Contextual factors for transnational municipal network's local environmental action: a study of ICLEI Africa's LAB Wetlands SA Programme

IF 2.4 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Local Environment Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI:10.1080/13549839.2022.2045479

K. Rochell, Linjun Xie, Ryan Fisher, K. Griffin

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Abstract

ABSTRACT While the existence and significance of transnational municipal networks (TMNs) in the realm of environmental governance have been well documented, the implementation and impacts of their local programmes, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, remain underexplored. This paper contributes to addressing this gap of knowledge by examining what obstructs or facilitates TMNs’ local actions and the extent to which they can catalyse wider transformative impacts on local environmental governance. We focus on an urban wetlands programme implemented by ICLEI Africa from 2015 to 2018 in 9 district and 2 metropolitan municipalities in South Africa – the Local Action for Biodiversity: Wetlands SA (LAB Wetlands SA) Programme. From an insider perspective, this paper reviews the implementation of the LAB Wetlands SA Programme in three locations, namely the Overberg, iLembe, and Frances Baard District Municipalities of South Africa. Based on comparative analysis, the paper identifies three key influential factors – political buy-in, policy champions and institutional capacity – that interact in combination to affect the practices of the LAB Wetlands SA Programme. These three factors are closely interlinked and strongly depend on the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of local context. In advancing local environmental actions and promoting transformative environmental governance, the design and practices of TMNs’ local programmes and projects must be informed by, tailored to, and able to adapt to the local context.

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跨国城市网络的地方环境行动的背景因素:ICLEI非洲实验室湿地SA计划的研究

虽然跨国城市网络(TMNs)在环境治理领域的存在和意义已经得到了很好的证明，但其地方方案的实施和影响，特别是在撒哈拉以南非洲，仍未得到充分探讨。本文通过研究是什么阻碍或促进了TMNs在当地的行动，以及它们在多大程度上可以催化对当地环境治理产生更广泛的变革性影响，有助于解决这一知识缺口。我们关注的是2015年至2018年由ICLEI非洲在南非9个地区和2个大都市实施的城市湿地计划——生物多样性地方行动:湿地SA (LAB wetlands SA)计划。本文从内部人士的角度回顾了实验室湿地SA计划在三个地点的实施情况，即南非的Overberg、iLembe和Frances Baard区市政当局。在比较分析的基础上，该论文确定了三个关键的影响因素——政治支持、政策倡导者和机构能力——它们相互作用，共同影响了LAB湿地SA项目的实践。这三个因素密切相关，并强烈依赖于当地环境的社会、经济、政治和文化方面。在推进地方环境行动和促进变革型环境治理的过程中，tmn的地方计划和项目的设计和实践必须了解当地情况，根据当地情况量身定制，并能够适应当地情况。

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Local Environment Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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