Dual Governance and the Shadow of State Authority: Co-Management Realities in Rema-Kalenga Protected Area of Bangladesh

IF 1.2 4区 农林科学 Q3 FORESTRY
S. Subroto, Conny Davidsen, A. Rashid, M. Cuadra
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Forest co-management models between local communities and the state have gained considerable attention over the past two decades to reconcile ecological conservation with sustainable livelihoods of local communities. Grounded in an exploratory qualitative methodological focus, this study examines how forest co-management realities have fared vis-à-vis continued asymmetrical power relationships between communities and the state in Bangladesh’s top-down forest governance system, specifically de facto forest governance structures in the case of Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary and its larger landscape zone. Rema-Kalenga’s regional forest actors have been struggling to develop a shared understanding regarding the goals and distribution of power in protected area co-management. The study points toward two developments: First, a low realized level of devolution as Rema-Kalenga’s co-management institutions operate as mere unpaid “helpers” under the shadow of the state’s centralized top-down governance in the Wildlife Sanctuary. Second, this study found signs of emerging dual governance in which local co-management institutions have created their own spaces of engagement and de facto influence in the larger Rema-Kalenga landscape zone, while significantly lacking active involvement in the core zone. Connections between these two spheres are sporadic, hampering ecosystem-approaches in Rema-Kalenga, and questioning the cohesiveness of co-management purposes in the studied area.
双重治理与国家权力的阴影:孟加拉国雷马-卡伦加保护区的共同管理现实
摘要在过去的二十年里,地方社区和国家之间的森林共同管理模式得到了相当大的关注,以协调生态保护和地方社区的可持续生计。本研究以探索性的定性方法论为重点,考察了在孟加拉国自上而下的森林治理体系中,社区和国家之间持续存在的不对称权力关系,特别是雷马卡伦加野生动物保护区及其更大景观区的事实上的森林治理结构,对森林共同管理现实的影响。Rema Kalenga的区域森林行为者一直在努力就保护区共同管理的目标和权力分配达成共识。该研究指出了两个方面的发展:首先,由于Rema Kalenga的共同管理机构在国家自上而下的野生动物保护区集中治理的阴影下,只是无偿的“帮手”,权力下放的实现水平很低。其次,这项研究发现了新出现的双重治理的迹象,即地方共同管理机构在更大的Rema Kalenga景观区创造了自己的参与空间和事实上的影响力,而在核心区明显缺乏积极参与。这两个领域之间的联系是零星的,阻碍了Rema Kalenga的生态系统方法,并质疑了研究区域共同管理目的的凝聚力。
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Journal of Sustainable Forestry
Journal of Sustainable Forestry Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
CiteScore
3.90
自引率
12.50%
发文量
42
期刊介绍: Journal of Sustainable Forestry publishes peer-reviewed, original research on forest science. While the emphasis is on sustainable use of forest products and services, the journal covers a wide range of topics from the underlying biology and ecology of forests to the social, economic and policy aspects of forestry. Short communications and review papers that provide a clear theoretical, conceptual or methodological contribution to the existing literature are also included in the journal. Common topics covered in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry include: • Ecology, management, recreation, restoration and silvicultural systems of all forest types, including urban forests • All aspects of forest biology, including ecophysiology, entomology, pathology, genetics, tree breeding, and biotechnology • Wood properties, forest biomass, bioenergy, and carbon sequestration • Simulation modeling, inventory, quantitative methods, and remote sensing • Environmental pollution, fire and climate change impacts, and adaptation and mitigation in forests • Forest engineering, economics, human dimensions, natural resource policy, and planning Journal of Sustainable Forestry provides an international forum for dialogue between research scientists, forest managers, economists and policy and decision makers who share the common vision of the sustainable use of natural resources.
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