Critical issues in managing protected areas by multi-stakeholder participation - analysis of a process in the Swiss Alps

Wallner, Astrid; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2009). Critical issues in managing protected areas by multi-stakeholder participation - analysis of a process in the Swiss Alps. Eco.mont - journal on protected mountain areas research, 1(1), pp. 45-50. Wien: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 10.1553/eco.mont1s45

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Balancing the frequently conflicting priorities of conservation and economic development poses a challenge to management of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage Site (WHS). This is a complex societal problem that calls for a knowledge-based solution. This in turn requires a transdisciplinary research framework in which problems are defined and solved cooperatively by actors from the scientific community and the life-world. In this article we re-examine studies carried out in the region of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch WHS, covering three key issues prevalent in transdisciplinary settings: integration of stakeholders into participatory processes; perceptions and positions; and negotiability and implementation. In the case of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch WHS the transdisciplinary setting created a situation of mutual learning among stakeholders from different levels and backgrounds. However, the studies showed that the benefits of such processes of mutual learning are continuously at risk of being diminished by the power play inherent in participatory approaches.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > NCCR North-South Management Centre [discontinued]
10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Wallner-Schwab, Astrid Susanne, Wiesmann, Urs Martin

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

2073-106X

Publisher:

Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:21

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:23

Publisher DOI:

10.1553/eco.mont1s45

Web of Science ID:

000208364100006

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.36576

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/36576 (FactScience: 205311)

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