scholarly journals Estimation Of The Value Of Goods And Services Produced By Protected Areas: Case Of The Ndock Sare Community Forest In Senegal

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (43) ◽  
pp. 282
Author(s):  
Mamadou Ndiaye ◽  
Saboury Ndiaye ◽  
Sérigne Modou Sarr ◽  
Malick Diouf
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Existence Value ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Vegetation Surveys ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Ecological Importance

The community forests of Senegal, and particularly those of the Groundnut Basin, play an important role in the lives of rural populations. They are significant sources of supply of various products and services. But despite their economic and ecological importance, community forests have never been the subject of an economic evaluation. This is likely to obscure the decision-making auspices of sustainable management of community forests. This study, based on vegetation surveys and socio-economic surveys, assessed the value of ecosystem goods and services. The results of the analysis showed that the forest has 21 species distributed among 08 families and that this diversity varies from one area to another. With this specific diversity, the basal area is evaluated at 2.64 m2/ha and the cover of 6081.17 m²/ha for a density of 327 individuals per hectare. The forest has a carbon storage capacity evaluated at 15.32 tons. The goods and services of the forest were estimated at 3,391,757 F CFA/year. This value is divided between direct uses estimated at 1,236,575 F CFA/year, indirect uses of 168,495 F CFA/year and an existence value of 1,986,687 F CFA/year. The study also showed that the exploitation of the forest is the most viable management option, as strict conservation imposes a social cost of 370,058 CFA francs per year on the population. In the context of decentralization, these results can serve as a basis for policy dialogue and decision-making processes on the sustainable management of forest resources

scholarly journals Participation in decision-making processes of community development agents: a study from Peru

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina Quiroz-Niño ◽  
Francisco J Blanco-Encomienda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Action Taking ◽  
Development Agents ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

Abstract This article argues that although Civil Social Organizations aspire towards a culture of participatory process-driven governance and management, the reality seems far from this aspiration. A culture of participatory processes is understood in this study as working and decisional engagement practices which are part of internal decision-making and action-taking processes from Community Development Agents (CDAs). This brings an ethical dilemma, as these organizations claim to operate upon principles of participation, solidarity, democracy, social justice, human dignity and decent work. Through this study, 506 Peruvian CDAs offered their own analyses about the factors that foster and/or inhibit their participation in specific organizational managerial and professional developmental areas, such as: systemic planning, organization, sustainable management and empowerment. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies was used to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field of study. Dialogical focus groups were applied, by which CDAs themselves identified and deconstructed the inhibiting and facilitating factors. The study echoes CDAs’ aspiration to engage meaningfully with decision-making and action-taking processes as well as creating the participatory mechanisms and processes themselves. In order to do this, CDAs demand an ethical and democratic competence-based training, to empower them to democratize their organizational structures and to counterbalance their daily power relations and dynamics.

scholarly journals The use of presumptions and duties in sustainable development equations

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ross ◽  
Agne Zasinaite
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Regulatory Regimes

Sustainable development provides a forum for sometimes complementary, but often conflicting, factors to be raised and the best solution found. As new challenges present themselves, they need to fit into our decision making processes. This article examines the use of presumptions and duties in what it refers to as ‘sustainable development equations’. More specifically, it asks whether the regulatory regime for managing change in listed buildings is promoting and delivering the sustainable management of listed buildings. It does so by examining how various presumptions and duties are used and prioritized by the courts, by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and local authorities in their policies on managing change and then in practice, in listed building consent decisions relating to solar panels. The paper concludes presumptions and duties are useful tools for ensuring certain factors are brought into sustainable development equations and given the appropriate status. However, in the context of listed buildings, the current balance is not capable of delivering or encouraging their sustainable management. Presumptions and duties are most useful when expressly part of particular regulatory regimes and where the policy that supports these sustainable development equations is sufficiently detailed to provide both regulators and regulated with reassurance and certainty.

scholarly journals Production of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and diversity of harvesting practices and decision-making processes in northern Thailand’s community forests

2020 ◽  
Vol 343 ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Wuthiwong Wimolsakcharoen ◽  
Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana ◽  
Guy Trébuil
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Oecophylla Smaragdina ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Previous research on community forestry in Thailand has mainly focused on its institutional dimensions. Comprehensive knowledge on the production of non-timber forest products and on harvesting practices and decision-making processes is therefore still limited, particularly in relation to community-based forestry. A survey was performed to estimate the production of non-timber forest products and to characterise the diversity of harvesting practices and decision-making processes in northern Thailand’s community forests. Field investigations were conducted once a month for 12 months in seven community forests in the Lainan sub-district in Nan Province, using a grid-based sampling technique. Production and productivity of the main non-timber forest products were calculated by total fresh weight. In-depth interviews were conducted individually with 231 local harvesters to understand their NTFP harvesting practices and decision-making processes. Young shoots of Melientha suavis, queen broods of Oecophylla smaragdina and edible mushrooms were found to be the three main non-timber forest products collected, with productivity of 2, 12, and 2 kg/ha/year, respectively. Harvesting practices were characterised as applied by (A) landless villagers, (B) small- and medium-sized landholders, (C) larger landholders, and (D) outsiders. Local harvesters displayed different decision-making processes in resource harvesting depending on periods of resource availability, the duration of harvests and the quantities harvested. These quantitative data on resource productivity together with knowledge of harvesting practices and decision-making processes among harvesters will provide input to a participatory resource management process to support exchanges of knowledge among local stakeholders and explore scenarios for appropriate rules of access so as to improve the sustainability of non-timber forest product harvesting.

scholarly journals INTRODUCING THE NEW CONFIGURATION BETWEEN STATE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE MARKET

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Bauwens
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The City

ResumoNos atuais modos de funcionamento do mercado e do Estado, a sociedade civil não tem possibilidade de criar valor a partir de sua visão sobre o que é necessário para sua comunidade. Na lógica do mercado, bens e serviços são produzidos com o objetivo principal de obtenção de lucro e no Estado representativo os cidadãos não têm poder de decisão sobre as políticas públicas necessárias para suas cidades. Este artigo introduz a ideia do comum, que situa a noção de valor na criação colaborativa visando a resultados voltados para o coletivo. Em seguida, é apresentada a idéia de inteligência coletiva - aquela universalmente distribuída entre os seres humanos e que permite a criação de soluções inteligentes para problemas complexos; o documento sugere que o exercício dos valores do comum aprimora a inteligência coletiva. A partir das características da produção e governança peer, o artigo indica como cidades no mundo vêm sendo transformadas. Finalmente, a iniciativa Rio+ é apresentada como um modelo colaborativo que permite que a sociedade civil carioca proponha soluções para sua cidade. AbstractWithin the current working modes of the market and the State, civil society does not have the possibility to create value based on its own vision of what is needed for its communities . In the logic of the market, goods and services are produced with the ultimate goal of profit-making and, within the representative State, citizens do not take part in the decision-making processes that define the necessary public policies for their cities. This article presents the vision of the commons, that places the notion of wealthiness in what is created collaboratively and is aimed towards collective-oriented results. The document introduces the idea of the collective intelligence, which is universally distributed among human beings and which allows the creation of intelligent solutions to complex problems; the paper suggests that the exercise of the values of the commons enhances the collective intelligence. Through the characteristics of peer production and peer governance the article indicates how cities in the world are being transformed. Finally, the Rio+ initiative is presented as a collaborative model that allows civil society in Rio de Janeiro to create solutions for the city.

scholarly journals Group Decision-Making Support for Sustainable Governance of Algal Bloom in Urban Lakes

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Yang ◽  
Yuting Bai ◽  
Xiaoyi Wang ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Xuebo Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Algal Bloom ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Urban Lakes ◽  
Quantitative Calculation ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Decision Making Support

Algal bloom is a typical pollution of urban lakes, which threatens drinking safety and breaks the urban landscape. It is pivotal to select a reasonable governance approach for sustainable management. A decision-making support method was studied in this paper. First, a general framework was designed to organize the rational decision-making processes. Second, quantitative calculation methods were proposed, including expert selection and opinion integration. The methods can determine the vital decision elements objectively and automatically. Third, the method was applied in Yuyuantan Lake in Beijing, China. The monitoring information and decision-making process are presented and the rank of governance alternatives is given. The comparison and discussion show that the group decision-making method is feasible and effective. It can assist the sustainable management of algal bloom.

Implementing Existing Tools: Turning Words Into Actions – Decision-Making Processes of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs)

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted McDorman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Migratory Fish ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

AbstractThis paper deals with decision-making processes within those regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) with the capacity to adopt management measures respecting either straddling or highly migratory fish stocks. The perception is that the decisions emanating from RFMOs are not achieving the goal of sustainable management of the fish stocks. Concerns raised in this regard are the perceived: non-adherence of RFMO decisions to science; lack of timeliness in making decisions; ability of RFMO members to avoid certain decisions; and adoption of management decisions that are not sufficiently rigorous. This contribution does not seek to evaluate the validity of the perception, rather it explores the manner in which RFMO conventions (the constitutive texts of RFMOs) deal with the decision-making process by looking at the trends within RFMOs, the challenges that exist and suggests ways to meet the challenges.

scholarly journals Improving Regional Fisheries Management Organisation Decision-Making: New Hope in the South Pacific?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Guy Finny
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Illegal Fishing ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Management Organisation ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

<p>Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) play a key role in promoting the sustainable management of high seas fisheries. However, many RFMOs are not succeeding in this task. Whilst overexploited fish stocks can be blamed on illegal fishing and on States reluctant to implement robust conservation and management decisions, fault can also be found in the design of RFMO decision-making processes, specifically the use of consensus-based decision-making and objection procedures. This paper evaluates whether a new RFMO, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, and its ‘cutting edge’ decision-making procedure, can act as a model for more effective RFMO decision-making.</p>

scholarly journals Improving Regional Fisheries Management Organisation Decision-Making: New Hope in the South Pacific?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Guy Finny
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Illegal Fishing ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Management Organisation ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management

<p>Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) play a key role in promoting the sustainable management of high seas fisheries. However, many RFMOs are not succeeding in this task. Whilst overexploited fish stocks can be blamed on illegal fishing and on States reluctant to implement robust conservation and management decisions, fault can also be found in the design of RFMO decision-making processes, specifically the use of consensus-based decision-making and objection procedures. This paper evaluates whether a new RFMO, the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation, and its ‘cutting edge’ decision-making procedure, can act as a model for more effective RFMO decision-making.</p>

scholarly journals A CONSTRUÇÃO DO COMUM ATRAVÉS DA PRODUÇÃO PEER

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Janice Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Peer Production ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The City

ResumoNos atuais modos de funcionamento do mercado e do Estado, a sociedade civil não tem possibilidade de criar valor a partir de sua visão sobre o que é necessário para sua comunidade. Na lógica do mercado, bens e serviços são produzidos com o objetivo principal de obtenção de lucro e no Estado representativo os cidadãos não têm poder de decisão sobre as políticas públicas necessárias para suas cidades. Este artigo introduz a ideia do comum, que situa a noção de valor na criação colaborativa visando a resultados voltados para o coletivo. Em seguida, é apresentada a idéia de inteligência coletiva - aquela universalmente distribuída entre os seres humanos e que permite a criação de soluções inteligentes para problemas complexos; o documento sugere que o exercício dos valores do comum aprimora a inteligência coletiva. A partir das características da produção e governança peer, o artigo indica como cidades no mundo vêm sendo transformadas. Finalmente, a iniciativa Rio+ é apresentada como um modelo colaborativo que permite que a sociedade civil carioca proponha soluções para sua cidade.  AbstractWithin the current working modes of the market and the State, civil society does not have the possibility to create value based on its own vision of what is needed for its communities . In the logic of the market, goods and services are produced with the ultimate goal of profit-making and, within the representative State, citizens do not take part in the decision-making processes that define the necessary public policies for their cities. This article presents the vision of the commons, that places the notion of wealthiness in what is created collaboratively and is aimed towards collective-oriented results. The document introduces the idea of the collective intelligence, which is universally distributed among human beings and which allows the creation of intelligent solutions to complex problems; the paper suggests that the exercise of the values of the commons enhances the collective intelligence. Through the characteristics of peer production and peer governance the article indicates how cities in the world are being transformed. Finally, the Rio+ initiative is presented as a collaborative model that allows civil society in Rio de Janeiro to create solutions for the city.

Cognitive Processing of Miscommunication in Interactive Listening: An Evaluation of Listener Indecision and Cognitive Effort

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Roche ◽  
Arkady Zgonnikov ◽  
Laura M. Morett
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Mouse Tracking ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Computer Mouse Tracking ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
Processing Effort

Purpose The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the social and cognitive underpinnings of miscommunication during an interactive listening task. Method An eye and computer mouse–tracking visual-world paradigm was used to investigate how a listener's cognitive effort (local and global) and decision-making processes were affected by a speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication. Results Experiments 1 and 2 found that an environmental cue that made a miscommunication more or less salient impacted listener language processing effort (eye-tracking). Experiment 2 also indicated that listeners may develop different processing heuristics dependent upon the speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication, exerting a significant impact on cognition and decision making. We also found that perspective-taking effort and decision-making complexity metrics (computer mouse tracking) predict language processing effort, indicating that instances of miscommunication produced cognitive consequences of indecision, thinking, and cognitive pull. Conclusion Together, these results indicate that listeners behave both reciprocally and adaptively when miscommunications occur, but the way they respond is largely dependent upon the type of ambiguity and how often it is produced by the speaker.

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