Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.
Environ Manage. 2018 Jul;62(1):118-127. doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1048-z. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
Landscape approaches have become prominent in efforts to address issues of conservation and development through bringing together different actors and sectors, to reconcile diverse land uses, and promote synergies. Some have suggested that integrated landscape management approaches are consistent with the goals of REDD+ and offer a strategy to address multiple goals of climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, maintenance of ecosystem services, and socio-economic development. Institutional or governance arrangements have been shown to be a critical component in influencing outcomes in landscapes. Using diverse methodologies, this study investigated the capacity of institutions to support the planning, implementation, and resource mobilization needed to integrate climate change mitigation, conservation, and livelihood goals in a forest mosaic landscape in East Cameroon. Results showed that diverse institutions are present in the landscape, including institutions of relevant government agencies, local government, local non-government, the private sector, and hybrid institutions of conservation, development and research institutions. However, the overall institutional capacity for integrated landscape planning and management in the study area is limited, although some institutions exhibit increased capacity in some areas over others. Multiple strategies can be employed to build the necessary human, financial, and leadership capacity, and facilitate the institutional planning and coordination that is foundational to multi-stakeholder landscape governance. Given the complexity of integrating climate change mitigation, conservation and livelihood goals in a landscape, building such institutional capacity is a long term endeavour that requires sustained effort and ongoing financial, technical and human resource support.
景观方法在通过汇集不同的行动者和部门，协调不同的土地利用，促进协同作用，来解决保护和发展问题方面变得尤为突出。有人认为，综合景观管理方法符合 REDD+的目标，并提供了一种策略，可以解决气候变化缓解、生物多样性保护、维持生态系统服务和社会经济发展等多个目标。体制或治理安排已被证明是影响景观结果的关键因素。本研究采用多种方法，调查了机构在支持规划、实施和资源调动方面的能力，这些能力是将气候变化缓解、保护和生计目标整合到东喀麦隆森林镶嵌景观中的必要条件。研究结果表明，该景观中存在着多样化的机构，包括相关政府机构、地方政府、地方非政府组织、私营部门以及保护、发展和研究机构的混合机构。然而，研究区域综合景观规划和管理的整体机构能力有限，尽管一些机构在某些领域表现出比其他领域更高的能力。可以采用多种策略来建立必要的人力、财力和领导能力，并促进机构规划和协调，这是多方利益相关者景观治理的基础。考虑到在景观中综合气候变化缓解、保护和生计目标的复杂性，建立这种机构能力是一项长期的努力，需要持续的努力和持续的财政、技术和人力资源支持。
