| Title: |
Fight or Flight? Understanding Different Stakeholder Responses to Conservation Conflicts |
| Authors: |
Hodgson, Isla D; Fischer, Anke; Redpath, Steve M; Young, Juliette C |
| Contributors: |
University of Aberdeen; Macaulay Development Trust; Biological and Environmental Sciences; The James Hutton Institute; University of Burgundy Franche-Comte; orcid:0000-0002-6967-3882; orcid:0000-0002-0034-3690 |
| Publisher Information: |
Informa UK Limited |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository |
| Subject Terms: |
Conflict; conflict management; conservation; narratives; narrative analysis; stakeholder; United Kingdom; wildlife management |
| Description: |
Efforts to manage conservation conflicts are typically focused on reconciling disputes between opposing stakeholders over conservation objectives. However, this is an oversimplification of conflict dynamics, driven by the difficulties of understanding and addressing deeper-rooted issues. In this study, an ethnographic approach using a combination of informal discussions, participant observation, and in-depth interviews was used to examine local stakeholder narratives around a conservation conflict over grouse shooting and raptor conservation. Analysis highlighted three main narratives – cooperation, resistance, and despondence, that served as a basis for individuals to justify their responses to conflict: to work toward collaboration, act antagonistically, or avoid. Our analysis suggests that the current status quo in conflict management serves to reinforce antagonistic positions. We recommend a more nuanced approach to understanding stakeholder decision-making that goes beyond superficial disputes to recognize diversity within stakeholder groups, access hidden voices, and encompass the wider socio-political context. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Hodgson ID, Fischer A, Redpath SM & Young JC (2022) Fight or Flight? Understanding Different Stakeholder Responses to Conservation Conflicts. Society and Natural Resources, 35 (6), pp. 628-645. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2048933; http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34112; WOS:000768082700001; 1807246 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/08941920.2022.2048933 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34112; https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2048933; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/34112/1/Hodgson-etal-SNR-2022.pdf |
| Rights: |
© 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AA021D6D |
| Database: |
BASE |