Developing a Deliberative-Delphi Method for Informing National Conservation Capacity Development Strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID21641596
AuthorsReece Alberts (0000-0001-6840-4405, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, corresponding author), Morgan Hauptfleisch (0000-0003-0654-0887, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Francois Retief (0000-0001-7164-9593, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Claudine Roos (0000-0002-6290-6129, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Dirk Cilliers (0000-0001-9777-0463, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), J Atuyma (Biodiversity Research Centre, Namibian University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia), Hans Jurie MOOLMAN (0000-0003-4848-5871, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Linda Liebenberg (0000-0001-5309-6745, Namibia University of Science and Technology), G K Haingura (Biodiversity Research Centre, Namibian University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia), Alex Bond (0000-0002-3809-5805, Research Unit for Environmental Science and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa)
Year2025
Volume34
Issue1
Pages101-125
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Environment & Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-4965 • E-ISSN: 1552-5465
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10704965241271266
OpenAlexW4401627324
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited88

Conservation governance requires inter-disciplinary approaches aimed at bridging science, management, and policy divides, which introduces capacity development challenges in developing countries. In particular, there is a need to establish how best to direct capacity development efforts in order to achieve long-term conservation benefits. To help meet this challenge, a deliberative-Delphi method was developed and tested in Namibia based on an integrated Delphi and workshop-based approach. Deliberative-Delphi involves rapid responses to questions followed by consensus workshops to agree emerging themes. The method was applied to researchers in the fields of conservation ecology, conservation governance, and futures thinking (FT) identifying and prioritising ten conservation themes over a two-day period. These themes were then aligned with Namibian conservation policy and explicated through literature review, providing a roadmap for capacity development interventions (through setting university curricula, research agendas, and future policy changes). The approach can be applied elsewhere to focus conservation capacity development interventions

Business · Capacity building · Corporate governance · Delphi · Delphi method · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Futures contract · Geography · Management · Management science · Political science · Computer Science · Delphi Technique in Research · Engineering · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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