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Beyond the usual suspects? The role of expert knowledge in sustainability indicator development for Scotland's upland estates [Jayne Glass]
1. Beyond the usual suspects?
The role of expert knowledge in sustainability
indicator development for Scotland’s upland estates
Jayne Glass1, Alister Scott2 and Martin Price1
1 Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College UHI Millennium Institute
2 Birmingham City University
Global Change and the World’s Moutains Conference
Wednesday 29th September 2010
Knowledge systems and mountain sustainability concerns
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2. Outline
• Research context
• Methodology
• A toolkit for sustainable
upland estate management
• Using the toolkit
• Reflections
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3. Research context I
Upland estate
management in Scotland
• Diverse models (Warren 2009)
• Uncertain futures (Reed et al. 2009)
• Uncertainty about
sustainability ‘on the ground’
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4. Research context II
• Conflicts between sustainability
principles present a stumbling
block (Jordan 2008)
Sustainable
upland
management • ‘Learning from doing’ (Berkes 2009;
Ioris et al. 2008)
• Integrating approaches and
interests (Bonn et al. 2009)
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5. Research context III
• ‘Top-down’ vs. ‘bottom-up’
approaches (Reed et al. 2006)
Sustainability
indicators for • Local experience and values of
natural relevant stakeholders (Holden 2008)
resource
management
• ‘Governance thinking’ (Rist et al.2007)
• Wider range of actors (Holman 2009)
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6. Methodology I
Land managers Landowners Moorland Forum RSPB
NTS
Estate
management NGOs & other
interest groups JMT
professionals
Land Agents Southern Uplands Partnership
Scottish
CNPA Government
LINK Panel Government
Representative agencies & DCS
bodies other bodies
SRPBA
Sustainable Development
RICS
SAC Commission
Academics &
International consultants
Consultants
Relu programme
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7. Methodology II
Round One:
Establishing a context for
sustainability Compiling and feeding back
ideas
Round Two:
Discussing practical
management strategies Developing first draft
Round Three:
Reflecting on the first draft
Developing second draft
Round Four:
Reflecting on the second
Redrafting and piloting the
draft
toolkit
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9. Sustainability classes
Creativity Positive impacts Maintaining a status quo
Innovation Sound science A short-term view
Novel approaches A long-term view Unwilling to collaborate
Leadership Willing to collaborate Not responding to change
Pre-empting change Adapting to change Managing for personal
preference
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11. Adapting
Adapting
Broadening Ecosystem Linking into
Thinking
beyond the
management management
options thinking social fabric
estate
Economic Improved quality of Environmentally and
Long-term
planning
Long-term
resilience and
A biodiverse
environment
life and socially responsible
financial viability representation business(es)
►Developing and
planning
► Developing long- ► Maintaining and ► Playing a role in ► Reducing carbon-
implementing long-
term management
►Developing and
term income streams
to cope with shocks
enhancing
environments for
delivering community
aspirations
focussed impacts of
estate activities
implementing long-
plans for all aspects of priority habitats and ► InvolvingProactive ► Supporting local
estate management species communities in estate trades, suppliers and
term management ► Restoring key decision-making and markets
plans for all aspects of habitats management
estate management
Customer-led Well-maintained ImprovedActive External
Risk management and enhanced livelihood collaboration and
approach
ecosystem services opportunities dialogue
► Adapting Risk
► Adding value to ► Maximising the ► Facilitating
Under- ► Involvement in
management on the
basis of sound
estate products and
management
services
carbon storage
potential of the estate
!
employment and
active
people development
planning and delivery
beyond the estate
knowledge and ► Maintaining and opportunities scale
understanding ► Adapting enhancing catchments ► Sharing knowledge
to good ecological and learning from
management on the condition others
basis of sound ► Conserving and
protecting landscapes
knowledge and and upland cultural
heritage
understanding 11
12. Using the toolkit
• Management plans and other
documentation
• In-depth interview with estate
representative
• Triangulating data
• Feeding back
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13. Reflections
• Creating a deliberative space for
reflection and learning
• A qualitative tool that facilitates
monitoring and learning
•Building on sustainability
perceptions
• Active role of the researcher in
stimulating knowledge generation
for sustainability
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14. Thank you
References
Berkes, F., 2009. Evolution of co-management: Role of knowledge generation, bridging
organizations and social learning. Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 1692-1702.
Holman, N., 2009. Incorporating local sustainability indicators into structures of local governance:
a review of the literature. Local Environment, 14 (4), 365-375.
Ioris, A.A.R., Hunter, C. and Walker, S., 2008. The development and application of water
management sustainability indicators in Brazil and Scotland. Journal of Environmental
Management, 88 (4), 1190-1201.
Jordan, A., 2008. The governance of sustainable development: taking stock and looking forwards.
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26, 17-33.
Reed, M.S. et al., 2006. An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability
indicators with local communities. Ecological Economics, 59(4), 406-418.
Reed, M.S., et al., 2009. The future of the uplands. Land Use Policy, 26S, S204-S216.
Warren, C., 2009. Managing Scotland’s Environment. Second edition. Edinburgh University Press,
Edinburgh.
For more information about the research,
please contact: jayne.glass@perth.uhi.ac.uk
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