Resumen de Cultivating networks and mapping social landscapes: How to understand restoration governance in Rwanda
Kathleen Buckingham, Bernadette Arakwiye, Sabin Ray, Ornanong Maneerattana, Will Anderson
This study focuses on environmental governance in Rwanda through a social network lens, with the aim to understand actors’ connections, their priorities and their values within the restoration landscape at the national, district and community scales in Gatsibo. Diverse, reliable, and resilient networks of information, finance, and seedlings are essential for the restoration movement to be sustainable. The study identifies that key resource flows are not directly accessible to the farmers, who are the key implementers of restoration in Rwanda. The study identifies the need to first understand and then strengthen these networks by mapping actors’ resource flows, priorities and values, and then developing a strategy for change. By considering actor networks, restoration interventions can be more efficient regarding resources, collaboration and outreach. Moreover, conflicts and bottlenecks can be more easily anticipated.
