Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This study examines the governance of the Rammang-Rammang karst area in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, integrating the frameworks of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Adaptive Co-Management (ACM), Adaptive Governance (AG), Social–Ecological Systems (SES), political ecology, and the coloniality of knowledge. It does so through an exploratory case study approach, drawing on 28 research informants (in-depth interviews), Focus Group Discussions, and participant observation techniques, which are interpreted through thematic analysis using NVivo 14 to identify cross-narrative patterns and interactions among stakeholders. Six interrelated dynamics are revealed: the cultural–ecological meaning of karst as a living space; community resistance to extractive threats; structural power asymmetry; the dominance of techno-administrative knowledge; the challenges of integrating ESG–ACM–AG; and the emergence of organic local governance practices. These dynamics illustrate the ongoing tension between formal institutional structures and community-based governance systems. The development of an integrative conceptual model that positions locally-based ESG, ACM-driven collaboration, and multilevel AG coordination as three bridging mechanisms to align both subsystems.
Source: Research Square
Institutions: Hasanuddin University, Ateneo de Manila University
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Universitas Hasanuddin
Award: G6748632387
OpenAlex ID: W7213767997