RT Journal Article
T1 Rural governance against eucalyptus expansion in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula)
A1 Cidrás Fernández, Diego
A1 Lois González, Rubén Camilo
A1 Paül Carril, Valerià
K1 Invasive species
K1 Rural governance
K1 Ecological restoration
K1 Cognitive hierarchy theory
K1 Risk perception
AB Researchers, planners, and decision makers admit the need to take into account the social conflicts inherent to invasive species management in order to minimize controversy. These conflicts are mainly based on differences in values systems, thus causing antithetical policies in environmental management. On the topic of Eucalyptus plantations, this paper studies two cases in Galicia, a region under an emerging social fight between advocates and opponents: firstly, we analyze a local community that is progressively eradicating Eucalyptus through the principles of ecological restoration; and secondly, a planning initiative led by a local government with a common goal. In order to set the spatial and social dimensions of the conflict, the methodological approach is based on the components of cognitive hierarchy theory and risk perception theory. The results are discussed with the purpose of examining to what extent the case studies imply a new model of rural governance, and in this respect, are transferrable to other situations. We conclude that institutional non-interference in Eucalyptus management facilitates the emergence of diverse new governance practices in the local scale but endures the conflict in its regional dimension
PB MDPI
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19991
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19991
LA eng
NO Cidrás, D., Lois-González, R.-C., & Paül, V. (2018). Rural Governance against Eucalyptus expansion in Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula). Sustainability, 10(10), 3396
NO This research is supported by the PhD scholarship ”Programa de axudas á etapa predoutoral“ providedby the Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria) to D.C. (grant numberED481A-2018/263) and the research grant “Consolidación e estruturación. 2016 GRC GI-1871 Análise territorial”provided by the Xunta de Galicia (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenamento Universitario) to the ANTE Research Group, directed by R.-C.L.-G. (grant number ED431CR-2016/010).
DS Minerva
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