How do environmental governance processes shape evaluation of outcomes by stakeholders? A causal pathways approach.

ABSTRACT: Multi-stakeholder environmental management and governance processes are essential to realize social and ecological outcomes. Participation, collaboration, and learning are emphasized in these processes; to gain insights into how they influence stakeholders' evaluations of outcomes in relation to management and governance interventions we use a path analysis approach to examine their relationships in individuals in four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. We confirm a model showing that participation in more activities leads to greater ratings of process, and in turn, better evaluations of outcomes. We show the effects of participation in activities on evaluation of outcomes appear to be driven by learning more than collaboration. Original insights are offered as to how the evaluations of outcomes b

SUBMITTER: Plummer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5612751 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature