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McGlade, J.M. (1993) "Governance of fisheries
and aquaculture", Final report, contract FAR MA 3. 757, DGXIV European
Union.
I.4.5 Analytical Framework
To be able to assess the effectivemess of the existing governance of a
system involving common pool resources we have developed a set of
decision-making tools. The first component involves the use of the general
framework given below to describe the system of concern. It is designed to
document and help understand the types of fisheries resources management and
indigenous knowledge of natural resources that exist in each area
[5],[56].
Because, whether formally endorsed by government or not, whether easily
observable or not, most communities have some form of resource management.
This framework is based on a series of questions and analyses designed to
examine the relative importance of biophysical complexity and socio-cultural
and institutional structures in governance.
The three aspects of the problem are: how is successful governance achieved
and measured?, how complex are the issues?, and what tools are available for
dealing with the issue?
Governance objectives
Conflict resolution
- Identification of conflicts (parties, issues etc.) {use media,
clear statement of issues}
- Type, intensity, frequency and duration of conflicts
- Types of share groups within which communicative action {LINK}
takes place
- Impact of different sectors on each other (recreational,
transport, development, fishing, aquaculture etc.)
- Property and usufructory {defn?} rights eg. impacts of fish
farming on capture fisheries
Conservation
- Environmental productivity {fishing, farming, tourism, hidden
processes eg. ozone}
- Risk of environmental collapse due to external and internal
processes
- Effects of human population on environmental quality,
exploitation and sustainable development
- Human health hazards (water quality, contamination, etc)
{potential of risk}
Economic and social well-being
- Increasing intrinsic environmental value {?empty utility
function}
- Rationalisation of industrial development {LINK - Rational
Choice Thoery}
- Increasing and sustaining resource yields and income
- Equity in employment opportunities, multipliers and income
distribution
- Failures in the market
- Conflicting time horizons and discount rates
- Significance of administrative mechanisms
- Macro-economic and sectorial impacts on environment managements
{global economic}
- Community and family stability
- Cultural cohesiveness - ability of cultural and ethnic groups to
with stand stress
- Housing, nutrition standards and vital statistics {nutrient
sources}
- Population structures - ability to retain young people
- Education standards
Links:
Created 27/9/98
Modified 5/2/99