Browsing by Author "Fidelman, Pedro"

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Catchment Management Planning in Coastal Areas: Some Preliminary Insights from New South Wales, Australia
(2004) Fidelman, Pedro; Morrison, John; West, Ron
"This study applies an institutional analysis framework to examine the institutional arrangements used for developing an integrated management plan for a coastal catchment in New South Wales, Australia. The Southern Catchment Management Board, the case studied, presented well defined institutional arrangements for coordinating its activities, which had the potential to lead to more integrated approaches. We suggest, however, that specific focus on coastal issues, and direct representation of coastal stakeholders would improve catchment management in coastal areas of NSW."
Challenges to Decentralization of Watershed Management: The Case of New South Wales, Australia
(ICFAI University Press, 2008) Fidelman, Pedro; Menon, Sudha Venu; Pillai, P. A.
"Decentralization includes different types of policy reforms aiming to shift powers from centralized to more localized institutions. It has gained increasing support, particularly in the realm of natural resources management (NRM). Moving towards more decentralized forms of NRM can, however, involve remarkable institutional challenges. Understanding the factors that can facilitate and/or constrain decentralization is, therefore, critical in overcoming such challenges, as well as (re)designing and implementing more suitable policies. In Australia, catchment management - a watershed management initiative - is an example of moving decision-making for NRM from the State to the catchment (watershed) level. New South Wales (NSW) was the first Australian State to adopt, in the late 1980s, catchment management as a state-wide statutory policy. Catchment management has since undergone a number of institutional changes. Specific legislation, for instance, has been introduced and reformed, such as the Catchment Management Act 1989, the Catchment Management Regulation 1999, and the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003. Consequently, Catchment Management Committees, which operated in the 1990s were replaced by Catchment Management Boards in 2000, which in turn, have recently been replaced with Catchment Management Authorities. This paper summarizes some of the findings from a broader study on the NSW catchment management initiative (see Fidelman, 2006), and examines decentralized approaches to NRM as part of such a NSW initiative. Building on the Ostrom's institutional rule sets and the recent theorizing on decentralization of NRM, an evaluative framework was developed to examine catchment management in NSW."
Development of Watershed Management in New South Wales, Australia: A Coastal Perspective
(2005) Fidelman, Pedro; Morrison, John; West, Ron
"This paper describes the development of institutional arrangements for catchment management in NSW and its contextual factors, and discusses institutional challenges towards prospective coastal catchment management. Implications from the Australian context provide insights that warrant consideration in other regions and jurisdictions."
Governing Large-scale Marine Commons: Contextual Challenges in the Coral Triangle
(2011) Fidelman, Pedro; Evans, Louisa; Fabinyi, Michael; Foale, Simon; Cinner, Joshua; Franciska, Rosen
"Environment and development agendas are increasingly being characterised by regional-scale initiatives. This trend is in part motivated by recognition of the need to account for global drivers of change (e.g., climate change, migration, and globalisation), the aspirations of achieving large-scale ecological goals (such as maintaining ecosystem processes), and reconciling potentially conflicting priorities in multi-use planning. However, regional-scale governance is challenging and there is little theoretical guidance or empirical evidence to suggest how it can be achieved. This paper uses the Institutional Analysis and Development framework to highlight the diverse contextual factors that challenge governance of a large-scale marine common, using an example of the Coral Triangle Initiative. The analysis points to the need for a critical, reflexive approach to the Coral Triangle Initiative if it is to effectively navigate diverse contexts and reconcile multiple objectives in the region. Recognising the heterogeneous, multi-scale and interlinked nature of large-scale marine systems is critical. Coping with contextual complexity will require innovative approaches that strive to be inclusive of varied perspectives and actors, enable and support effective collective-choice arrangements at lower levels of organisation, and organise and link diverse institutional arrangements at multiple scales. Large-scale marine governance will also involve a great deal of experimentation and regular adjustments to governance arrangements to account for the dynamic nature of regional commons."
Watershed Management in New South Wales, Australia: A Case of Constrained Decentralization?
(2006) Fidelman, Pedro
"In Australia, catchment management--a watershed management initiative--is an example of moving decision-making for NRM from the State to the catchment (watershed) level. New South Wales (NSW) was the first Australian State to adopt catchment management as a state-wide statutory policy, in the late 1980s. Catchment management has since undergone a number of institutional changes. Specific legislation, for instance, have been introduced and reformed, such as the Catchment Management Act 1989, the Catchment Management Regulation 1999, and the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003. Consequently, Catchment Management Committees, which operated in the 1990s were replaced by Catchment Management Boards in 2000, which in turn, have recently been replaced with Catchment Management Authorities. "This paper presents preliminary findings from a broader study on the NSW catchment management initiative. The paper examines decentralized approaches to NRM as part of such a NSW initiative. Catchment management institutions are analyzed by applying the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in combination with the recent theorizing on decentralization of NRM."