Co-Modeling Process, Negotiations, and Power Relationships: Some Outputs From a MAB Project on the Island of Ouessant

Harold Levrel, Christian Kerbiriou (), Christophe Le Page () and Mathias Rouan ()
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Christian Kerbiriou: CERSP - Conservation des espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations - MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Mathias Rouan: LETG - Brest - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique - LETG - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique UMR 6554 - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UA - Université d'Angers - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - UBO - Université de Brest - UR2 - Université de Rennes 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IGARUN - Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes

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Abstract: For many conservation scientists, interdisciplinarity and participation can be efficient in the management of biodiversity. For both methods, new tools and new participative processes such as the so-called "co-modeling process" are required. The key questions addressed in this article are how group dynamics shape the model and why certain perspectives dominate in a process designed to be democratic. It is necessary, therefore, in order to appreciate the design and the legitimacy of the model that has been co-constructed, to address the questions of both the stakeholders' interests and their status in the process. Our case study is a co-modeling program based in a French biosphere reserve. It enabled us to highlight the key role of the mediator who had to govern social relationships and translate disciplinary jargon into a common technical language through a list of co-modeling rules.

Keywords: participation; co-modeling; multi-agent system; co-adaptive management; power relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in Society and Natural Resources, 2009, 22 (2), pp.172-188. ⟨10.1080/08941920801985817⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/08941920801985817

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