High

Medium

Low

Very Low

No data/n.a.

”Good Governance” according to the World Bank:

Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory

Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption.

High

Medium

Low

Very Low

No data/n.a.

Does ”good governance” matter for protecting vital ecosystems?

Forest Cover Change

Biodiversity (bird population)

High levels of corruption Low levels of corruption

Spatial misfit

Local institutions vs. global driver/s

Global Fisheries? ”Land grab”?

Municipal institutions vs. Water catchment

Temporal misfits

The Sahel region 1950s-60s

”Roving Bandits” F. Berkes et. al. 2006

Cod stock collapse, Newfoundland, (Canada)Thresholds misfit

Cascading dynamics and misfits

Fish and Ebola virus

Fish stock

decrease

Increased bushmeat

hunting

Coral reef

Agro-

ecosystems

Climate

change

Is it at all possible?

Institutions, polycentric order, social networks, global governance, bridging organizations, innovation and learning in social networks, transformation.

Difference institutions and governance?

Institutions are ”the rules of the game”.

’Governance’ implies collaboration patterns, steering, and coordination at multiple levels.

Institutional in governance tend to be ”clusters” or ”complexes”, rather than simple set of rules.

Think about how they relate to the dynamics behavior of SES a.k.a. ”problem of fit”

What is adaptive governance?

“Adaptive governance denote models of steering, coordination and information sharing that are able to respond, and sometimes even transform systems in the face of uncertainty, change and surprise.”(Folke et al. 2005, Dietz et al. 2003).

How is it different from “adaptive management”?

Adaptive governance differs from “adaptive management" because the idea of "governance”conveys the difficulty of control, the need to proceed in the face of substantial uncertainty, and the importance of dealing with diversity and reconciling conflict among people and groups who differ in values, interests, perspectives, power, and the kinds of information they bring to situations (from Dietz et al. 2003, p. 1911).

How is it different from adaptive co-management?

Adaptive co-management entail flexible community-based systems of resource management tailored to specific places and situations, and they are supported by and work with various organizations at different levels. (from Folke et al. 2005: 448).

It differs from adaptive governance as the latter is not necessarily place-bound, and places more emphasis on theory development and exploration of the interplay between actors, institutions and social-ecological dynamics in polycentric settings (Folke et al. 2005, Galaz et al. 2008) .

Speed of change

Fast

Slow

UncertaintyLow High

Spatial distr

Limited

Very large