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