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.

在当前的“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。 尽管大多数人都同意以某种形式的保护来保护这种生物多样性，但学者和从业者对保护工作的适当量表进行了热烈的争论。 尽管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，但另一些人则认为，只有大规模的区域，国家和跨国方法可以确保栖息地代表和连通性才能有效。 这项论文研究将研究小规模管理系统与大规模生态网络的合并，以确定如何将小规模和大规模方案合并，以进行更有效，公正和公平的保护。 这项工作将研究目前在巴斯克省苏勒（法国阿基坦区）和欧盟的栖息地指令中建立的共同财产管理系统的交汇处，以创建Natura 2000网络。 研究人员将使用结构化的访谈和社交网络分析来调查随着巴斯克牧羊人与法国和欧盟官员的合作，该过程正在出现，该过程正在与法国和欧盟官员合作，为公共牧场的新管理计划制定新的管理计划。 这项研究将有助于推进关于普通财产的理论，并融入大型社会和政治网络中，并测试新方法，以分析政府与当地用户群体之间的合作管理。 通过促进我们对合作管理特征与参与者在过程中的满意度相关的理解，这项研究还将帮助保护从业人员制作的项目，这些项目更有可能建立保护措施以进行保护，从而更加有效。 该项目还将提高法国巴斯克的能见度，法国巴斯克（Plast Basques）是一个政策制定中代表性不足的群体。