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Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the ‘blue economy’ is placing ecosystems and small-scale fisheries under pressure. The dominant policy response for dealing with multiple uses is the allocation of coastal space through coastal zone planning (CZP). Recent studies have shown that the rush to develop the blue economy and regulate coastal activity can result in social injustices and the exclusion of less powerful and unrecognized groups (e.g., small-scale fishers, women, Indigenous peoples and youth). To achieve a primary goal of the 2030 sustainable development agenda to “leave no one behind”, it is important to understand the implications of coastal planning and development for these groups. Here, we present a social survey protocol for examining perceptions of justice related to small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the context of the blue economy in coastal areas. Specifically, we designed the survey instrument and sampling protocol to assess whether decisions about the use of the coastal zone over the last five years have i) followed principles of good governance, ii) recognized fishers’ knowledge, culture and rights and iii) been attentive to impacts of changed coastal zone use on fisheries. The survey will engage coastal planners (N = app. 120) and fishers (N = app. 4300) in all the coastal municipalities (N = 81) in Northern-Norway. The sampling protocol is designed to ensure representation of different sectors of society, including those defined by gender, age, ethnicity and occupation (e.g., small-scale fishers, large-scale fishers, coastal planners).
Sigrid Engen; Vera Helene Hausner; Georgina G. Gurney; Else Grete Broderstad; Rose Keller; Aase Kristine Lundberg; Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur; Emma Salminen; Christopher M. Raymond; Jannike Falk-Andersson; Per Fauchald. Blue justice: A survey for eliciting perceptions of environmental justice among coastal planners’ and small-scale fishers in Northern-Norway. PLOS ONE 2021, 16, e0251467 .
AMA StyleSigrid Engen, Vera Helene Hausner, Georgina G. Gurney, Else Grete Broderstad, Rose Keller, Aase Kristine Lundberg, Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur, Emma Salminen, Christopher M. Raymond, Jannike Falk-Andersson, Per Fauchald. Blue justice: A survey for eliciting perceptions of environmental justice among coastal planners’ and small-scale fishers in Northern-Norway. PLOS ONE. 2021; 16 (5):e0251467.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSigrid Engen; Vera Helene Hausner; Georgina G. Gurney; Else Grete Broderstad; Rose Keller; Aase Kristine Lundberg; Francisco Javier Ancin Murguzur; Emma Salminen; Christopher M. Raymond; Jannike Falk-Andersson; Per Fauchald. 2021. "Blue justice: A survey for eliciting perceptions of environmental justice among coastal planners’ and small-scale fishers in Northern-Norway." PLOS ONE 16, no. 5: e0251467.
Successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depends on regional and local authorities’ ability to implement the goals in their respective contexts. Through a survey and interviews with informants in Norwegian municipalities and county councils, this paper explores and offers new empirical insight into (1) which factors can be identified as facilitating the implementation of the SDGs in Norwegian local and regional planning; (2) how the facilitating factors are conditioned by the different local and regional institutional contexts; and (3) how these factors from the Norwegian context correspond or differ from those in the international literature. We find that the existing Planning and Building Act is considered a suitable framework for the implementation of the SDGs in the Norwegian context, and that the SDGs are high on the national and regional governmental agendas. However, work remains in integrating the SDGs into underlying governmental activities. They must be incorporated into action plans and planning tools, which will require involvement, collaboration and development work across sectors and authority levels, and the development of guidelines for how this can be done. Allocating enough resources for this work will be crucial, and smaller municipalities may need other types and degrees of support than larger ones.
Kjersti Bardal; Mathias Reinar; Aase Lundberg; Maiken Bjørkan. Factors Facilitating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Regional and Local Planning—Experiences from Norway. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4282 .
AMA StyleKjersti Bardal, Mathias Reinar, Aase Lundberg, Maiken Bjørkan. Factors Facilitating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Regional and Local Planning—Experiences from Norway. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4282.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKjersti Bardal; Mathias Reinar; Aase Lundberg; Maiken Bjørkan. 2021. "Factors Facilitating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Regional and Local Planning—Experiences from Norway." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4282.
In conservation planning, maps do important work in producing territories of stronger and weaker protection, and spatially fixing special handling of development. Because of this, mapping and maps are contested, yet there have been few studies of their roles in planning conflicts. The performance of maps in planning processes affecting a wild reindeer habitat in Setesdal, Norway is analysed, asking what is the productive work of maps in planning, how is this work contested, and what are the consequences for the status of the plan itself. The case study centres on a proposal for wind power development, in an area designated in regional planning as a wild reindeer area of national significance. The analysis combines empirical material from interviews, planning documents and observation. The findings show the work that maps do in producing a new conservation territory, changing the basis of planning, yet failing to resolve deep-seated conflicts of interest.
Aase Kristine Lundberg; Tim Richardson. Balancing nature conservation and windpower development: the contested work that maps do in protecting Europe’s last wild reindeer. Landscape Research 2021, 46, 182 -196.
AMA StyleAase Kristine Lundberg, Tim Richardson. Balancing nature conservation and windpower development: the contested work that maps do in protecting Europe’s last wild reindeer. Landscape Research. 2021; 46 (2):182-196.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAase Kristine Lundberg; Tim Richardson. 2021. "Balancing nature conservation and windpower development: the contested work that maps do in protecting Europe’s last wild reindeer." Landscape Research 46, no. 2: 182-196.
This paper explores what happens when the ideal of sustainable development meets the real and pressing problems in coastal zone planning. Insights into how coastal zone planners understand environmental problems and navigate political visions, knowledge requirements, stakeholder involvement and local conditions, are key to understanding how to develop a holistic approach in line with sustainable development. The paper applies Q-methodology to identify the dominant discourses and explore planners’ perceptions and practices for sustainable coastal zone management. The Q sorts were realized in 2018–2019 in Northern Norway with planners in 10 small municipalities and 8 county level representatives. It is argued that it provides new insights into the challenges that planners face in striking a balance between the overarching values and the practical tasks that planners face in everyday planning; and that the interpretation of factors using Q-methodology should focus on all statements to ensure holism and avoid overlooking important information.
Maiken Bjørkan; Stine Rybråten; Aase Kristine Lundberg. Navigating visions, knowledge and practical challenges in coastal zone planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2020, 64, 1816 -1837.
AMA StyleMaiken Bjørkan, Stine Rybråten, Aase Kristine Lundberg. Navigating visions, knowledge and practical challenges in coastal zone planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2020; 64 (10):1816-1837.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaiken Bjørkan; Stine Rybråten; Aase Kristine Lundberg. 2020. "Navigating visions, knowledge and practical challenges in coastal zone planning." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 64, no. 10: 1816-1837.
Increasing participation and community involvement in conservation is often argued to improve the legitimacy of policies and management practices. Persistent gender differences in local participation challenge this assumption. This study makes gender a primary focus in local participation in Norwegian conservation management by questioning whether recent gender equality policies have transformed, or rather reproduced, current masculine hierarchies. This study combines a quantitative overview of gender composition on conservation boards and stakeholder groups with qualitative interviews of actors at local and national level. The findings reveal that gender balance at the overall level in the conservation boards conceals systematic gender differences in representation and distribution of leadership positions. Moreover, actors at the local and national level do not regard gender equality as relevant for local participation. This study challenges the absence of gender in the literature and policies on nature conservation, and argues for including gender perspectives in future research.
Aase Kristine Aasen Lundberg. Gender Equality in Conservation Management: Reproducing or Transforming Gender Differences through Local Participation? Society & Natural Resources 2018, 31, 1266 -1282.
AMA StyleAase Kristine Aasen Lundberg. Gender Equality in Conservation Management: Reproducing or Transforming Gender Differences through Local Participation? Society & Natural Resources. 2018; 31 (11):1266-1282.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAase Kristine Aasen Lundberg. 2018. "Gender Equality in Conservation Management: Reproducing or Transforming Gender Differences through Local Participation?" Society & Natural Resources 31, no. 11: 1266-1282.
Aase Kristine Lundberg; Tim Richardson; Eirin Hongslo. The consequences of avoiding conflict: lessons from conservation planning for Europe's last wild reindeer. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2018, 62, 266 -285.
AMA StyleAase Kristine Lundberg, Tim Richardson, Eirin Hongslo. The consequences of avoiding conflict: lessons from conservation planning for Europe's last wild reindeer. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2018; 62 (2):266-285.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAase Kristine Lundberg; Tim Richardson; Eirin Hongslo. 2018. "The consequences of avoiding conflict: lessons from conservation planning for Europe's last wild reindeer." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 62, no. 2: 266-285.
International policy trends are always transformed and translated to fit the political and administrative systems in which they are introduced. An international trend of decentralization has resulted in conservation management systems in Sweden and Norway that differ, both in the choice of institutional solution and in the scope of change. This is surprising, as conservation management in the two countries was originally very similar. Nature conservation was managed through hierarchical systems dominated by bureaucratic experts. While Sweden has introduced co-management in a few protected areas only, Norway has devolved powers in all large conservation areas to intermunicipal management boards. Through document studies, we investigate how decentralization interacts with the broader systems of political actors and institutions of which nature conservation is a part
Eirin Hongslo; Sissel Hovik; Anna Zachrisson; Aase Kristine Lundberg. Decentralization of Conservation Management in Norway and Sweden—Different Translations of an International Trend. Society & Natural Resources 2015, 29, 998 -1014.
AMA StyleEirin Hongslo, Sissel Hovik, Anna Zachrisson, Aase Kristine Lundberg. Decentralization of Conservation Management in Norway and Sweden—Different Translations of an International Trend. Society & Natural Resources. 2015; 29 (8):998-1014.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEirin Hongslo; Sissel Hovik; Anna Zachrisson; Aase Kristine Lundberg. 2015. "Decentralization of Conservation Management in Norway and Sweden—Different Translations of an International Trend." Society & Natural Resources 29, no. 8: 998-1014.