Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning

cg.contribution.worldfishauthorCohen, P.J.
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Queensland
cg.contributor.affiliationJame Cook University
cg.contributor.affiliationConservation Planning Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFish
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Cape Town
cg.contributor.affiliationStanford University
cg.contributor.crpAquatic Agricultural Systems
cg.creator.idPhilippa Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943
cg.description.themeMiscellaneous themesen_US
cg.identifier.ISIindexedISI indexed
cg.identifier.statusLimited access
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713003704
cg.identifier.worldfish3654
cg.subject.agrovocbiodiversity
cg.subject.agrovocecology
cg.subject.agrovocenvironmental protection
cg.subject.agrovocnatural resources management
cg.subject.agrovocresource conservation
cg.subject.cabiconservation
dc.creatorMills, M.
dc.creatorÁlvarez-Romero, J.G.
dc.creatorVance-Borland, K.
dc.creatorCohen, P.J.
dc.creatorPressey, R.L.
dc.creatorGuerrero, A.M.
dc.creatorErnstson, H.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11T19:41:34Z
dc.date.available2018-09-11T19:41:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractSocial networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies have utilized social network analysis in systematic conservation planning initiatives; this, in spite of social network analysis being developed as a structural and relational approach to describe and analyze the characteristics of patterns of relationships that make collaborative efforts more or less effective at solving natural resource management problems. Systematic conservation planning provides a framework for allocating actions in time and space to promote the conservation of biodiversity. Our study discusses three potential contributions of social network analysis to systematic conservation planning: identifying stakeholders and their roles in social networks, and characterizing relationships between them; designing and facilitating strategic networking to strengthen linkages between local and regional conservation initiatives; and prioritizing conservation actions using measures of social connectivity alongside ecological data. We propose that social network analysis has the potential to be a valuable tool to support decision making in conservation planning. We identify challenges and future research questions to be addressed to allow the integration of social network analysis into conservation planning processes.
dc.description.versionPeer Review
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier3654_2014_Mills_Linking.pdf
dc.identifier.citationBiological Conservation, 169: 6-13
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/726
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceBiological Conservation
dc.titleLinking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMills, M. et al. (2014). Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning. Biological Conservation, 169: 6-13

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