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Forest and Nature Governance

A Practice Based Approach

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Editors:
  1. Bas Arts

    1. Research Centre, Chairgroup Forest & Nature, Wageningen University &, Wageningen, Netherlands

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  2. Jelle Behagel

    1. , Forest & Nature Cons. Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

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  3. Séverine van Bommel

    1. , Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

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  4. Jessica Koning

    1. , Forest & Nature Con. Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

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  5. Esther Turnhout

    1. , Forest & Nature Con. Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

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  • An innovative and new approach to forest and nature governance, as it is the first time a forest and nature governance book builds upon ‘practice theory’
  • Unique set of in-depth case studies on forest and nature governance around the globe (North to South) and at different spatial levels (local to global) A must read for both practitioners and academics that combines ‘real’ stories with theoretical discussions
  • A contribution to life sciences in general through a very specific field of inquiry: forest and nature governance
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Forests (WFSE, volume 14)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Prelude to Practice: Introducing a Practice Based Approach to Forest and Nature Governance

      • Bas Arts, Jelle Behagel, Séverine van Bommel, Jessica de Koning, Esther Turnhout
      Pages 3-21

    3. From Practical Science to a Practice Based Approach: A Short History of Forest Policy Studies

      • K. Freerk Wiersum, Bas Arts, Jim van Laar
      Pages 23-46

  3. Rethinking Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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  4. Rethinking institutions

    1. Bricolage Practices in Local Forestry

      • Jessica de Koning, Charlotte Benneker
      Pages 49-67

    2. What Institutions Do: Grasping Participatory Practices in the Water Framework Directive

      • Jelle Behagel, Sonja van der Arend
      Pages 69-88

    3. Invited Spaces and Informal Practices in Participatory Community Forest Management in India

      • Sailaja Nandigama
      Pages 89-107

  5. The Global-Local Nexus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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  6. The global-local nexus

    1. Global Forest Governance: Multiple Practices of Policy Performance

      • Bas Arts, Innocent Babili
      Pages 111-132

    2. The Practice of Interaction Management: Enhancing Synergies Among Multilateral REDD+ Institutions

      • Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers, Patrick Verkooijen
      Pages 133-149

    3. How do Forest Markets Work? Exploring a Practice Perspective

      • Marjanke A. Hoogstra-Klein
      Pages 151-167

  7. Representing Nature?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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  8. Representing nature?

    1. Globalising Biodiversity: Scientific Practices of Scaling and Databasing

      • Susan Boonman-Berson, Esther Turnhout
      Pages 171-191

    2. Where Management Practices and Experiential Practices Meet: Public Support and Conflict in Ecosystem Management

      • Arjen Buijs, Birgit Elands, Ramona van Marwijk
      Pages 193-216

    3. Creating Scientific Narratives: Experiences in Constructing and Interweaving Empirical and Theoretical Plots

      • Séverine van Bommel, Mariëlle van der Zouwen
      Pages 217-239

  9. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. The Promise of Practice: The Value of the Practice Based Approach for Forest and Nature Governance Studies

      • Jelle Behagel, Bas Arts, Séverine van Bommel, Jessica de Koning, Esther Turnhout
      Pages 243-255

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 257-265
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About this book

Today, problems such as deforestation, biodiversity loss and illegal logging have provoked various policy responses that are often referred to as forest and nature governance. In its broadest interpretation, governance is about the many ways in which public and private actors from the state, market and/or civil society govern public issues at multiple scales. This book takes a fresh perspective on the study of forest and nature governance. Departing from ‘practice theory’, and building upon scholars like Giddens, Bourdieu, Reckwitz, Schatzki and Callon, it seeks to move beyond established understandings of institutions, actors, and knowledge. In so doing, it not only presents an innovative conceptual and methodological framework for a practice based approach, but also rich case studies and ethnographies. Finally, this book is about how actors involved in governance talk about and work with trees, forests, biodiversity, wildlife, and so on, while acting upon forest policies, environmental discourses, codes of conduct, or scientific insights.

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“The goal of this book is to convince academic researchers that governance is best studied through practice-based research. … The individual chapters, which cover a wide range of topics, could be read separately by individuals more interested in the particular case studies than in the theory behind the practice-based approach. … The strongest case presented for this approach might be the blend of theory and description in each chapter. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (B. D. Orr, Choice, Vol. 50 (10), June, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Centre, Chairgroup Forest & Nature, Wageningen University &, Wageningen, Netherlands

    Bas Arts

  • , Forest & Nature Cons. Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

    Jelle Behagel

  • , Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

    Séverine van Bommel

  • , Forest & Nature Con. Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

    Jessica Koning, Esther Turnhout

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