A PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN LESOTHO

Limpho Letsela (), Andre Pelser () and Maitland Seaman ()
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Limpho Letsela: Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
Andre Pelser: Department of Sociology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
Maitland Seaman: Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2010, vol. 12, issue 02, 107-129

Abstract: Sustainability assessment processes are increasingly being applied towards integration of the sustainability agenda within diverse decision-making jurisdictions. This paper seeks to contribute insights from a process undertaken within rural areas in Lesotho. A learning-by-doing and people-centred approach was explored within a qualitative multiple case study to integrate biodiversity considerations within the broader livelihoods sustainability context. Stakeholders collectively determined interpretations, aspirations and priorities for action planning and pathways that sustain biodiversity. This process yielded a functional context-specific sustainability assessment framework to guide stakeholders when embarking on biodiversity interventions that enhance supply of ecosystem services in and outside protected areas. However, the effectiveness of the process requires that it should be nested within an enabling environment characterised by relevant international and national biodiversity policy and strategic frameworks, decision- making structures, funding, tools and expertise, sensitisation and capacity-building.

Keywords: Participatory sustainability assessment; biodiversity conservation; livelihoods; rural areas; sustainability assessment framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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