Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80298 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CSERGE Working Paper EDM No. 03-05
Publisher: 
University of East Anglia, The Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), Norwich
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the role of justice in protected areas governance. The paper argues that protected areas governance faces a need to justify itself for the involved and affected interest groups in order to guarantee its legitimacy and effectiveness. The legitimacy of governance solutions is argued to rest on both distributive and procedural justice. On one hand, the distribution of beneficial and adverse consequences of protected areas governance must be justifiable and justified. On the other hand, decision-making regarding protected areas has to satisfy expectations regarding procedural justice. The paper exemplifies these arguments by analysing the experiences in implementing the European Union's Habitats Directive. The paper demonstrates how the lack of attention to distributive and procedural justice has resulted in conflicts which have delayed the implementation of the directive and have undermined its effectiveness.
Subjects: 
environmental governance
Habitats Directive
justice
participation
protected areas
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
170.17 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.