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dc.contributor.author | Nijamdeen, T. W. G. F. Mafaziya | - |
dc.contributor.author | HUGE, Jean | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kodikara, Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-28T06:55:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-28T06:55:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2022-09-27T16:52:19Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ocean & coastal management, 228 (Art N° 106308) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0964-5691 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/38646 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The sustainable management of complex social-ecological systems (SES) typically requires coordination and collaboration between various groups of stakeholders. Yet, research on collaborative stakeholder networks and their linkages with sustainable mangrove management strategies is lacking in Sri Lanka. This study presents a social network analysis (SNA) of mangrove management stakeholders and their perceptions of both existing and preferred collaborative relationships (or ties) between stakeholder groups, in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It further illustrates how SNA can be used to identify stakeholder collaboration and their potential role(s) in mangrove management. The perspectives of all key stakeholders have an impact on how mangroves need to be managed. Therefore, it is crucial to identify and meet with all key stakeholders in the early stages of management processes to understand their needs and constraints. Our findings indicate that the government departments mandated to conserve mangroves are not only formally appointed key stakeholders but are also perceived as central by others. Communication barriers, lack of awareness regarding the importance of mangroves, and shortages in staff and resources for conservation were major constraints to the existing mangrove management network. We highlight the potential of other stakeholders (i.e., non-mandated government stakeholders, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private organizations) in improving and influencing the social network in order to increase the diffusion of information. Despite existing resource extraction activities, private organizations were less represented in the mangrove management network of our study. After considering stakeholders' expectations and requirements, we suggest the inclusion of a bridging organization such as an "Environment Network Unit" or the establishment of bridging entities in the universities and research institutes. We also recommend certain government organizations (i.e., Central Environmental Authority) to take up the role of bridging. This may help to facilitate the incorporation of relatively marginalized stakeholders in an effort to foster sustainable mangrove management in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka and beyond. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was carried out under the research permits/permissions/ethical clearance from the Ruhuna University of Sri Lanka and the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. This research was financed by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (UGC/VC/DRIC/PG 2019 (1)/SEUSL/01), Erasmus Mundus, and University Libre De Bruxelles. We would like to thank Ms. Thahira Thajudeen for assisting in the fieldwork. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | - |
dc.rights | 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.subject.other | Collaborative governance | - |
dc.subject.other | Power distribution | - |
dc.subject.other | Governance Perspectives | - |
dc.subject.other | Co -management | - |
dc.title | A social network analysis of mangrove management stakeholders in Sri Lanka?s Northern Province | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 228 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Nijamdeen, TWGFM (corresponding author), Univ Libre Bruxelles ULB, Dept Organism Biol, Syst Ecol & Resource Management Res Unit SERM, Av FD Roosevelt 50,CPi 264-1, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. | - |
dc.description.notes | fathimamafaziya@seu.ac.lk | - |
local.publisher.place | THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 106308 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106308 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000848552600003 | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina/0000-0002-6744-9123 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-524X | - |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Nijamdeen, T. W. G. F. Mafaziya; Huge, Jean; Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina A.; Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid] Univ Libre Bruxelles ULB, Dept Organism Biol, Syst Ecol & Resource Management Res Unit SERM, Av FD Roosevelt 50,CPi 264-1, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Nijamdeen, T. W. G. F. Mafaziya] South Eastern Univ Sri Lanka, Fac Appl Sci, Dept Biol Sci, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean; Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid] Vrije Univ Brussel VUB, Biol Dept, Lab Plant Biol & Nat Management, Ecol & Biodivers,VUB APNA WE, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean] Open Univ Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, NL-6419 AT Heerlen, Netherlands. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Huge, Jean] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, BE-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina A.] Blue Venture Conservat, Trinity Rd, Bristol BS2 0NW, Avon, England. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Kodikara, Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda] Univ Ruhuna, Fac Sci, Dept Bot, Matara, Sri Lanka. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid] Int Union Conservat Nat IUCN, Mangrove Specialist Grp, Colombo, Sri Lanka. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid] Univ Libre Bruxelles ULB, Interfac Inst Social Ecol Transit, Av FD Roosevelt 50,CPi 264-1, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.fullcitation | Nijamdeen, T. W. G. F. Mafaziya; HUGE, Jean; Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina A.; Kodikara, Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda & Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid (2022) A social network analysis of mangrove management stakeholders in Sri Lanka?s Northern Province. In: Ocean & coastal management, 228 (Art N° 106308). | - |
item.accessRights | Restricted Access | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2023 | - |
item.contributor | Nijamdeen, T. W. G. F. Mafaziya | - |
item.contributor | HUGE, Jean | - |
item.contributor | Ratsimbazafy, Hajaniaina A. | - |
item.contributor | Kodikara, Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda | - |
item.contributor | Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0964-5691 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1873-524X | - |
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