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Towards sustainable mangrove management using Ostrom’s framework

par Melo Flórez, Lina
Promoteur Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid
Co-Promoteur Huge, Jean ;Polanía, Jaime
Publication Non publié, 2022-08-30

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Mangrove forests provide a wide range of socio-economic benefits to many communities in tropical and subtropical countries. Interactions between man and nature in mangrove ecosystems categorize them as social-ecological systems (SESs) whose management calls for an understanding of all their components. Despite the complexity of this task, linkages between ecological and social properties of a system can be examined through the operation of analytical frameworks as the one proposed by Elinor Ostrom in 2009. This framework is composed for a set of variables representing attributes underlying collective action. Collaborative management is presented as an approach that can lived up to the needs of local populations and tackle broader conservation goals. This research used a qualitative and quantitative analysis based on Ostrom’s SES framework and the examination of sixty-one co-managed mangroves in different countries. Based on this analysis, we identified seventeen key variables that conduct mangrove sustainable management. These variables were tested in a mangrove SES in Colombia, located in a peri-urban context of a metropolitan area, and represents a multiple-use mangrove forest with particular social-ecological settings and significant degradation. Secondary data was obtained from literature review to identify key attributes that describe co-management in mangroves. Primary data was collected from structured questionnaires conducted to stakeholders to assess the perception of the key co-management attributes in the mangrove SES of Ciénaga de la Virgen in Colombia. Stakeholder perceptions were used to develop recommendations for sustainable mangrove management.