Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry

Serra, Rita; Ferreira, Patrı́cia; Skulska, Iryna; Alavez-Vargas, Mayrén; Salgado, Anailton; García-Barrios, Raúl

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“…However, the state's role as forest administrator is frequently overlooked. Actually, the forest services co-administers 60% of the common lands [4], which corresponds to 412,143 ha [25]. This is the direct result from the devolution policies of the common lands, which took place in the framework that followed the "carnation revolution" of 25 April 1974.…”

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“…As the mycelia of mushrooms connect the trees with dead matter and lively microbes [1], their fruiting bodies provide the ground for people to experience nature, value it and intimately connect it to human sociability [2]. Such valuation of nature and the diverse creatures inhabiting the woods is essential to connect people to the stewardship of forests [3], especially when such connections have been broken resulting in the eradication of forest goods, socio-environmental degradation and, occasionally, land abandonment [4].…”

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Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in the Community Forests of Portugal

2017

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Forest community connections are crucial to ensure forest stewardship and sustainability. We explored the potential of mushrooming to enable such connections in contexts where these connections have been historically broken, alienating local people from forests. Taking the case of the recent devolution of a community forest (baldios) in central Portugal to the local population, we present a five-year pilot project to rework mycology from a mushroom-centered approach to a mushroom-in-baldios approach. Mushrooms were used as an entry-point to connect the forest ecology with the challenges of governance and community building. The devised activities provided an opportunity for people inside and outside the local community to adventure into the woods and find out more about their socio-ecological history, develop communal and convivial relationships and engage in the responsible gathering of wild mushrooms. However, the hosting of mushroomers to know, value and engage with the community forest recovery has constantly worked against the enclosure of mushrooms to provide marketable forms of leisure. The outcome of these activities depends on the relationships established between mushrooms, mycologists, local administrators, commoners and poachers, all operating within a framework that favors the eradication of resources instead of long-term relationships that sustain places.

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Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in the Community Forests of Portugal

2017

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“…However, its role as forest administrator is frequently overlooked. Actually, the forest services co-administrate 60% of the common lands [4], which corresponds to 412 143 ha [22]. This is the direct result from the devolution policies of the common lands, which took place in the revolutionary framework of 25 April of 1974.…”

Section: Regimes Of Forest Ownership and Mushroom Access In Portugalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the mycelia of mushrooms connect the trees with dead matter and lively microbial others [1], their fruiting bodies provide the ground for people to experience nature, value it and intimately connect it to human sociability [2]. Such valuation of nature and the diverse creatures inhabiting the woods is essential to connect people to the stewardship of forests [3], especially when such connections were broken resulting in the eradication of forest goods, socio-environmental degradation and occasionally, land abandonment [4].…”

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Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in Community Forests

Serra¹,

Rodrigues²,

García-Barrios³

2017

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Forest community connections are crucial to ensure forest stewardship and sustainability. We set to explore the potential of mushrooming to enable such connections in contexts were these were historically broken, alienating local people from forests. Taking the case of the recent devolution of a community forest in central Portugal (baldios) to the local population, the authors present a five-year pilot project to rework mycology from a mushroom-centered approach to a mushroom-in-baldios approach. Mushrooms were used as an entry-point to connect the forest ecology with the challenges of governance and community building. The devised activities provided an opportunity for people inside and outside the local community to adventure into the woods, find about their socio-ecological history, develop communal and convivial relationships and engage in the responsible gathering of wild mushrooms. However, the hosting of mushroomers to know, value and engage with the community forest recovery is constantly worked against the enclosure of mushrooms to provide marketable forms of leisure. The outcome will depend on the relationships established between mushrooms, mycologists, local administrators, commoners and poachers, operating within a framework that favors the eradication of resources instead of the longterm relationships that sustain places.

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“…A probabilidade de os baldios se tornarem meios de produção de valores de troca e de geração de serviços mercantis é elevada nestes casos, sendo dificilmente compatível com uma utilização restritiva por razões de proteção ambiental. Dois exemplos recolhidos de estudos recentes (Caldas, 2013;Serra et al, 2016;Hespanha, 2014), permitem aprofundar o conhecimento sobre os modelos de revitalização possíveis em comunidades com baldios. O que torna mais pertinente esta comparação é que os dois casos respeitam à mesma área geográfica -a Serra da Lousã -possuem uma história comum até um passado recente e, a partir de certa altura, começam a divergir na sua orientação estratégica: num caso, ela aponta para um reforço da identidade comunitária e, no outro, aponta para uma abertura do acesso à utilização dos baldios, oferecendo um conjunto amplo de serviços de recreio, desporto e lazer numa perspetiva puramente mercantil.…”

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O papel dos baldios na revitalização das comunidades rurais

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Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in the Community Forests of Portugal

Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in the Community Forests of Portugal

Mushrooming Communities: A Field Guide to Mycology in Community Forests

O papel dos baldios na revitalização das comunidades rurais

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