Landscape Functions and People Stakeholders in the landscape Bangkok, October, 2010
Complex ComplicatedSimple Getting to know my landscape
Well forested catchment Rich biodiversity High value timber Attractive scenery, tourism Ancestral homeland Subsistence farm land Commercial farm land Biofuel production Grazing land Human settlement Sub-soil richness Landscape qualities
Well forested catchment Rich biodiversity High value timber Attractive scenery, tourism Ancestral homeland Subsistence farm land Commercial farm land Biofuel production Grazing land Human settlement Sub-soil richness What is the change process?
Well forested catchment Rich biodiversity High value timber Attractive scenery, tourism Ancestral homeland Subsistence farm land Commercial farm land Biofuel production Grazing land Human settlement Sub-soil richness Who are involved? What is their role? What is the change process?
Stakeholders (claimants) An individual, group or institution holding a claim on a particular resource/process/service/intervention
product: A particular product: fuelwood, crops, timber, bushmeat, or water service: A particular service: recreation; biodiversity conservation; scenic beauty, soil erosion control A particular interest: benefit, profit, influence, power Stake (claim)
Different stakeholders Same landscape qualities Different values Different claims
Stakeholders and the roles they play
Well forested catchment Rich biodiversity High value timber Attractive scenery, tourism Ancestral homeland Subsistence farm land Commercial farm land Biofuel production Grazing land Human settlement Sub-soil richness Who are the claimants?
What drives them? District policy Need for money Power relations education Empowerment Need for firewood Local Market prices Food needs Ability to invest Land ownership Land pressure Labour force
District policy Need for money Power relations education Empowerment Need for firewood Local Market prices Food needs Ability to invest Land ownership Land pressure Labour force Population growth Climate change Demand for (bio)fuels Increased Interest in biodiversity Growing demand Animal feed Increased mobility Globalisation Need for minerals Commodity prices up Increased exploitation Direct foreign investments Land grabbing Growing food demand What are the drivers that drive them?
Drivers at multiple levels and scales Giller et al, 2008
Stakeholders primary stakeholders Secondary stakeholders Tertiary stakeholders
Stakeholders What is their stake in the change process What do they claim? What are the drivers behind? What drives the drivers? Primary stakeholders 1 2 Secondary stakeholders 1 2 Tertiary stakeholders 1 2
Group exercise Make a stakeholder analysis from your landscape