The knowledge that counts: institutional identities, policy science, and the conflict over fire management in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela

The knowledge that counts: institutional identities, policy science, and the conflict over fire management in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela. SLETTO, B. World Development, 36(10):1938–1955, 2008.

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The cultures of environmental planning agencies shape institutional identities and management interventions. Central to such institutional cultures is knowledge production, which is shaped by political–economic processes, dominant narratives and institutional desires to produce ‘‘conservation’’ landscapes. Through knowledge production, certain scientiﬁc knowledge and data are appropriated, while others are excluded. In the case of ﬁre management in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela, a project of policy science draws on selected scientiﬁc knowledge and emphasizes remote sensing and quantitative analysis at the expense of indigenous knowledge and prescriptive burning practices. This policy science emerges from an institutional culture that favors ﬁre suppression as a means to recreate a desired, imaginary forest.

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