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Process and contextual factors supporting action-oriented learning: A thematic synthesis of empirical literature in natural resource management

Monika Suškevičs, M., Hahn, T., Rodela, R.

2019 - Journal / article

Despite a long-term focus on learning in natural resource management (NRM), it is still debated how learning supports sustainable real-world NRM practices. We offer a qualitative in-depth synthesis of selected scientific empirical literature ( N = 53), which explores factors affecting action-oriented learning. We inductively identify eight key process-based and contextual factors discussed in this literature. Three patterns ...

How much of a market is involved in a biodiversity offset? A typology of biodiversity offset policies

Koh, S., N., Hahn, T., Boonstra, W.J.

2019 - Journal / article

Biodiversity offsets (BO) are increasingly promoted and adopted by governments and companies worldwide as a policy instrument to compensate for biodiversity losses from infrastructure development projects. BO are often classified as ‘market-based instruments’ both by proponents and critics, but this representation fails to capture the varieties of how BO policies actually operate. To provide a framing for understanding the emp...

Deliberative multi-actor dialogues as opportunities for transformative social learning and conflict resolution in international environmental negotiations

Schultz, M., Hahn, T., Ituarte Lima, C., Hallstrom, N.

2018 - Journal / article

The format for formal international negotiations on environment and development sometimes prevents negotiators from truly listening to each other and adapt pre-existing positions to realize constructive conflict resolution. In this paper we present and analyse “Multi-Actor Dialogue Seminars” (MADS) as an approach to contribute to transformative social learning and conflict resolution, and the contribution to tangible and intan...

Learning for social-ecological change: a qualitative review of outcomes across empirical literature in natural resource management

Suškevičs, M., Hahn, T., Rodela, R., Macura B., and Pahl-Wostl, C.

2017 - Journal / article

Learning is considered as a promising mechanism to cope with rapid environmental change. The implications of learning for natural resource management (NRM) have not been explored in-depth and the evidence on the topic is scattered across multiple sources. We provide a qualitative review of types of learning outcomes and consider their manifestations in NRM across selected empirical literature. We conducted a systematic search ...