Project title Building consensus amongst stakeholders for management of natural resources at the land water interface

Project number

 

R7408

 
Details
  
   
Lead organisation Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
Project period 01/07/1999 to 28/02/2001
Budget (£) 84,000

Project website

NRSP keywords marine protected areas, Buccoo Reef, trade-off analysis, natural resource management, coastal zone, institutional process, participatory research, stakeholders

Country Trinidad and Tobago
Node: suite 2. Efficacy of participation in decision making for reaching the poor, 4. Better information for pro-poor service delivery

Production system Land Water Interface

Theme 2. Efficacy of participation in decision making for reaching the poor, 4. Better information for pro-poor service delivery

Project summary The project identified the opportunities and constraints to the institutionalisation of participatory techniques of natural resource management. It also developed 'trade-off analysis' technqiues to incorporate stakeholder participation, consensus building and benefit sharing in the sustainable management of coastal resources.
   
Description
 
   
Background Although methods to increase participation by different stakeholders in natural resource management have been developed in different contexts, in many cases they are not successfully adopted and institutionalised within the operating procedures of resource management organisations.
This project builds on the work undertaken by an earlier NRSP research project (R6919, ‘Evaluating trade-offs between users of marine protected areas in the Caribbean’). This earlier research developed a participatory decision-support tool, termed ‘trade-off analysis’, which brought together stakeholder analysis, multi-criteria analysis and consensus building techniques.

Purpose This project had two main aims. First, to develop and promote improved resource use strategies in coastal production systems, through an analysis of the institutionalisation of participatory techniques of natural resource management. Secondly, to disseminate techniques to incorporate stakeholder participation and consensus building in decision making and the sharing of benefits of sustainable resource management of coastal resources.

Outputs The opportunities and constraints to the institutionalisation of participatory techniques to marine and coastal resource management within target institutions were identified and assessed.
The applicability and adaptability of ‘trade-off analysis’ to other Land Water Interface and coastal resources in the region were evaluated.
Participatory approaches, conflict resolution and consensus building techniques were disseminated regionally.

Achievements This project built on the achievements of a preceding project (R6919, ‘Evaluating trade-offs between users of marine protected areas in the Caribbean’).
The project successfully welded stakeholder participation, multi-criteria analysis and consensus-building techniques together in ‘Trade-Off Analysis’ and developed a manual, which is a valuable guide for resource managers who may wish to implement ‘trade-off analysis’ techniques for natural resource management.
Trade-off analysis does not have to be applied as an entire package, but elements within it may be appropriate for different resource management situations.
Results from this project, including the ‘trade-off analysis’ manual, have been well disseminated, both regionally and internationally.

Publications
  
Book / Book chapter
Brown, K., Tompkins, E. and Adger, W.N. 2002. Making waves: Integrating coastal development and conservation. London: Earthscan Publications.
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/287 
Journal article
Brown, K. 2002. Innovations in conservation and development.Geographical Journal, 168: 6-17.
 
Tompkins, E., Adger, W.N. and Brown, K. 2001. Institutional networks for inclusive coastal management in Trinidad and Tobago. Environment and Planning A, 34: 1095-1111.
http://www.envplan.com/epa/abstracts/a34/a34213.html 
Brown, K., Adger, W.N., Tompkins, E., Bacon, P., Shim, D. and Young, K. 2001. Trade-off analysis for marine protected area management. Ecological Economics, 37: 417-434.
 
Institutional Report Series
Adger, W.N., Brown, K., Tompkins, E. and Young, K. 1999. The potential role of trade-off analysis in natural resource management in Trinidad and Tobago. Overseas Development Group Working Paper. Norwich: Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia.
 
Adger, W.N., Brown, K. and Tompkins, E. 2000. Trade-off analysis for marine protected areas. CSERGE GEC Working Paper 2000-02. Norwich: Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University of East Anglia.
 
Conference or workshop paper
Tompkins, E., Adger, W.N. and Brown, K. 1999. A hierarchy of institutional pre-conditions for participatory coastal zone decision-making. Paper presented at the Conference of the Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development Study of the Development Studies Association, 'Environmental resources: Conflict, co-operation and governance'. University of Bradford, May 17-19 2000.
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Extension leaflet, brochure, policy brief or poster
Brown, K., Tompkins, E. and Adger, W.N. 2001. Integrated and inclusive coastal zone management. Poster. Norwich: Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia.
 
Manual or guideline
Brown, K., Tompkins, E. and Adger, W.N. 2001. Trade-off analysis for participatory coastal zone decision-making. Norwich: Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/publink/brown/kb01e.shtml 
Final Technical Report (FTR)
Brown, K., Adger, W.N. and Tompkins, E. 2001. Building consensus amongst stakeholders for management of natural resources at the Land Water Interface. Final Technical Report for project R7408. Norwich: Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia.
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Project report
Young, K., Sandy, K., Mukhida, F. and Potts, A.C. 2000. Report on the legislative and regulatory constraints to participatory resource management in Trinidad and Tobago; and a review of management approaches to coastal zone management in the Caribbean region by the THA (Tobago House of Assembly). Annex G of the Final Technical Report of project R7408. Trinidad and Tobago: The Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries, The Division of Agriculture, Land and Marketing, The Tobago House of Assembly
 
     
Project Team
 
Project leader
Katrina  Brown
 Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia
Collaborator
W Neil  Adger
 Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
Peter  Bacon
 Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies
David  Shim
 Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries
     
Organisations
Lead
Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia ODG
Collaborator
Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies UWI
Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries DMRF
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment CSERGE
Funder
Natural Resources Systems Programme NRSP
   
Related Projects
   
Extension of
R6919 Evaluating trade-offs between users in marine protected areas in the Caribbean
Contributes to
PD127 Coastal management research network (COMARENet)
PD117 Participatory methods and processes workshop “NRSP’s strategic experience of participatory methods and processes for the improvement of natural resources management” : 7-8 September 2002, Reading University, Reading, UK
PD104 Common pool resources workshop “Developing management strategies that can benefit the poor” : 2-3 October 2001, University of York, York, UK
PD084 Poverty focus workshop “Improving the poverty focus of NRSP's research on management of natural resources” : 29-30 November 2000, Institute of Arable Crops Research – Rothamsted, UK
Previous to
R8317 Pro-poor policies and institutional arrangements for coastal management in the Caribbean
Reviewed by
R8493 Policy processes and institutions in NRM - lessons from NRSP research