This research has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant

agreement No. 211392

WP9 update and detailed planning of remaining tasks and persons

responsible

Geoff Gooch, Alistair Rieu-Clarke, Andrew Allan & Armelle Guignier

3rd Consortium Meeting, India Jan 2011

Milestones9.1 Initial governance report9.2 Case-study analysis9.3 Recommendations

WP9 Update

M9.1 Initial Governance Report• Aims and objectives:– Defining concepts – Mapping of international, regional and national

legal, policy and institutional framework• Report available on the LiveDiverse public

website (under Publications)

M9.2 Case study Analysis– Describing the existing governance system of the case-study

area– Identifying and analysing the factors influencing their

implementation (rule quality and actor networks)• Rule quality

– Coherence (law and policy framework(s))– Determinacy (degree of commitment)

• Actor networks– How does the relationship between actors affect implementation

– Proposing strategies to overcome barriers to implementation

• Methodology– Desktop research on the legal and policy framework

pertaining to biodiversity and livelihood– Mapping of institutions and actors – actor network theory– Interviews with experts knowledgeable in the area of law

and policy implementation• Current status – Data gathering complete (desktop & fieldtrips) – Conducting case study analysis

• Research question: – To what extent does the existing law and policy architecture support biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods in the Mutale

river basin?– Specific focus on the interplay between three different governance regimes: Makuya Park, Lake Fundudzi & Vhembe (UNESCO)

Biosphere Reserve Park, a provincial nature reserve connected to the Kruger National Park; Lake Fundudzi, a sacred site, and the UNESCO Vhembe Biosphere Reserve

• Key activities to date– Desktop research, interviews with experts completed– Report underway

• Key findings to date– Well developed law & policy framework but needs effective implementation– Legal status of protected areas – Fragmentation between different legal frameworks for conservation (environmental & cultural)

• Lake Fundudzi• Makuya (plus Kruger/ GLTFP)• UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

– Traditional version formal (new wave of policy) • CBNRM/ Conservation/ Tourism vis-à-vis Traditional governance model

– Development (economic/ short-term), e.g., Mining vis-à-vis Conservation• Next steps?

– Complete report and circulate among experts & look to publications

South Africa Case Study

• Research question: – To what extent the current law and policy architecture supports both biodiversity conservation and sustainable

livelihoods in the Térraba-Sierpe River Basin?• Key activities to date

– Desktop researches completed, interviews with experts done• Key findings to date:

– A fully-fledged legal and policy framework encompassing all areas of regulations of interest of the case-study area, BUT

– Many factors influencing its implementation:• Lack of consistency between environmental priorities and other sectors (latest example: the international

airport in the case-study area)• Lack of holistic legal framework• Lack of implementation of judicial decisions• Confusion over the different institutions in charge of land use planning and access to natural resources• Shortcomings of the structure and process of the environmental impact assessment (consequences with

respect to El Diquís hydropower dam project)– Strategies?

• Potential and conditions for an Integrated River Basin and Coastal Management• Next steps:

– Complete report and circulate among experts & look to publications

Costa Rica Case Study

• Key activities to date– Desktop research, interviews with experts completed– Report underway

• Key findings to date– Lack of resources to implement obligations– Institutional fragmentation, capacity limitation and red tape– Transparency– Conflicting subsidies – Policy implementation

• Next steps?- Complete report and circulate among experts & look to publications

India Case Study

• Research question: – To what extent the current law and policy architecture supports both biodiversity conservation and sustainable

livelihoods in the Ba Be and Na Hang nature complex?• Key activities to date

– Desktop research completed, interviews with experts done– Report underway

• Key findings to date:– A renovated legal and policy framework and its potential benefit for both biodiversity conservation and livelihoods’

improvements ( new law on biodiversity, new decree on payment for forest services (buzz word or real impact?))– Need for more consistency in the implementation process– A political will to reach international protection/recognition for the case-study area but what will be the

consequences on the national and local level in terms of rights and obligations

• Next steps?• Complete report and circulate among experts & look to publications

Vietnam Case Study

• Completion of M9.2– Draft reports should be completed by end of

Month 25– Draft reports to be circulated for review among

case-study partners and national experts– Reports to be circulated during the 3rd/ 4th round of

stakeholders meetings

WP9 Future Activities

– Objectives: formulation of recommendations for new policies and policy combinations for sustainable livelihoods and diversity that take into account existing and potential institutional interactions in the formulation and implementation of the policy process

– Should combine work of all workpackages– Due Month 33

Milestone 9.3 & Deliverable 9.1

Dissemination plans

Edited book• Governing protected areas in developing countries: an analysis of barriers to implementation in Costa

Rica, India, South Africa and Vietnam Peer-review journal papers • Dams and process• Environmental law and religion/spirituality ad local knowledge• Forests management/conservation by local communities in the context of protected areas• Implementing payments for ecosystem services through law• Indigenous rights/ minorities rights and biodiversity conservation• Mining vs. Biodiversity Conservation: Can law reconcile competing interests? • Participating in protected area governance – how to get from commitment to compliance• The protection of aquatic sacred and cultural sites – an analysis of Lake Fundudzi & Ba Be Lake• The role of MEAs in protecting local biodiversity – an analysis of Ba Be Lake (Vietnam), and Terraba-

Sierpe (Costa Rica)• The Law on Biodiversity in Vietnam

Publication plans (need to prioritise!)

Planned (description of

work)

Actual (18 months)

Months 18-23 Remaining (not taking into

account period between 18-23

months)1. LiU 12 6 ? 6

2. NIAPP 9 4.50 ? 4.50

3. SOPPECOM 9 4.50 ? 4.50

4. CSIR 4 3.30 ? 0.70

5. FUNDAUNA 6 5 ? 1

6. IVM 6 3.20 ? 2.80

7. UnivDundee 6 4 ? 2

Who does what?Remaining Person-months for WP9

Who does what?

• Case study partners– Support to complete M9.2– Collaborate to complete D9.3

• All partners– Collaborate on publications (ed. Book, peer-review

journals, etc).

This research has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant

agreement No. 211392

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