Social-Ecological Systems in Local Fisheries Communities

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Author(s): George O. Tsobanoglou (University of the Aegean, Greece)and Eirini Ioanna Vlachopoulou (University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Policies and Practices for Sustainable Economic Growth and Regional Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): George M. Korres (University of Aegean, Greece), Elias Kourliouros (University of Aegean, Greece)and Maria P. Michailidis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2458-8.ch026

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Economics & Economic Theory / Economics and Economic Theory

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Even though the study of the commons has been expanding rapidly in the past years, and there have been multiple cases of successful local conservation initiatives, still, significant gaps in knowledge remain. The Social-Ecological Systems framework attempts to analyse the linkages between the “human system” (society) and the “natural system” (ecosystems). In every conservation attempt, the interactions and feedback between the two systems become evident. By examining thoroughly this relationship through the SES lens, we can develop a deep and holistic understanding of the processes that should be taken into consideration before the implementation of conservation actions. This study, through the exploration of the fisheries management procedures in Japan, attempts to develop an understanding of how the adoption of the Social-Ecological Systems approach could promote local development in the insular periphery of the developed world, in countries like Greece, where public participation in the decision-making processes is limited.

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