Sustainable natural resource use and management make novel demands on governance arrangements, the design of which requires normative guidance. Although governance principles have been developed for diverse contexts, their availability for sustainable natural resource governance is so far limited. In response, we present a suite of governance principles for natural resource governance that, while developed in an Australian multilevel context, has general applicability and significance at local, subnational, and national scales. The principles can be used to direct the design of governance institutions that are legitimate, transparent, accountable, inclusive, and fair and that also exhibit functional and structural integration, capability, and adaptability. Together, they can also serve as a platform for developing governance monitoring and evaluation instruments, crucial for both self-assessment and external audit purposes.

Governance Principles for Natural Resource Management

El Informe Planeta Protegido es una nueva iniciativa que sigue el progreso global hacia la Meta 11 de la Convencion sobre los objetivos ( CDB ) de Aichi de Diversidad Biologica . El logro de este objetivo ambicioso , que exige al menos el 17 % de las areas terrestres del mundo y el 10% de las zonas marinas que ser equitativamente manejar y conservar el ano 2020 , requerira asociaciones solidas y eficaces : este informe es un excelente ejemplo . Los Protegidos Informe Planeta 2012 revisa el progreso hacia los elementos clave de la Meta 11 ( Tabla 1.1 ) y resume el estado y las tendencias de la proteccion de la biodiversidad global para los tomadores de decisiones y la comunidad de conservacion . Es el primero de una serie que se produce cada dos anos por lo menos hasta 2020 para evaluar el progreso hacia las metas internacionales de areas protegidas . Con el fin de destacar las tendencias a traves del tiempo , este informe se basa en una serie de indicadores que cubran al menos el periodo 1990-2010 , un plazo que se extendera en ediciones futuras .

Protected Planet Report 2014: Tracking progress towards global targets for protected areas

As government funding is reduced and tourism-based fees are increasingly used to fund protected area operations, two options are often used for management: transfer of tourism services to the private sector or operation of tourism services by a government agency that functions like a corporation. This paper reports stakeholders’ views concerning governance for two prominent, but different, management models for protected areas’ tourism services in Canada. British Columbia Provincial Parks uses profit-making companies to deliver park services; Ontario Provincial Parks uses the parastatal approach, where park staff members provide most services directly. Surveys of five key stakeholder groups (park staff, visitors, contractors working in park, nearby residents and NGOs with an interest in parks) provided higher rankings of perceptions of governance criteria closer to good governance for the Ontario approach, with important differences found between some groups and amongst some criteria in both park systems. This research suggests that the parastatal model is perceived as superior by important stakeholder groups, using the lens of standard governance criteria, compared to the outsourcing model that uses profit-making companies to provide park tourism services. This finding has implications globally where governments seek to shift park funding from government towards tourism fees and charges.

Good governance in protected areas: an evaluation of stakeholders'

As government funding is reduced and tourism-based fees are increasingly used to fund protected area operations, two options are often used for management: transfer of tourism services to the private sector or operation of tourism services by a government agency that functions like a corporation. This paper reports stakeholders’ views concerning governance for two prominent, but different, management models for protected areas’ tourism services in Canada. British Columbia Provincial Parks uses profit-making companies to deliver park services; Ontario Provincial Parks uses the parastatal approach, where park staff members provide most services directly. Surveys of five key stakeholder groups (park staff, visitors, contractors working in park, nearby residents and NGOs with an interest in parks) provided higher rankings of perceptions of governance criteria closer to good governance for the Ontario approach, with important differences found between some groups and amongst some criteria in both park systems....

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Good governance in protected areas: an evaluation of stakeholders’ perceptions in British Columbia and Ontario Provincial Parks

Towards harmonious conservation relationships: A framework for understanding protected area staff-local community relationships in developing countries

Governance includes the state, but transcends it by
taking in the private sector and civil society All
three are critical for sustaining human development
The state creates a conducive political and legal
environment The private sector generates jobs and
income And civil society facilitates political and
social interaction – mobilizing groups to participate
in economic, social and political activities Because
each has weaknesses and strengths, a major objective
of our support for good governance is to promote
constructive interaction among all three

Diane Pansky

Papers

Governance of Protected Areas