@article{fdi:010062342,
  title = {{A} model of the science-practice-policy interface in participatory land-use planning : lessons from {L}aos},
  author = {{C}astella, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {B}ourgoin, {J}{\'e}r{\'e}my and {L}estrelin, {G}uillaume and {B}ouahom, {B}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}n essential task of participatory action-research is to help close the policy implementation gap that leads to large discrepancies between policy frameworks and local practices. {T}oo often, official regulations, laws and decrees fail to translate into concrete action on the ground. {L}oose institutional linkages between research, extension and local communities are often blamed as the main culprits for this gap. {I}n turn, many stakeholders call for enhanced participation as a way to bring together scientists, development practitioners and local communities in negotiating competing claims for natural resources and designing realistic pathways towards sustainable development. {D}espite such general consensus about the value of participation, the latter cannot be decreed nor imposed. {P}articipation is an emerging quality of collective-action and social-learning processes. {I}n this paper, the experience of participatory land-use planning conducted in {L}aos serves to illustrate a model of the science-practice-policy interface that was developed to facilitate the interactions between three groups of stakeholders, i.e. scientists, planners and villagers, in designing future landscapes. {E}mphasis was put on developing an approach that is generic and adaptive enough to be applied nationally while engaging local communities in context-sensitive negotiations. {T}he set of tools and methods developed through action-research contributed to enhanced communication and participation from initial consultation and cooperation stages towards collective decision-making and action. {B}oth the activity of landscape design and the resulting patterns can be improved by incorporating landscape science in strategic multi-stakeholder negotiations.},
  keywords = {{L}and-use planning ; {P}articipation ; {B}oundary objects ; {A}ction-research ; {L}andscape governance ; {S}outheast {A}sia ; {LAOS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{L}andscape {E}cology},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1095--1107},
  ISSN = {0921-2973},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10980-014-0043-x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062342},
}