Irmeli Mustalahti
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1573199 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Irmeli Mustalahti |
| PRENOMES | Irmeli |
| SOBRENOME | Mustalahti |
| ASSINATURA | MUSTALAHTI I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Eastern Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0294-764X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 128 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
A scoping review of participatory tools and practices in collaborative processes
In this article, we ask how the different tools and practices used in participatory and collaborative processes could support multi-actor collaboration in integrated landscape approaches (ILAs). First, we conducted a scoping review to identify and synthesize literature on participatory and collaborative approaches related to forest, water, land and landscapes. Secondly, we analysed 130 articles to understand how and by which means these approache…
Power dynamics and (intergenerational) values
Forests and trees have diverse meanings in Finland that are claimed for many different purposes. Urbanisation has and will continue to increase the number of translocal forest owners, leading to the diversification of forest ownership, values, utilisation, and human-forest relationships. It is important for translocal forest owners, the generation of future forest owners, to gauge the values and meaningfulness of translocal forest ownership and t…
Narrative Construction of Activist Identities Among Young Finnish Environmental Activists
The planetary ecological crisis is a part of modern life that influences young people’s identities. This study observes the identity categories that young environmental activists construct in their narrations and the master narratives associated with activism. The data comprise 12 interviews with 18–25 year-old Finnish activists. The data are analyzed using positioning and categorization analysis. The activist identity categories we found from th…
Actors' participation and power manifestations in tax regimes of small-scale tree growing
Ambiguity and forest-based bioeconomy
The forest-based bioeconomy plays an important role in the transition towards a bio-based economy, also offering solutions for mitigating global climate change. Tanzania has seen a swift expansion of commercial tree growing, especially in the Southern Highlands, since the early 2000s. The increasing demand for timber has attracted both resident inhabitants and small and medium-scale investors from elsewhere to exploit this new investment opportun…
Uncertainty and Forest Concessions in a Globalized World
Forest-based communities are embedded in complex and uncertain global processes. We aim to understand the repercussions of uncertainty on forest-based livelihoods through a focus on implications in terms of access to resources for inhabitants of forest concessions. Uncertainty is conceptualized as unpredictability (not knowing), limited knowledge (knowing too little), and ambiguity (knowing too much, too differently). This research is based on do…
Collaborative everyday adaptation to deal with peatland fires
Actors across multiple levels, such as the private sector, national and subnational government institutions, and local communities, are expected to have the capacity to adapt to climate impacts and risks. This study analyzes how collaborative governance has been developed and carried out by multiple actors in everyday life to adapt to peatland fires in a situation where climate change variability drives fire occurrences. The case study research w…
Plural values of forests and the formation of collective capabilities
Community forestry has been suggested as a viable alternative to balance the needs of people and forest sustainability. Drawing upon analytical frameworks of environmental justice, we explore how community forestry has reshaped the plural values of forest and the collective capacities of communities. Based on an ethnographic study in a community in Oaxaca, we investigate the plural values of forests presented in the daily practices of community m…
The forest environmental frontier in Russia
With 20% of the world’s forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest management based on ‘wood mining’ reduces this potential. Based on document analysis, participant observations and interviews, this article shows how non-state actors—environmental NGOs and forest companies—address forest resource depletion and primary forest loss in Russia.…
Research trends
The diversity of governance instruments for natural resources provides a rich analytical field for scholars of public action and policy. Existing research contributions on natural resources governance suggest that governance interventions, coupled with the diversity of contexts in which they occur, are associated with many different social and ecological outcomes and careful analysis is critical to attribute outcomes to interventions. This specia…
Non-state forest governance and ‘Responsibilization’
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-state forest certification system. FSC has been developed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private business in order to mitigate forest conflicts. As a result, NGOs and the private sector have taken responsibility for sustainable forest management and forest conservation in many regions of the world. Incorporating Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into the FSC standard…
From Blueprints to Empowerment of Disadvantaged Groups in Natural Resource Governance
Though there is an increasing trend of natural resources governed by local communities, disadvantaged groups who are highly dependent on natural resources are still far behind in terms of being involved in the natural resource governance. When the wider public is included in decision-making in natural resources governance, the ways in which people protect and cope with the changing environment in their daily lives are exposed and can advance the …
Responsibilization in natural resources governance
In the extensive literature scholars have demonstrated that the goals of power transfer in the decentralization of natural resources governance have not been fully achieved. Powerful actors have maintained their positions of domination, while the interventions have transferred tasks and duties to communities and local decision makers without adequately attending to their capabilities, capacities and resources for natural resources governance. Our…
Mapping policy actor networks and their interests in the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Lao PDR
The most powerful actors in the VPA policy network are the central government and the international development partners. • Domestic CSOs and village authorities are the least politically powerful actors in the VPA policy network in Lao PDR. • Strong policy preferences are noted for all aspects of timber legality, transparency and accountability. • Weaker policy preferences are noted for forest communities’ rights and livelihoods, and for civil s…
Impacts of Finnish cooperation in the Mexican policy making process
The aim of this paper is highlight how Mexican-Finnish forestry cooperation (1982–1994) supported major shifts in Mexican national forest policy, by identifying the policy changes and relating these to the strategy taken by the cooperation program. We based our analyses in two proposals: four pathways of influence as well as context-specific impact study. The methodology was carried out through a context-specific impact study; it consisted of des…
Rethinking ‘expert’ knowledge in community forest management in Tanzania
Redd+ and Empowered Deliberative Democracy
Reframing Sustainability? Climate Change and North–South Dynamics
Climate change is a major global challenge that elicits diverse and often conflicting views from researchers, policy-makers and civil society activists. Accordingly, the theme of climate change has
Can Redd+ Reconcile Local Priorities and Needs with Global Mitigation Benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania
Mustalahti, I., A. Bolin, E. Boyd, and J. Paavola. 2012. Can REDD+ reconcile local priorities and needs with global mitigation benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania. Ecology and Society 17(1): 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04498-170116
Where and How Can Participatory Forest Management Succeed? Learning From Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos
This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and access to resource benefits, as well as the degree to which the legislation is implemented. The findings are that local communities' security of rights and access to benefits differ markedly among the three countries, whereas ther…
Rethinking ‘expert’ knowledge in community forest management in Tanzania
Where and How Can Participatory Forest Management Succeed? Learning From Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos
This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and access to resource benefits, as well as the degree to which the legislation is implemented. The findings are that local communities' security of rights and access to benefits differ markedly among the three countries, whereas ther…
Redd+ and Empowered Deliberative Democracy
Responsibilization in natural resources governance
In the extensive literature scholars have demonstrated that the goals of power transfer in the decentralization of natural resources governance have not been fully achieved. Powerful actors have maintained their positions of domination, while the interventions have transferred tasks and duties to communities and local decision makers without adequately attending to their capabilities, capacities and resources for natural resources governance. Our…
Non-state forest governance and ‘Responsibilization’
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-state forest certification system. FSC has been developed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private business in order to mitigate forest conflicts. As a result, NGOs and the private sector have taken responsibility for sustainable forest management and forest conservation in many regions of the world. Incorporating Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into the FSC standard…
Mapping policy actor networks and their interests in the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Lao PDR
The most powerful actors in the VPA policy network are the central government and the international development partners. • Domestic CSOs and village authorities are the least politically powerful actors in the VPA policy network in Lao PDR. • Strong policy preferences are noted for all aspects of timber legality, transparency and accountability. • Weaker policy preferences are noted for forest communities’ rights and livelihoods, and for civil s…
Can Redd+ Reconcile Local Priorities and Needs with Global Mitigation Benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania
Mustalahti, I., A. Bolin, E. Boyd, and J. Paavola. 2012. Can REDD+ reconcile local priorities and needs with global mitigation benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania. Ecology and Society 17(1): 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04498-170116
Research trends
The diversity of governance instruments for natural resources provides a rich analytical field for scholars of public action and policy. Existing research contributions on natural resources governance suggest that governance interventions, coupled with the diversity of contexts in which they occur, are associated with many different social and ecological outcomes and careful analysis is critical to attribute outcomes to interventions. This specia…
Impacts of Finnish cooperation in the Mexican policy making process
The aim of this paper is highlight how Mexican-Finnish forestry cooperation (1982–1994) supported major shifts in Mexican national forest policy, by identifying the policy changes and relating these to the strategy taken by the cooperation program. We based our analyses in two proposals: four pathways of influence as well as context-specific impact study. The methodology was carried out through a context-specific impact study; it consisted of des…
Uncertainty and Forest Concessions in a Globalized World
Forest-based communities are embedded in complex and uncertain global processes. We aim to understand the repercussions of uncertainty on forest-based livelihoods through a focus on implications in terms of access to resources for inhabitants of forest concessions. Uncertainty is conceptualized as unpredictability (not knowing), limited knowledge (knowing too little), and ambiguity (knowing too much, too differently). This research is based on do…
Reframing Sustainability? Climate Change and North–South Dynamics
Climate change is a major global challenge that elicits diverse and often conflicting views from researchers, policy-makers and civil society activists. Accordingly, the theme of climate change has
Plural values of forests and the formation of collective capabilities
Community forestry has been suggested as a viable alternative to balance the needs of people and forest sustainability. Drawing upon analytical frameworks of environmental justice, we explore how community forestry has reshaped the plural values of forest and the collective capacities of communities. Based on an ethnographic study in a community in Oaxaca, we investigate the plural values of forests presented in the daily practices of community m…
The forest environmental frontier in Russia
With 20% of the world’s forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest management based on ‘wood mining’ reduces this potential. Based on document analysis, participant observations and interviews, this article shows how non-state actors—environmental NGOs and forest companies—address forest resource depletion and primary forest loss in Russia.…
Where and How Can Participatory Forest Management Succeed? Learning From Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos
This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and access to resource benefits, as well as the degree to which the legislation is implemented. The findings are that local communities' security of rights and access to benefits differ markedly among the three countries, whereas ther…
Reframing Sustainability? Climate Change and North–South Dynamics
Climate change is a major global challenge that elicits diverse and often conflicting views from researchers, policy-makers and civil society activists. Accordingly, the theme of climate change has
Can Redd+ Reconcile Local Priorities and Needs with Global Mitigation Benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania
Mustalahti, I., A. Bolin, E. Boyd, and J. Paavola. 2012. Can REDD+ reconcile local priorities and needs with global mitigation benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania. Ecology and Society 17(1): 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04498-170116
Redd+ and Empowered Deliberative Democracy
Rethinking ‘expert’ knowledge in community forest management in Tanzania
Impacts of Finnish cooperation in the Mexican policy making process
The aim of this paper is highlight how Mexican-Finnish forestry cooperation (1982–1994) supported major shifts in Mexican national forest policy, by identifying the policy changes and relating these to the strategy taken by the cooperation program. We based our analyses in two proposals: four pathways of influence as well as context-specific impact study. The methodology was carried out through a context-specific impact study; it consisted of des…
From Blueprints to Empowerment of Disadvantaged Groups in Natural Resource Governance
Though there is an increasing trend of natural resources governed by local communities, disadvantaged groups who are highly dependent on natural resources are still far behind in terms of being involved in the natural resource governance. When the wider public is included in decision-making in natural resources governance, the ways in which people protect and cope with the changing environment in their daily lives are exposed and can advance the …
Responsibilization in natural resources governance
In the extensive literature scholars have demonstrated that the goals of power transfer in the decentralization of natural resources governance have not been fully achieved. Powerful actors have maintained their positions of domination, while the interventions have transferred tasks and duties to communities and local decision makers without adequately attending to their capabilities, capacities and resources for natural resources governance. Our…
Mapping policy actor networks and their interests in the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Lao PDR
The most powerful actors in the VPA policy network are the central government and the international development partners. • Domestic CSOs and village authorities are the least politically powerful actors in the VPA policy network in Lao PDR. • Strong policy preferences are noted for all aspects of timber legality, transparency and accountability. • Weaker policy preferences are noted for forest communities’ rights and livelihoods, and for civil s…
Research trends
The diversity of governance instruments for natural resources provides a rich analytical field for scholars of public action and policy. Existing research contributions on natural resources governance suggest that governance interventions, coupled with the diversity of contexts in which they occur, are associated with many different social and ecological outcomes and careful analysis is critical to attribute outcomes to interventions. This specia…
Non-state forest governance and ‘Responsibilization’
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-state forest certification system. FSC has been developed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private business in order to mitigate forest conflicts. As a result, NGOs and the private sector have taken responsibility for sustainable forest management and forest conservation in many regions of the world. Incorporating Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into the FSC standard…
The forest environmental frontier in Russia
With 20% of the world’s forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest management based on ‘wood mining’ reduces this potential. Based on document analysis, participant observations and interviews, this article shows how non-state actors—environmental NGOs and forest companies—address forest resource depletion and primary forest loss in Russia.…
Plural values of forests and the formation of collective capabilities
Community forestry has been suggested as a viable alternative to balance the needs of people and forest sustainability. Drawing upon analytical frameworks of environmental justice, we explore how community forestry has reshaped the plural values of forest and the collective capacities of communities. Based on an ethnographic study in a community in Oaxaca, we investigate the plural values of forests presented in the daily practices of community m…
Uncertainty and Forest Concessions in a Globalized World
Forest-based communities are embedded in complex and uncertain global processes. We aim to understand the repercussions of uncertainty on forest-based livelihoods through a focus on implications in terms of access to resources for inhabitants of forest concessions. Uncertainty is conceptualized as unpredictability (not knowing), limited knowledge (knowing too little), and ambiguity (knowing too much, too differently). This research is based on do…
Collaborative everyday adaptation to deal with peatland fires
Actors across multiple levels, such as the private sector, national and subnational government institutions, and local communities, are expected to have the capacity to adapt to climate impacts and risks. This study analyzes how collaborative governance has been developed and carried out by multiple actors in everyday life to adapt to peatland fires in a situation where climate change variability drives fire occurrences. The case study research w…
Ambiguity and forest-based bioeconomy
The forest-based bioeconomy plays an important role in the transition towards a bio-based economy, also offering solutions for mitigating global climate change. Tanzania has seen a swift expansion of commercial tree growing, especially in the Southern Highlands, since the early 2000s. The increasing demand for timber has attracted both resident inhabitants and small and medium-scale investors from elsewhere to exploit this new investment opportun…
Narrative Construction of Activist Identities Among Young Finnish Environmental Activists
The planetary ecological crisis is a part of modern life that influences young people’s identities. This study observes the identity categories that young environmental activists construct in their narrations and the master narratives associated with activism. The data comprise 12 interviews with 18–25 year-old Finnish activists. The data are analyzed using positioning and categorization analysis. The activist identity categories we found from th…
Actors' participation and power manifestations in tax regimes of small-scale tree growing
A scoping review of participatory tools and practices in collaborative processes
In this article, we ask how the different tools and practices used in participatory and collaborative processes could support multi-actor collaboration in integrated landscape approaches (ILAs). First, we conducted a scoping review to identify and synthesize literature on participatory and collaborative approaches related to forest, water, land and landscapes. Secondly, we analysed 130 articles to understand how and by which means these approache…
Power dynamics and (intergenerational) values
Forests and trees have diverse meanings in Finland that are claimed for many different purposes. Urbanisation has and will continue to increase the number of translocal forest owners, leading to the diversification of forest ownership, values, utilisation, and human-forest relationships. It is important for translocal forest owners, the generation of future forest owners, to gauge the values and meaningfulness of translocal forest ownership and t…
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (14 obras) · Political science (14 obras) · Economics (13 obras) · Geography (12 obras) · Business (11 obras) · Environmental resource management (11 obras) · Forest Management and Policy (10 obras) · Forest management (9 obras) · Environmental planning (8 obras) · Forestry (8 obras)