TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action
T2 - a conceptual framework
AU - Barnaud, Cecile
AU - Corbera, Esteve
AU - Muradian, Roldan
AU - Salliou, Nicolas
AU - Sirami, Clélia
AU - Vialatte, Aude
AU - Choisis, Jean Philippe
AU - Dendoncker, Nicolas
AU - Mathevet, Raphael
AU - Moreau, Clémence
AU - Reyes-García, Victoria
AU - Boada, Martí
AU - Deconchat, Marc
AU - Cibien, Catherine
AU - Garnier, Stephan
AU - Maneja, Roser
AU - Antona, Martine
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been funded by the Metaprogram Ecoserv of INRA as an exploratory project named "Secoco : Services Ecosystémiques et Action Collective" coordinated by Cécile Barnaud. Nicolas Salliou acknowledges the support of the Metaprogram SMACH of INRA and the region Midi-Pyrénées for his PhD thesis. Clémence Moreau acknowledges the support of the Metaprogram Ecoserv of INRA and the départment SAD of INRA for the support of her PhD thesis. Esteve Corbera acknowledges the support of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Banco de Santander Talent Retention Programme and notes that this work is contributing to the ICTA-UAB “Unit of Excellence” (MinECo, MDM2015-0552).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the author(s).
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The governance of ecosystem services (ES) has been predominantly thought of in terms of market or state-based instruments. Comparatively, collective action mechanisms have rarely been considered. This paper addresses this gap by proposing a conceptual framework that brings together ES, social interdependencies, and collective action thinking. We use an ES conceptual lens to highlight social interdependencies among people so as to reflect on existing or potential collective actions among them. This framework can also contribute to increasing people’s awareness of their mutual interdependencies and thereby fostering, framing, or enriching collective action, in ways that take into account the diversity and complexity of ecological processes underlying human activities. Our approach can contribute in particular to agroecological transitions that require landscape level innovations and coordination mechanisms among land users and managers. The framework distinguishes three types of social interdependencies: (i) between ES beneficiaries and ES providers, (ii) among beneficiaries, and (iii) among providers. These social interdependencies are in turn analyzed according to four main dimensions that are critical for collective action: (i) cognitive framing of interdependencies, (ii) levels of organization, (iii) formal and informal institutions, and (iv) power relations. Finally, we propose a strategy to turn this framework into action in contexts of participatory action research, a strategy grounded on a number of methodological principles and tools that convey complexity and increase people’s awareness of interdependencies in agrarian social-ecological systems.
AB - The governance of ecosystem services (ES) has been predominantly thought of in terms of market or state-based instruments. Comparatively, collective action mechanisms have rarely been considered. This paper addresses this gap by proposing a conceptual framework that brings together ES, social interdependencies, and collective action thinking. We use an ES conceptual lens to highlight social interdependencies among people so as to reflect on existing or potential collective actions among them. This framework can also contribute to increasing people’s awareness of their mutual interdependencies and thereby fostering, framing, or enriching collective action, in ways that take into account the diversity and complexity of ecological processes underlying human activities. Our approach can contribute in particular to agroecological transitions that require landscape level innovations and coordination mechanisms among land users and managers. The framework distinguishes three types of social interdependencies: (i) between ES beneficiaries and ES providers, (ii) among beneficiaries, and (iii) among providers. These social interdependencies are in turn analyzed according to four main dimensions that are critical for collective action: (i) cognitive framing of interdependencies, (ii) levels of organization, (iii) formal and informal institutions, and (iv) power relations. Finally, we propose a strategy to turn this framework into action in contexts of participatory action research, a strategy grounded on a number of methodological principles and tools that convey complexity and increase people’s awareness of interdependencies in agrarian social-ecological systems.
KW - actionable framework
KW - agroecological transition
KW - concerted ecosystem service management
KW - multistakeholder approach
KW - participatory action research
KW - rural landscapes
KW - territorial management
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U2 - 10.5751/ES-09848-230115
DO - 10.5751/ES-09848-230115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044919042
VL - 23
JO - Ecology and Society
JF - Ecology and Society
IS - 1
M1 - 15
ER -