Table 7.5 Stakeholder Analysis, Hithadhoo Stakeholders Main Features / Views / Interests Worries / Fears Experience in Power / Influence Characteristics Wetland Management National level: Line ministry, major Want to prepare Scale of Limited; held by Significant influence responsibilities islands for climate responsibilities; low individuals rather on official planning; MoHE change; responsible capacity especially than as corporate little influence on Environmental EPA for land use and away from capital; knowledge day-to-day decisions regulator housing government cutbacks on the ground Preparation of practical project; protection of biodiversity; enforcement of regulations Island level: Atoll and island-level Strategic Degradation and/or None Significant, especially administrations with development of the irreversible loss of under new City Council both strategic and atoll including natural resources; low decentralised Town Board or its day-to-day Hithadhoo; technical capacity for approach; limited by replacement responsibilities management of planning and lack of budgets and services and issues management low technical capacity residents Relatively affluent; Want economic Social problems due None, except Little, but personal many female-headed development and to changing society management of taro actions have high households; employment and expectations; fields at edge of cumulative impacts significant gender opportunities; youth disenchantment wetlands on the wetlands division of roles; want more freedom and unemployment significant generational differences
Table 7.5 Stakeholder Analysis, Hithadhoo Stakeholders Main Features / Characteristics Views / Interests Worries / Fears Experience in Wetland Management Power / Influence National level: MoHE EPA Line ministry, major responsibilities Environmental regulator Want to prepare islands for climate change; responsible for land use and housing Preparation of practical project; protection of biodiversity; enforcement of regulations Scale of responsibilities; low capacity especially away from capital; government cutbacks Limited; held by individuals rather than as corporate knowledge Significant influence on official planning; little influence on day-to-day decisions on the ground Island level: City Council Town Board or its replacement Atoll and island-level administrations with both strategic and day-to-day responsibilities Strategic development of the atoll including Hithadhoo; management of services and issues Degradation and/or irreversible loss of natural resources; low technical capacity for planning and management None Significant, especially under new decentralised approach; limited by lack of budgets and low technical capacity residents Relatively affluent; many female-headed households; significant gender division of roles; significant generational differences Want economic development and employment opportunities; want more freedom Social problems due to changing society and expectations; youth disenchantment and unemployment None, except management of taro fields at edge of wetlands Little, but personal actions have high cumulative impacts on the wetlands
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