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Social innovation, sustainability and the governance of protected areas: revealing theory as it plays out in practice in Costa Rica

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  • Karina Castro-Arce
  • Constanza Parra
  • Frank Vanclay

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Protected areas (PAs) are social-ecological systems (SES) and are contested spaces. The challenges in governing PAs call for a governance system that works with human-nature relations and is capable of adapting to each PA. This necessitates innovative processes and adaptive governance. This paper contributes to the discussion on adaptive governance in SES by offering empirical evidence from Costa Rica on how the processes of social innovation occur in practice. We discuss the evolving governance of the Juan Castro Blanco National Water Park, particularly the contribution of a local association that drives conservation and management of the park. We show that social mobilisation caused social innovation, which was revealed by the achievement of three interconnected process outcomes: satisfaction of interests; effective socio-political arrangements; and empowerment. The socially-innovative governance of the park has contributed to sustainability and to social-ecological change at many levels.

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  • Karina Castro-Arce & Constanza Parra & Frank Vanclay, 2019. "Social innovation, sustainability and the governance of protected areas: revealing theory as it plays out in practice in Costa Rica," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 62(13), pages 2255-2272, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:62:y:2019:i:13:p:2255-2272
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1537976
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    1. Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga, 2020. "Combining Participatory Processes and Sustainable Development Goals to Revitalize a Rural Area in Cantabria (Spain)," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-28, October.
    2. Jing Shen & Rung-Jiun Chou, 2021. "Cultural Landscape Development Integrated with Rural Revitalization: A Case Study of Songkou Ancient Town," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-20, April.
    3. Joan Nyagwalla Otieno & Vittorio Bellotto & Lawrence Salaon Esho & Pieter Van den Broeck, 2023. "Conserving the Sacred: Socially Innovative Efforts in the Loita Enaimina Enkiyio Forest in Kenya," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-22, August.
    4. de Souza João-Roland, Iraci & Granados, Maria L., 2023. "Towards social innovation strategy: An analysis of UK social enterprises," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    5. Jasper Hessel Heslinga & Stefan Hartman, 2021. "Improving Governance Systems of National Parks: How the Instrument of a ‘Governance Scan’ Can Contribute," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-12, September.
    6. Karina Castro-Arce & Frank Vanclay, 2020. "Community-Led Green Land Acquisition: Social Innovative Initiatives for Forest Protection and Regional Development," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-15, April.
    7. Rodríguez Fernández-Blanco, Carmen & Górriz-Mifsud, Elena & Prokofieva, Irina & Muys, Bart & Parra, Constanza, 2022. "Blazing the trail: Social innovation supporting wildfire-resilient territories in Catalonia (Spain)," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).

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