Landscape functions and people

Bangkok, Cctober 2010

Governing landscapes

Mismatches in levels and scales

Bio-physical scales governance scales juridical scales

Individual

family

Community

Country

Region

Municipality

Local

provincial

National

International

Province/district

department

municipal

Administrative boundaries across the landscape

Multiple political arenas

Governance in the landscape

which political body has responsibility over

the landscape?

who is responsible for landscape level

planning?

how can stakeholders be democratically

involved?

what is the legitimacy of any landscape plan?

whom to be held accountable?

according to whose legal system?

Mismatch between administrative levels and landscape level

Mismatch between democratic accountability mechanisms and landscapes

Institutional frameworks don't fit the landscape level planning process

New institutional arrangements are needed

Governance in the landscape

Albert Einstein: "we cannot solve problems using the same logic with which we created them..."

Governance in the landscape

Closed Invited Claimed

National

Local

International

Forms of power

Levels of power

Spaces of power

Forms of power

Visible

Invisible

Hidden

Mobilizing the power of stakeholders in the

landscape

Levels of power Mobilise capacities at all levels connect vertically by building alliances and networks

Spaces of power

connect horizontally by building chains of accountability Strengthen (in)formal institutions

Forms of power Address the hidden and invisible forms of power at all levels and spaces, and make them visible through lobby and advocacy

Game

Networks

across sectoral boundaries

across political boundaries

across levels and scales

Networks

Where would we like to be?

Where are we now?

Vision

Plans

Where have we come from?

Past Present Future

Multi-stakeholder processMulti-stakeholder process

Multi-stakeholder process

Collaborative Action

Reflexive Monitoring

Adaptive Planning

Initiating

Stakeholder 3

Stakeholder 5

Stakeholder 7

Stakeholder 8

Stakeholder 6

Stakeholder 4

Stakeholder 2

Stakeholder 1

Multi-stakeholder process in the landscape

Stakeholder 3

Stakeholder 5

Stakeholder 7

Stakeholder 8

Stakeholder 6

Stakeholder 4

Stakeholder 2

Stakeholder 1

Multi-stakeholder process in a landscape

Stakeholder 3

Stakeholder 5

Stakeholder 7

Stakeholder 8

Stakeholder 6

Stakeholder 4

Stakeholder 2

Stakeholder 1

Are networks democratically representative?

Do they play an official role in decision making?

Can they be held accountable?

Stakeholder networks

Stakeholder networks in my landscape

What kind of networks exist in my

landscape?

What are they aiming at? Who are

involved?

Do they have any influence on decision

making?

How can I use them for landscape level

governance?