The Deliberative Landscapes Wanderer
Objectives for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
by landscapewanderer | Oct 19, 2020
Objectives of the IYRP During its meeting in late September and early October of this year, the United Nations Committee on Agriculture (COAG) endorsed the proposal to declare 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). There are further...
Against IPAT
by landscapewanderer | Sep 19, 2020
I recently had a lively conversation with my teenage daughter about our environmental footprint, a concept that she was studying in school. Like a lot of young people, she is quite concerned about the direction the world is going, about how many planet Earths we...
When NOT to use a landscape approach
by landscapewanderer | Aug 21, 2020
I am generally optimistic about approaches for environmental management and governance that are based on dialogue and deliberation, bringing together diverse stakeholders, and searching for common ground. And I am, obviously enough, a believer in the potential of...
Why can’t we get past the “tragedy of the commons”?
by landscapewanderer | Jul 19, 2020
Last year I postponed a rant about the ill-named “the tragedy of the commons” concept. I can contain myself no longer. Since Garrett Hardin published his influential 1968 paper of that name, decades of scholarship has shown that he got it wrong. In the right...
Asking ourselves questions about race, environmentalism and inspiration
by landscapewanderer | Jun 19, 2020
Regular readers of the Deliberative Landscapes Wanderer may see in this post a deviation from the topics I normally cover. The turmoil unfolding in the United States of America right now seems to have captured the attention of the whole world, including me, and the...
It’s not always a collective action problem
by landscapewanderer | May 18, 2020
Commons thinking has had a profound influence on how we understand sustainability, land rights, and natural resource management. This school of thought traces its origins most notably to Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom and believes that under the right circumstances...
Disconnect, Reconnect Differently: Pandemic as Opportunity
by landscapewanderer | Apr 25, 2020
Connectivity and resilience Are you also having a feeling of déjà vu? The events of the past few months surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are retelling a story that was told during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The characters in the story have different names, but...
What religion has to offer sustainable landscapes
by landscapewanderer | Apr 4, 2020
The nature-religion connection Those of us working toward sustainable landscapes should be ready, in fact should actively seek out, to engage with religion. For huge numbers of people, religion frames what life is about and for and what is important. It guides how...
When Participatory Approaches Mess up Your Plans
by landscapewanderer | Feb 19, 2020
I never imagined that this man who had brought his herd into this other community’s pastures and flouted the community’s grazing rules, and whose actions had disrupted our training workshop would become a champion of our approach. The Interrupted Workshop I had...
False Dichotomies and Suspicious Phrases in Environment and Development
by landscapewanderer | Jan 19, 2020
Trust in God AND tether your camel! In one version of the story behind this Middle Eastern proverb, which is sometimes attributed to the Prophet himself, two Bedouin herders get into an argument, one claiming that reality is harsh and that people have to take care of...
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