Doctoral Dissertation Research: Co-management in the Pyrenees: Natura 2000 and Basque Common Property Management

博士论文研究：比利牛斯山脉的共同管理：Natura 2000 和巴斯克公共财产管理

• 批准号: 0550154
• 负责人: Theodore Gragson
• 金额: $ 1.16万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2007-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0550154&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Co; management

In the current "extinction crisis" many are beginning to view biodiversity as a global heritage belonging to the people of the world. Though most people agree on the need to protect that biodiversity with some form of conservation, scholars and practitioners argue heatedly about the appropriate scale for conservation efforts. While some promote community-based initiatives because locals know and care about resources on which they depend, others believe that only large-scale regional, national, and transnational approaches that ensure habitat representation and connectivity can be effective. This dissertation research will examine the merger of a small-scale management system with a large-scale ecological network to determine how small- and large-scale schemes might be combined for conservation that is more effective, just, and equitable. This work will examine the intersection of the common property management system currently in place in the Basque province of Soule (District of Aquitaine, France) and the European Union's Habitats Directive as it is being implemented to create the Natura 2000 network. The researcher will use structured interviews and social network analysis to investigate the cooperative management process that is emerging as Basque shepherds are working with French and European Union officials to craft new management plans for communal pasture lands. This research will contribute to advancing theory regarding common property as ever-changing and embedded in large social and political networks and to testing new methods for analyzing cooperative management between governments and local user groups. By contributing to our understanding of how features of cooperative management correlate with the satisfaction of participants in the process, this research will also help conservation practitioners craft projects that are more likely to build constituencies for conservation and thus be more effective. The project will also increase the visibility of French Basques, an under-represented group in policy-making.

在目前的“灭绝危机”中，许多人开始将生物多样性视为属于世界人民的全球遗产。 虽然大多数人都同意有必要以某种形式的保护来保护生物多样性，但学者和实践者对保护工作的适当规模进行了激烈的争论。 虽然有些人促进基于社区的举措，因为当地人知道并关心他们所依赖的资源，但其他人认为，只有确保栖息地代表性和连通性的大规模区域，国家和跨国方法才能有效。 本论文的研究将探讨一个小规模的管理系统与一个大规模的生态网络的合并，以确定如何小规模和大规模的计划可能结合起来，更有效，公正和公平的保护。 这项工作将审查目前在巴斯克省Soule（法国阿基坦区）实施的共同财产管理系统与欧洲联盟为建立Natura 2000网络而正在实施的《财产管理指令》之间的交叉点。 研究人员将使用结构化访谈和社会网络分析来调查合作管理过程，这是新兴的巴斯克牧羊人正在与法国和欧盟官员合作，为公共牧场制定新的管理计划。 这项研究将有助于推进关于公共财产不断变化并嵌入大型社会和政治网络的理论，并测试分析政府和当地用户群体之间合作管理的新方法。 通过有助于我们了解合作管理的特点如何与参与者的满意度在这个过程中，这项研究也将帮助保护从业者工艺的项目，更有可能建立选区的保护，从而更有效。 该项目还将提高法国巴斯克人的知名度，这是一个在决策中代表性不足的群体。