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Forest owners’ perceptions of machine learning: Insights from swedish forestry 森林所有者对机器学习的看法：来自瑞典林业的启示

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103945

Joakim Wising , Camilla Sandström , William Lidberg

Machine learning is becoming increasingly important in environmental decision-making, particularly in forestry. While forest-owner typologies help in understanding private forest management strategies, they often overlook owners' relationships with technology. This is crucial for ensuring that data-driven advancements in forestry benefit society. Using Swedish forestry policy as a case, we applied Q-methodology to explore forest owners' perceptions of machine learning. We conducted 11 qualitative interviews to generate 33 statements, which were then ranked by 26 participants. Inverted factor analysis identified four ideal-type perceptions of machine learning, interpreted through self-determination theory. The first perception views machine learning as unhelpful and socially disruptive. The second sees it as a complement to forest governance. The third expresses no strong opinions reflecting a relative disengagement from forestry. The fourth considers it essential for decision-making, particularly for absentee forest owners. The extracted perceptions align with existing forest owner typologies when it comes to reliance on others and willingness to take advice. The discussion includes concrete policy recommendations, focusing on privacy concerns, educational initiatives, and strategies for communicating uncertainty.

机器学习在环境决策中的重要性与日俱增，尤其是在林业领域。虽然森林所有者类型学有助于了解私人森林管理策略，但它们往往忽略了所有者与技术的关系。这对于确保数据驱动的林业进步造福社会至关重要。以瑞典林业政策为例，我们采用 Q 方法探讨了森林所有者对机器学习的看法。我们进行了 11 次定性访谈，得出了 33 项陈述，然后由 26 位参与者对这些陈述进行排序。通过自决理论的解释，倒因子分析确定了机器学习的四种理想类型认知。第一种看法认为机器学习无益且具有社会破坏性。第二种认为机器学习是森林治理的补充。第三种人没有表达强烈的意见，反映出他们相对脱离了林业。第四种人认为机器学习对决策至关重要，尤其是对缺席的森林所有者而言。在依赖他人和接受建议的意愿方面，所提取的观点与现有的森林所有者类型一致。讨论包括具体的政策建议，重点是隐私问题、教育倡议和不确定性沟通策略。

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Understanding how landscape value and climate risk discourses can improve adaptation planning: Insights from Q-method 了解景观价值和气候风险论述如何改善适应规划：Q 方法的启示

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103947

Malcolm S. Johnson , Vanessa M. Adams , Jason A. Byrne

Climate change poses significant risks to socio-ecological systems, especially at the local level. Local government climate change adaptation strategies must respond to the physical impacts of a changing climate as well as community perceptions about climate change risks and impacts. However, adaptation strategies often overlook diverse stakeholder perspectives and expectations, potentially leading to ineffective and inequitable outcomes. To build stakeholder support for actions that may be unpopular, honest conversations and debate about policy alternatives are necessary. Using Q-method, we identify different discourses about climate change risk and landscape values among residents of Huon Valley, Lutruwita/Tasmania, and consider how discourses, values, and risk perceptions can inform adaptation planning. Our research revealed four distinct landscape value discourses (“Pristine wilderness”; “Accessible places”; “Rural lifestyle”; and “Coastal connections”). Discourses were differentiated by wilderness preference, prioritization of accessibility, and the significance of industry in the region. We also identified five distinct climate change risk discourses (“Governments must mitigate”; “Individuals must act”; “Community will respond”; “It may be too late”; and “Local government must adapt”). These discourses reveal differing stakeholder perspectives about perceived government responsibility, the prioritization of adaptation over mitigation, and risk appetites versus innate resilience. Results highlight relationships between risk perception and landscape values. If attentive to coupled risk-value discourses, and welcoming of debate about alternative options, policymakers and practitioners could formulate adaptation strategies that better respond to community needs.

气候变化给社会生态系统带来了巨大风险，尤其是在地方层面。地方政府的气候变化适应战略必须应对气候变化的实际影响以及社区对气候变化风险和影响的看法。然而，适应战略往往忽略了利益相关者的不同观点和期望，从而可能导致无效和不公平的结果。为了让利益相关者支持可能不受欢迎的行动，有必要就政策替代方案进行坦诚的对话和辩论。通过使用 Q 方法，我们确定了塔斯马尼亚州卢特鲁维塔胡恩谷居民关于气候变化风险和景观价值的不同论述，并考虑了论述、价值和风险认知如何为适应规划提供信息。我们的研究揭示了四种不同的景观价值论述（"原始荒野"、"交通便利的地方"、"乡村生活方式 "和 "海岸连接"）。这些论述因人们对荒野的偏好、对可进入性的优先考虑以及该地区工业的重要性而有所不同。我们还发现了五种不同的气候变化风险论述（"政府必须缓解"、"个人必须行动"、"社区将作出反应"、"可能为时已晚 "和 "地方政府必须适应"）。这些论述揭示了利益相关者在政府责任认知、适应优先于减缓、风险偏好与先天恢复力等方面的不同观点。结果凸显了风险认知与景观价值之间的关系。如果决策者和实践者能够关注风险与价值的耦合论述，并欢迎就替代方案展开讨论，就能制定出更好地满足社区需求的适应战略。

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Flood data platform governance: Identifying the technological and socio-technical approach(es) differences 洪水数据平台治理：确定技术和社会技术方法的差异

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103938

Mahardika Fadmastuti , David Nowak , Joep Crompvoets

Data platform governance concept focuses on what decision must be made in order to reach the data platform mission and who makes that decision. The current study of the data platform governance framework is applied for the general platform ecosystem that values managing data as an organizational asset. However, flood data platforms are essential tools for enhancing the governance of flood risks and data platform governance in flood platforms is understudied. By adopting a data governance domains framework, this paper identifies the technological and socio-technical approach(es) differences in public value(s) of flood data platforms. Empirically, we analyze 2 cases of flood data platforms to contrast the differences. Utilizing a qualitative approach, we combined web-observations and interviews to collect the data. Regardless of its approach, integrating flood data platform technologies into government authorities’ routines requires organizational commitment that drives value creation. The key differences between these approaches lies in the way the government sectors see this flood data platform technology. Empirically, our case study shows that the technological approach values improving capabilities and performances of the public authority while the socio-technical approach focuses more importantly providing engagement value with the public users. We further explore the differences of these approaches by analyzing each component of decision domains in the data governance framework.

数据平台治理概念的重点是，为了完成数据平台任务，必须做出哪些决策，以及由谁来做出决策。目前对数据平台治理框架的研究适用于重视将数据作为组织资产进行管理的一般平台生态系统。然而，洪水数据平台是加强洪水风险治理的重要工具，而洪水平台中的数据平台治理研究不足。通过采用数据治理领域框架，本文确定了洪水数据平台公共价值的技术和社会技术方法差异。我们通过分析 2 个洪水数据平台案例来对比两者之间的差异。我们采用定性方法，结合网络观察和访谈收集数据。无论采用哪种方法，将洪水数据平台技术整合到政府部门的日常工作中都需要组织承诺来推动价值创造。这些方法的关键区别在于政府部门如何看待洪水数据平台技术。从经验上看，我们的案例研究表明，技术方法重视提高公共机构的能力和绩效，而社会技术方法则更重视为公众用户提供参与价值。我们通过分析数据管理框架中决策域的各个组成部分，进一步探讨了这些方法的差异。

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Articulating futures: Community storylines and assisted ecosystem adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef 阐明未来：大堡礁的社区故事情节和辅助生态系统适应性

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103944

Gillian Paxton , Stewart Lockie , Vincent Backhaus

Public discourse about the Great Barrier Reef – a globally significant coral reef system stretching 2300 kilometres along the coast of northeast Australia – has become dominated by forecasts of its decline due to climate change. While a common and understandable response to fears about the Reef’s imminent loss is advocacy for stronger action on climate change, there have also been increased calls for a shift toward resilience-based management supported by technological interventions to help coral ecosystems survive and adapt to inevitable temperature rises. This paper explores how local community perspectives are formed and expressed within this broader dialogue. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 80 people living and working in proximity to the Reef, we use composite narrative maps to illustrate how narratives of the Reef’s imminent loss are used by communities to articulate alternative futures in the possibility of social change and in the ongoing efficacy of local protection and care. However, we also show how these narratives of loss can constrain the articulation of responses to technologically assisted adaptation, forcing the majority of participants into an uncomfortable moral binary between offering practical help to an imperilled Reef or allowing its imminent loss to catalyse social change. We reflect on what this might mean for fostering a productive and inclusive dialogue about assisted ecosystem adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef.

大堡礁是澳大利亚东北部海岸线上绵延 2300 公里的一个具有全球意义的珊瑚礁系统，关于大堡礁的公众讨论主要集中在气候变化导致大堡礁衰退的预测上。尽管人们对大堡礁即将消失的担忧的普遍和可以理解的回应是倡导对气候变化采取更有力的行动，但也有越来越多的人呼吁转向以恢复力为基础的管理，并辅以技术干预，以帮助珊瑚生态系统生存并适应不可避免的气温上升。本文探讨了在这一更广泛的对话中，当地社区的观点是如何形成和表达的。通过对在珊瑚礁附近生活和工作的 80 人进行定性访谈，我们使用综合叙事地图来说明社区如何利用珊瑚礁即将消失的叙事来阐述社会变革的可能性以及当地保护和关爱的持续有效性中的替代未来。然而，我们也展示了这些关于损失的叙事如何限制了对技术辅助适应的回应，迫使大多数参与者陷入一种令人不安的道德二元对立中，要么为岌岌可危的珊瑚礁提供实际帮助，要么让其即将消失来催化社会变革。我们反思了这对促进就大堡礁生态系统辅助适应问题开展富有成效的包容性对话可能意味着什么。

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Insights into the public engagement of coastal geoscientists 沿海地球科学家公众参与的启示

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103943

Ana Matias , Bruno Pinto , Neide P. Areia , A. Rita Carrasco

The scientific field of coastal geoscience and engineering addresses crucial issues such as coastal evolution, the impacts of sea level rise, and effective coastal management. These concerns have become increasingly relevant in the current global scenario marked by socio-demographic development along coastal areas facing the effects of climate change. Furthermore, communication by scientists/engineers in this field can contribute to informed participatory decision-making. The objectives of this study were to gain insights into the science engagement of coastal geoscientists and engineers by examining international science communication practices, target audiences, motivations, and barriers. An online questionnaire directed at geoscientists/engineers was used to collect socio-demographic data and experts’ perspectives and practices on this communication. The analysis of 133 valid responses, primarily from Europe, North America, and Oceania, revealed that nearly all participants (95 %) actively engage in public communication. For most analysed aspects, differences in opinion according to gender, age, and professional category were not significant. A preference was observed for direct interaction with audiences (e.g., lectures) over indirect ways of communicating (e.g., media), with a focus on coastal risk (75 %) and climate change impacts (69 %). The public sector (e.g., municipalities) and school students were the preferred audiences. These findings align with the prevalent altruistic motives pointed out by respondents: to engage with society (76 %) and to help citizens make informed decisions (68 %). While the present research provides valuable insights, further studies are necessary to delve deeper into the analysis and further enhance our understanding of this important interconnection between coastal experts and society.

沿岸地球科学与工程科学领域涉及沿岸演变、海平面上升的影响和有效的沿岸管理等关键问题。在当前全球形势下，沿海地区的社会人口发展面临着气候变化的影响，这些问题变得越来越重要。此外，科学家/工程技术人员在这一领域的交流也有助于做出知情的参与性决策。本研究的目的是通过考察国际科学传播实践、目标受众、动机和障碍，深入了解沿岸地质科学家和工程师的科学参与情况。针对地球科学家/工程师的在线调查问卷被用来收集社会人口数据以及专家对科学传播的观点和实践。对主要来自欧洲、北美和大洋洲的 133 份有效答卷进行的分析表明，几乎所有参与者（95%）都积极参与了公众传播。在分析的大多数方面，不同性别、年龄和专业类别的意见差异不大。与间接传播方式（如媒体）相比，与会者更倾向于与受众直接互动（如讲座），重点是沿海风险（75%）和气候变化影响（69%）。公共部门（如市政当局）和在校学生是首选受众。这些结果与受访者指出的普遍利他动机相吻合：与社会接触（76%）和帮助公民做出知情决策（68%）。尽管目前的研究提供了宝贵的见解，但仍有必要开展进一步的研究，以深入分析并进一步加深我们对沿海专家与社会之间这一重要联系的理解。

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Navigating the pathway from collaborative governance to impacts under uncertainty: A theory of change for watershed visions 从合作治理到不确定情况下的影响：流域愿景的变革理论

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103937

Päivi Haapasaari , Mika Marttunen , Veera Salokannel , Jukka Similä

Collaborative governance is considered effective in environmental problem solving. However, it is not always successful in delivering benefits. In Finland, collaborative ‘watershed visions’ are gaining popularity as a way to advance holistic water management. Watershed visions bring the public, private, and civil society actors across sectors together to agree on a desired future for a river basin and to plan steps for achieving it. The capability of watershed visions to lead to positive environmental impacts is, however, highly uncertain. We applied a Theory of Change approach to conceptualize an outcome-oriented impact pathway for the watershed visions to enhance the understanding of their possibilities to achieve their desired long-term impacts. Using empirical material, we structured a watershed vision process into an impact pathway of nine phases necessary for achieving the desired future. From each phase, we identified assumptions suggesting why and under what conditions the impact pathway successfully works, risks to its realization, and key uncertainties inherent to the risks. Focusing on the uncertainties, we developed a tool for ex-ante, interim, and ex-post evaluation of the watershed visions. We suggest that a longitudinal Theory of Change is a useful tool for addressing change and managing uncertainty in any collaborative process with long-term aims, and that applying this tool can increase the success of collaborative governance.

合作治理被认为是解决环境问题的有效方法。然而，它并不总能成功带来效益。在芬兰，协作式 "流域愿景 "作为一种推进全面水管理的方法正日益受到欢迎。流域愿景将公共、私营和民间社会各部门的参与者聚集在一起，共同商定流域的理想未来，并规划实现这一目标的步骤。然而，流域愿景能否带来积极的环境影响还很不确定。我们采用了 "变化理论 "方法，为流域愿景构思了一条以结果为导向的影响途径，以加深对流域愿景实现其预期长期影响的可能性的理解。利用经验材料，我们将流域愿景流程构建为实现理想未来所需的九个阶段的影响途径。从每个阶段中，我们确定了影响途径成功运作的原因和条件、实现途径的风险以及风险所固有的关键不确定性。以不确定性为重点，我们开发了一种工具，用于对流域愿景进行事前、事中和事后评估。我们认为，在任何具有长期目标的合作过程中，纵向 "变化理论 "都是应对变化和管理不确定性的有用工具，应用这一工具可以提高合作治理的成功率。

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A wake-up call? A review of inequality based on the forest-related higher education literature 警钟？基于与森林有关的高等教育文献的不平等审查

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103942

Pipiet Larasatie , Emily Jones , Eric Hansen , Siegfried Lewark

With increasing world population, it is critical to manage global forests for sustaining both human and natural systems and this requires highly educated, professional foresters. However, there are concerning lackluster enrollment trends due to negative public impressions of unsustainable practices and a lack of social diversity (e.g., gender and race/ethnicity). As inequality can shape academic and scientific practice in forest-related fields at different levels, this study aims to identify forms of inequality by utilizing a qualitative, systematic review method manifested in the forest-related higher education literature. Results are then discussed regarding how forest-related higher education can be transformed into a mechanism for more inclusive collaboration and knowledge production. Forest-related educational programs should be strategically developed to align with current and potential emerging demand for employment expertise in the field of forestry. These programs should focus on the cultivation of professional foresters, enabling them to effectively address evolving challenges in natural resources management. The forest-related education sector should also prioritize the ongoing enhancement of human diversity.

随着世界人口的不断增长，管理全球森林以维持人类和自然系统至关重要，这就需要受过高等教育的专业林务人员。然而，由于公众对不可持续做法的负面印象以及缺乏社会多样性（如性别和种族/民族），招生趋势令人担忧。由于不平等会在不同层面上影响与森林相关领域的学术和科学实践，本研究旨在通过采用定性、系统回顾的方法来识别与森林相关的高等教育文献中所体现的不平等形式。然后，就如何将与森林相关的高等教育转变为更具包容性的合作和知识生产机制进行讨论。与森林相关的教育项目应根据林业领域当前和潜在的新兴就业专业需求进行战略性开发。这些课程应侧重于培养专业林业人员，使他们能够有效应对自然资源管理方面不断变化的挑战。与森林相关的教育部门还应优先考虑不断提高人类的多样性。

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A database on pharmaceuticals in the environment: What do stakeholders need? 环境中的药物数据库：利益相关者需要什么？

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103946

Cristiana Cannata , Rodrigo Vidaurre , Ad M.J. Ragas , Caroline T.A. Moermond

Pharmaceutical pollution has raised concerns about how these contaminants affect ecosystems. Data to assess the environmental risk of pharmaceuticals exist but are dispersed and not always publicly accessible. To address this issue, the European Commission recently proposed to develop a data source for human medicinal products, involving relevant stakeholders, including healthcare and industry representatives. The aim of our study was to define the user requirements for such a database on pharmaceuticals in the environment (PiE). We reached out to over 100 professionals that work on PiE, asking what data should be incorporated in the database and what features it should have. The results show that most stakeholders are affected by data gaps, mainly related to ecotoxicity, monitoring, transformation products, metabolites and removal rates in wastewater treatment plants. Interest in the mechanism of action of active pharmaceutical ingredients was specifically expressed by the pharma sector, including stakeholders related to the authorisation, production and use of medicines. Researchers and stakeholders dealing with environmental and water quality have greater interest for mass spectrum data, modelled environmental concentrations and data on transformation products and metabolites. While showing that the key actors working on PiE strongly endorse the development of an accessible and transparent database, we provide recommendations for creating such a data repository on pharmaceuticals.

药物污染引起了人们对这些污染物如何影响生态系统的关注。评估药品环境风险的数据是存在的，但这些数据比较分散，而且并不总是可以公开获取。为解决这一问题，欧盟委员会最近提议开发一个人类医药产品数据源，让相关利益方（包括医疗保健和行业代表）参与其中。我们研究的目的是确定用户对环境中的药品 (PiE) 数据库的要求。我们联系了 100 多名从事 PiE 工作的专业人士，询问数据库中应包含哪些数据以及数据库应具备哪些功能。结果显示，大多数利益相关者都受到数据缺口的影响，主要涉及生态毒性、监测、转化产物、代谢物和污水处理厂的去除率。制药行业（包括与药品授权、生产和使用相关的利益相关方）特别表达了对活性药物成分作用机理的兴趣。负责环境和水质问题的研究人员和利益相关者则对质谱数据、模拟环境浓度以及转化产物和代谢物数据更感兴趣。在表明从事 PiE 工作的主要参与者强烈支持开发一个可访问且透明的数据库的同时，我们还为创建这样一个药品数据存储库提供了建议。

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Mapping barriers to food, energy, and water systems equity in the United States 绘制美国粮食、能源和水系统公平的障碍图

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103941

Haleigh N. Summers , Tiffanie F. Stone , Loulou C. Dickey , Chris R. Rehmann , Emily K. Zimmerman , John C. Tyndall , Lu Liu

Barriers to affordable, accessible, high-quality food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) harm social equity. Connections within and across FEWS suggest that co-occurring barriers to equity can compound vulnerability. We hypothesized that barriers to FEW resources are strongly associated with geographic location, both within and across FEWS, as they rely heavily on localized sociopolitical and natural environments. This study explored the geographic relationships between FEWS barriers and social equity through a spatial analysis of census tracts within the United States. Cluster analyses showed that all FEWS barriers had a positive spatial autocorrelation (Moran's I = 0.12–0.94), with energy barriers being the most spatially clustered and affordability barriers being the least spatially clustered. In 54 % of census tracts, we observed the co-occurrence of low barriers to water quality and access. Barriers to FEWS affordability almost always co-occurred in parallel (e.g., high barriers to affordability in one system co-occurred with high barriers to affordability in another system). Finally, we developed a spatial index of the barriers to FEWS equity to determine vulnerability at the census tract scale, which had a positive spatial autocorrelation (Moran's I = 0.41). Clusters and intersections of FEWS equity barriers suggest that resources are interconnected, resulting in additional challenges for people living in these areas. The maps of barriers to equity in FEWS are useful tools that could help stakeholders (e.g., federal agencies, city planners, utilities) distribute FEWS resources fairly and begin engagement with communities about FEWS barriers in their local context.

可负担、可获得的高质量食品、能源和水系统（FEWS）的障碍会损害社会公平。粮食、能源和水系统内部和之间的联系表明，同时存在的公平障碍会加剧脆弱性。我们假设，在 FEWS 内部和 FEWS 之间，获得 FEW 资源的障碍与地理位置密切相关，因为它们在很大程度上依赖于当地的社会政治和自然环境。本研究通过对美国人口普查区的空间分析，探讨了家庭预警系统障碍与社会公平之间的地理关系。聚类分析显示，所有的粮食预警系统障碍都具有正的空间自相关性（莫兰氏 I = 0.12-0.94），其中能源障碍的空间聚类最大，而负担能力障碍的空间聚类最小。在 54% 的人口普查区中，我们观察到水质和用水障碍同时存在。与供水系统可负担性相关的障碍几乎总是同时存在（例如，一个系统中的高可负担性障碍与另一个系统中的高可负担性障碍同时存在）。最后，我们开发了一个用于确定人口普查区脆弱性的家庭预警系统公平性障碍空间指数，该指数具有正空间自相关性（莫伦 I = 0.41）。FEWS 公平障碍的集群和交叉表明，资源是相互关联的，这给生活在这些地区的人们带来了额外的挑战。FEWS 公平障碍地图是有用的工具，可帮助利益相关者（如联邦机构、城市规划者、公用事业）公平分配 FEWS 资源，并开始与社区就其当地环境中的 FEWS 障碍进行接触。

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Sámi trust in hydropower governance: A survey study 萨米人对水电管理的信任：调查研究

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Science & Policy

Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103918

Katarina Inga , Peter M. Rudberg , Rasmus Kløcker Larsen

The collaborative water governance literature, especially that concerned with trust, has paid scant attention to Indigenous Peoples. In this paper, we present the results from a survey targeting the Sámi population in Sweden, exploring trust in key state and industry actors in the governance of hydropower. The results demonstrate a widespread signal of low trust, which is correlated with a confluence of factors: a strong concern with negative impacts from hydropower on Sámi culture, experiences of limited opportunities to influence decisions, and a perceived low competence as well as limiting attitude from governance actors. Regarding the role of demographic variables, we report on some notable deviations from previous research about institutional trust. We discuss how collaborative governance initiatives often-times are launched to strengthen trust, but that design and implementation failures can, counter-productively, serve to erode trust among Indigenous constituencies. If Sámi trust is to be strengthened, then it will require state authorities and hydropower companies to genuinely engage with Sámi rights claims and ensure influence in decision-making. Our findings also have direct policy relevance, pointing to the need for a steep learning curve if the pending review of hydropower licenses, launched by the Swedish government, is to play a meaningful role in addressing past and ongoing impacts of hydropower on the Sámi People.

水合作治理文献，尤其是与信任有关的文献，很少关注原住民。在本文中，我们介绍了针对瑞典萨米人进行的一项调查的结果，该调查探讨了在水电治理过程中对主要国家和行业参与者的信任度。调查结果显示，信任度低是一个普遍的信号，这与多种因素有关：人们强烈关注水电对萨米文化的负面影响、影响决策的机会有限、认为管理者能力低下以及态度限制。关于人口变量的作用，我们报告了与以往有关机构信任研究的一些显著差异。我们讨论了合作治理倡议如何经常被用来加强信任，但设计和实施的失败可能会适得其反地削弱土著选民之间的信任。如果要加强萨米人的信任，就需要国家当局和水电公司真正参与萨米人的权利诉求，并确保对决策的影响力。我们的研究结果还具有直接的政策相关性，表明如果瑞典政府即将启动的水电许可证审查工作要在解决水电过去和现在对萨米人的影响方面发挥有意义的作用，就需要一个陡峭的学习曲线。

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