Intensity and embeddedness - Two dimensions of equity approaches in multi-stakeholder forums

Second, subnational MSFs are closer to and characteristics are not meant to be exhaustive but the geographical spaces and the stakeholders involved represent key trends identified in the literature and in in and affected by land-use change, planning and prior research by the authors (Sarmiento Barletti and management. [...] A core aspect of the National Parks government funding was secured, the Committee Service is the development and implementation of was transformed into an advisory board and a forest plans which are updated every 10–15 years separate Executive Board comprised of SCSI and to meet the changing understandings and interests Iceland’s Forest Department took charge of the of stakeholders. [...] The case has a relatively The inclusion of local people was intended to low level of embeddedness in terms of how it was improve the data available to the Rural Fire Service embedded within and interconnected to other and was not connected to any wider processes projects and networks. [...] This is evidenced in the method for gauging risk, 3.3 Rural Fire Service-mandated which was asset focused and positioned property MSF, Australia – Intensity: nominal / as central to the planning process, and in the Embeddedness: nominal Forest Service’s development and control of the software used as the foundation for the plan. [...] Therefore, included taking private land and evicting farmers, the intensity of the MSF at the outset was high, which led to resentment and hostility between local emphasizing the recognition of local people’s communities and the government.