@article{fdi:010075610,
  title = {{T}he dynamics of institutional innovation : crafting co-management in small-scale fisheries through action research},
  author = {{L}{\'e}opold, {M}arc and {T}hebaud, {O}. and {C}harles, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper investigates the dynamics of institutional development and co-management performance in smallscale fisheries. {T}he study covers different contexts and spatial and temporal scales, for nine case studies in the {S}outh {P}acific. {I}n these cases, new co-management institutions were intentionally set up from 2008 to 2016 through fishery policy intervention to address over-exploitation problems of sea cucumber resources. {T}his was carried out in a process of adaptive experimentation, based on a collaborative and problem-solving approach to governance, and a context-based vision of sustainability issues. {I}n order to quantitatively and empirically assess change in governance within and between cases, a multidimensional analytical framework of governance performance is developed. {A} set of governance performance criteria is defined and the criteria are scored using data from an institutional diagnosis of the cases, throughout the research period. {T}en out of eleven criteria were positively impacted by the co-management interventions. {T}hree institutional development trajectories can be identified for the fishery co-management building process, involving a range of gradual and abrupt changes. {C}onsolidation of the institutional changes achieved by the interventions is required to successfully develop the resilience of the fishing systems to multiple stresses. {T}his empirical study provides a methodology for systematically assessing institutional dynamics in fisheries, and in particular the crafting and sustaining of co-management regimes in small-scale fisheries. {T}he approach could potentially be applied to other complex social ecological systems.},
  keywords = {{A}ction research ; {A}daptive experimentation ; {G}overnance ; {I}nstitutional change ; {S}mall-scale fisheries ; {S}ocial learning ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {VANUATU} ; {PACIFIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}nvironmental {M}anagement},
  volume = {237},
  numero = {},
  pages = {187--199},
  ISSN = {0301-4797},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.112},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075610},
}