Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 VW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
Environ Manage. 2024 Jul;74(1):13-30. doi: 10.1007/s00267-023-01806-z. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
Multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are increasingly applied in environmental governance as institutions to collectively negotiate challenges, opportunities, and policy options in contested landscapes. However, their contributions and effectiveness depend on how stakeholders perceive and frame the role of MSPs in addressing social and environmental challenges. Despite this dependence, stakeholder perceptions of MSPs are currently under-researched. Hence this empirical study carried out in Zambia's Kalomo District asks: how do stakeholder groups perceive the role of MSPs in addressing landscape challenges, given the context of the dual land tenure system, and what does this imply for the implementation of integrated landscape approaches? This study uses Q-methodology to analyze the perceptions of purposefully selected stakeholders from state institutions, civil society organizations, land users, and others familiar with existing MSPs at the district and village levels. The findings reveal three narratives. The first one presents MSPs as institutions that foster dialogue. The second narrative foregrounds the role of the government and private sector, despite acknowledging the diversity of stakeholders in MSPs. In this narrative, MSPs should focus on supporting market-driven solutions to resolve landscape challenges. The third narrative recognizes power imbalances and considers MSPs as institutions to identify policy gaps and needs. The first two narratives are positioned in Dryzek's discourse classification as environmental problem-solving, while the third inclines toward green radicalism. Despite this divergence, there was consensus that MSPs have the potential to harmonize policies in a dual governance system and encourage dialogue between stakeholders to reconcile landscape challenges.
多方利益相关者平台（MSP）作为一种机构，越来越多地应用于环境治理中，以集体协商有争议领域的挑战、机遇和政策选择。然而，它们的贡献和效果取决于利益相关者如何看待和构建 MSP 在应对社会和环境挑战中的作用。尽管存在这种依赖性，但目前对利益相关者对 MSP 的看法的研究还很不足。因此，这项在赞比亚卡洛莫区进行的实证研究提出了以下问题：在双重土地所有制背景下，利益相关群体如何看待 MSP 在应对景观挑战中的作用，这对实施综合景观方法意味着什么？本研究采用 Q 方法分析了来自州立机构、民间社会组织、土地使用者和其他熟悉区、村两级现有 MSP 的利益相关者的有针对性选择的看法。研究结果揭示了三种叙述。第一种叙述将 MSP 视为促进对话的机构。第二种叙述突出了政府和私营部门的作用，尽管承认 MSP 中的利益相关者多样性。在这种叙述中，MSP 应专注于支持以市场为导向的解决方案，以解决景观挑战。第三种叙述认识到权力不平衡，并将 MSP 视为确定政策差距和需求的机构。前两种叙述在德瑞泽克的话语分类中被定位为环境问题解决，而第三种倾向于绿色激进主义。尽管存在这种分歧，但人们一致认为，MSP 有可能在双重治理系统中协调政策，并鼓励利益相关者之间进行对话，以调和景观挑战。
