Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Local, State and Global Forms of Governance on the Conservation of Transboundar Natural Resources in Central America

主要研究者：Arun Agrawal& Claudia Rodriguez-Solorzano职务：博士论文研究：地方、州和全球治理形式对中美洲跨界自然资源保护的影响0721745摘要跨界自然资源的可持续性对数百万人的生计、欠发达但生物多样性国家的经济、许多地区的和平以及地方和全球环境产品和服务的提供至关重要。一方面，跨界生态系统养护涉及到政治行为者之间的跨尺度协调-从全球到国家和地方-以及跨国际边界的协调。另一方面，与生态要求相反，政治和主权方面的关切鼓励了在特定规模和国家边界内的权力集中。然而，涉及国际合作的全球环境治理方法沿着混合治理形式在世界各地蓬勃发展。 跨界混合治理的效果仍然知之甚少。因此，这项研究旨在加强环境政策的努力，帮助了解跨界混合治理形式产生的体制框架如何影响跨越国际边界的自然资源的可持续性。此外，本论文的研究旨在推进国家，全球和地方行为体在治理和保护跨界自然资源的互补性的分析理解。通过对墨西哥和危地马拉共有的卡拉克穆尔-玛雅跨界生物圈保护区以及哥斯达黎加和巴拿马之间的拉阿米斯塔德国际公园的比较分析，本研究试图回答1）国家、全球行为体和地方社区如何参与跨界混合治理形式，2）跨界混合治理形式如何有利于或阻碍保护，以及3）什么类型的混合-治理更有利于保护发展中国家生物多样性区域的跨界自然资源。 为了回答这些问题，将建立和测试统计模型，并辅之以两个跨界保护区案例研究的定性分析。将通过对家庭、地方组织以及国家和国际政府和非政府组织的调查和半结构化访谈，从两个TBPA的80个社区收集数据。

Primary Investigators: Arun Agrawal & Claudia Rodriguez-SolorzanoTitle: Doctoral Dissertation Research: The impact of local, state and global forms of governance on the conservation of transboundary natural resources in Mesoamerica0721745AbstractThe sustainability of transboundary natural resources is vital to the livelihood of millions of people, the economies of less developed but biologically diverse nations, peace in many regions, as well as to the local and global provision of environmental goods and services. On one hand, transboundary ecosystems conservation is related to the coordination of political actors across scales -from the global to the national and local-, as well as across international borders. On the other, contrary to ecological requirements, political and sovereignty concerns have encouraged the concentration of power at specific scales and within national borders. Yet, global environmental governance approaches involving international cooperation along with hybrid forms of governance have blossomed around the world. The effects of combined transboundary-hybrid governance are still poorly understood. This research thus aims to strengthen environmental policy efforts by contributing to the understanding of how institutional frameworks derived from transboundary-hybrid forms of governance influence the sustainability of natural resources straddling international borders. Additionally, this dissertation research seeks to advance the analytical understanding of the complementary nature of state, global and local actors in the governance and conservation of transboundary natural resources. Through a comparative analysis of the Calakmul-Mayan Transboundary Biosphere Reserve shared by Mexico and Guatemala and La Amistad International Park between Costa Rica and Panama, this research seeks to answer 1) how states, global actors and local communities engage in transboundary-hybrid forms of governance, 2) how transboundary-hybrid forms of governance have favored or hindered conservation and 3) what types of hybrid- governance are more conducive to the conservation of transboundary natural resources of biologically diverse regions in developing countries. To answer these questions statistical models will be built and tested, as well as complemented with qualitative analysis of the two Transboundary Protected Areas (TBPAs) case studies. Data will be collected from eighty communities from the two TBPAs through surveys and semi-structured interviews of households, local organizations, as well as national and international government and non governmental organizations.