Are landscape approaches possible under authoritarianism? multi-stakeholder governance and social transformation in Myanmar

cg.coverage.countryMyanmar
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MM
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.07.010en
cg.identifier.wlethemeVariability, Risks and Competing Uses
cg.issn1462-9011en
cg.issue2021en
cg.journalEnvironmental science and policyen
cg.subject.wleLAND MANAGEMENTen
cg.volume124en
dc.contributor.authorForsyth,T.en
dc.contributor.authorSpringate-Baginski, O.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-30T11:25:28Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-30T11:25:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/121011
dc.titleAre landscape approaches possible under authoritarianism? multi-stakeholder governance and social transformation in Myanmaren
dcterms.abstractLandscape Approaches have been proposed as a transferable model of multi-stakeholder governance, yet assume conditions of ideal speech, trust, and transparency that seem untransferable to authoritarian regimes. This paper argues that building Landscape Approaches under authoritarian conditions cannot be based on a governance deficit model of awaiting idealized political conditions, but instead needs to pay attention to how local social and political structures influence what is deliberated, and by whom. The paper presents evidence from a multi stakeholder environmental intervention around Lake Indawgyi in Kachin State, Myanmar, to draw lessons for transferring Landscapes Approaches under conditions of political authoritarianism, sporadic violent conflict, and rapid socio-economic change. Using information gathered from village surveys and interviews with policy makers, the paper analyzes how multifunctionality, stakeholder engagement, and deliberation are achieved, and with whose influence. The paper argues that common principles of Landscapes Approaches need to acknowledge more how state-led agendas can influence agendas and participation in conservation; but also how the composition and interests of stakeholders are not fixed under socio-economic transformation. Focusing on local and contextual drivers of environmental change and political inequality are more useful for transferring Land scape Approaches to authoritarian regimes than adhering to optimistic principles, or testing associations between variables without reference to context. Indeed, the latter risks depoliticizing conflictual processes, and implicitly endorsing political inequalities. The 2021 military coup in Myanmar has added to these inequalities.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationForsyth, T.; Springate-Baginski, O. 2021. Are landscape approaches possible under authoritarianism? multi-stakeholder governance and social transformation in Myanmar. Environmental science and policy. pp:124(2021)359-369en
dcterms.extentp. 359-369en
dcterms.issued2021-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectlandscape approachesen
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen
dcterms.subjecttransformationen
dcterms.subjectlandscapeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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