Protected areas and their surrounding territory: socioecological systems in the context of ecological solidarity

The concept of ecological solidarity (ES) is a major feature of the 2006 law reforming national park policy in France. In the context of biodiversity conservation, the objectives of this study are to outline the historical development of ES, provide a working definition, and present a method for its...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecological applications Jg. 26; H. 1; S. 5 - 16
Hauptverfasser: Mathevet, Raphaël, John D. Thompson, Carl Folke, F. Stuart Chapin III, III
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Ecological Society of America 2016
ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Schlagworte:
adaptive management
biodiversity
Biodiversity and Ecology
biodiversity conservation
Camargue Regional Natural Park
Camargue Regional Natural Park, France
case studies
Cevennes National Park
Cevennes National Park, France
collective action
conservation areas
Conservation of Natural Resources
cultural landscape
ecological solidarity
economic valuation
Ecosystem
ecosystem management
Environment
Environmental Sciences
France
Humans
INVITED FEATURE: PROTECTED AREAS AS SOCIOECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
issues and policy
national park policy
national parks
Policy
protected areas as socioecological systems
Social Environment
socioecological system
stakeholders
France
ANE, France
ISSN:1051-0761, 1939-5582, 1939-5582
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Zusammenfassung:The concept of ecological solidarity (ES) is a major feature of the 2006 law reforming national park policy in France. In the context of biodiversity conservation, the objectives of this study are to outline the historical development of ES, provide a working definition, and present a method for its implementation that combines environmental pragmatism and adaptive management. First, we highlight how ES provides a focus on the interdependencies among humans and nonhuman components of the socioecological system. In doing so, we identify ES within a framework that distinguishes ecological, socioecological, and sociopolitical interdependencies. In making such interdependencies apparent to humans who are not aware of their existence, the concept of ES promotes collective action as an alternative or complementary approach to state‐ or market‐based approaches. By focusing on the awareness, feelings, and acknowledgement of interdependencies between actors and between humans and nonhumans, we present and discuss a learning‐based approach (participatory modeling) that allows stakeholders to work together to construct cultural landscapes for present and future generations. Using two case studies, we show how an ES analysis goes beyond the ecosystem management approach to take into account how human interactions with the environment embody cultural, social, and economic values and endorse an ethically integrated science of care and responsibility. ES recognizes the diversity of these values as a practical foundation for socially engaged and accountable actions. Finally, we discuss how ES enhances academic support for a socioecological systems approach to biodiversity conservation and promotes collaboration with decision‐makers and stakeholders involved in the adaptive management of protected areas and their surrounding landscapes.
Bibliographie:http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0421
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Editors' Note
Corresponding Editor: E. Nelson
www.esajournal.org/loi/ecap
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ISSN:1051-0761
1939-5582
1939-5582
DOI:10.1890/14-0421