Abstract While it has been established that co-management outcomes vary based on the forms, processes and rules of co-management types, studies on co-management have focused on the processes and conditions necessary for co-management instead of critically assessing how and why different co-management arrangements result in different outcomes. Using the socio-ecological systems framework as an analytical tool, the study examines the extent to which actors' perceptions of co-management outcomes vary as a result of different co-management types and the factors accounting for such variations. The study employs focused group discussions with resource groups within the study communities and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders including local chiefs, NGOs and managers of the Mole National Park (MNP) in data collection. Results indicate that co-management arrangements involving key stakeholders but spearheaded by managers of the MNP results primarily in positive institutional outcomes whereas co-management arrangements that devolve natural resource management to local communities results in positive socio-economic, institutional and ecological outcomes. Key variables responsible for variations in perceived outcomes include the degree of power devolved to local people to manage resources, the governance structures including means of rules creation and enforcement and the extent to which co-management provides economic incentives to local people. The theoretical constructs on which the study is based provides a basis for inferences beyond this case study as it provides a general overview of variables that influence differences in co-management outcomes.

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保护区管理：与不同共同管理类型相关的感知结果的比较

摘要 虽然已经确定共同管理的结果因共同管理类型的形式、过程和规则而异，但对共同管理的研究集中在共同管理所需的过程和条件上，而不是批判性地评估如何以及为什么不同的共同管理安排导致不同的结果。该研究使用社会生态系统框架作为分析工具，考察了行动者对共同管理结果的看法因不同的共同管理类型以及导致这种变化的因素而变化的程度。该研究与研究社区内的资源小组进行了重点小组讨论，并在数据收集过程中与包括当地酋长、非政府组织和鼹鼠国家公园 (MNP) 管理人员在内的主要利益相关者进行了深入访谈。结果表明，涉及主要利益相关者但由 MNP 管理人员带头的共同管理安排主要产生积极的制度成果，而将自然资源管理下放到当地社区的共同管理安排产生积极的社会经济、制度和生态成果。导致感知结果变化的关键变量包括下放给当地人管理资源的权力程度、包括规则制定和执行手段在内的治理结构以及共同管理为当地人提供经济激励的程度。该研究所基于的理论结构为本案例研究之外的推论提供了基础，因为它提供了影响共同管理结果差异的变量的一般概述。