Framing environmental policy by the local press: Case study from the Dadia Forest Reserve, Greece

Hovardas, Tasos; Korfiatis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2007.12.001

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“…Moreover, it provides a new perspective on common management, since conflict is perceived from an external point of view that targets the whole society of the region (Meitner et al, 2005). Similar approaches were successfully taken elsewhere (Yasmi et al, 2006;Hovardas and Korfiatis, 2008) to analyze agricultural and forestry conflicts.…”

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“…Ellefson (1992) analyzed the resolution of conflicts over forests, focusing on policies and participants; Sidaway (1997) studied different approaches to conflict management and resolution; Bostedt and Mattsson (1996) analyzed the regulations and legal instruments developed by institutions and governments for the resolution of environmental conflicts; Walker and Daniels (1997) portrayed conflict management as a triangle of three interrelated dimensions: substance, procedure and relationship; Skutsh (2000) analyzed the types of conflicts and related them to the forms of resolution; Hëllstrom (2001) proposed a set of indicators for the analysis of conflicts over forests categorized according to theme, intensity, actors, dimensions of the conflict, communication, relationship with other actors, policy and economic aspects; Pinto Correia et al (2006) presented a holistic approach for the resolution of environmental conflicts; Barli et al (2006) made a descriptive statistical analysis of a number of indicators related to conflicts over forests ;De Jong et al (2006) performed a qualitative analysis of conflicts in three forest areas, and Brehm (2007) applied grounded theory to the analysis of environmental conflicts. Ibarra and Hirakuri (2007) performed a qualitative analysis based on interviews with experts, and Hovardas and Korfiatis (2008) analyzed changes in the environmental policy of an area using local and regional newspaper reports and their impact on forest management patterns. Elands et al (2004), Maskey et al (2006), Djamhuri (2008), or Schlueter (2008 made further contributions to the resolution of conflicts in forest areas.…”

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“…The analysis of mass media has been used to determine the social impact of natural resource management (Xu and Bengston, 1997;Okhura, 2003;Wakefield and Elliot, 2003;Hovardas and Korfiatis, 2008). More specifically, the perception of forest communities by media is an indicator of the level of management and organization of communities (Aasetre, 2006), which is particularly useful in the analysis and assessment of the social relevance of forest communities in the study area and of the interactions of social relevance with economic and environmental issues (Gómez-Vázquez et al, 2009).…”

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Different approaches to the social vision of communal land management: the case of Galicia (Spain)

Pérez

Gómez-Vázquez

Díaz-Varela

2010

Span. j. agric. res.

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Communal forests, or Montes Veciñais en Man Común (MVMC), are a specific form of communal land tenure and a singular legal category in Galicia. The growing demographic decline in rural areas and, particularly, in inner areas of Galicia has led to a decrease in the economic interest of forest resources. The complexity of the different management modes or levels of organization of forest communities cannot be explained through a homogeneous interpretation. The objective of this paper is to determine the types, distribution and sources of conflicts, and to describe the role of conflicts as catalysts or barriers for common land management. For that purpose, local, provincial and regional newspaper reports about forest communities were compiled from libraries and the conflicts reported in the media were defined and classified. Spatial analyses, descriptive statistics and statistical classification methods were used to find correlations between the different social, economic or environmental variables involved. Our results reveal a very uneven spatial distribution of conflicts over common land and a stronger impact of social and environmental factors over economic factors. In addition, this paper discusses the interpretation of the higher or lower degree of conflict as a positive or negative contribution to the management of privately owned common land and explains how factors such as the demographic situation in the area, the relationship with the Forest Administration and the incorporation of new actors in the region account for the current situation and the changes in management models.Additional key words: collective private ownership, conflict, uneven spatial distribution. ResumenDiferentes aproximaciones a la visión social en la gestión de tierras comunales: el caso de Galicia (España)Los Montes Vecinales en Mano Común (MVMC), son una forma específica de tenencia de la tierra comunal con una categoría jurídica singular en Galicia. El declive demográfico cada vez mayor en las zonas rurales particularmente en las zonas interiores de Galicia ha ocasionado una disminución en el interés económico de los recursos forestales. Los diferentes métodos de gestión y niveles de organización de las comunidades muestran una realidad compleja que no puede ser explicada a través de una interpretación única. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar los tipos, la distribución y las fuentes de origen de los conflictos, para describir su papel como catalizadores o barreras para la gestión. Para ello, fueron recopilados informes de los periódicos locales, provinciales y regionales acerca de las comunidades forestales, y las noticias de conflictos se definieron y clasificaron de acuerdo a un análisis espacial, estadística descriptiva y métodos de clasificación numéricos, encontrándose correlaciones entre las variables sociales, econó-micas o ambientales. Nuestros resultados muestran una distribución espacial muy desigual y un mayor impacto de los factores sociales y medioambientales sobre los factores económicos en los confli...

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Different approaches to the social vision of communal land management: the case of Galicia (Spain)

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Gómez-Vázquez

Díaz-Varela

2010

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Similarly, Wakefield & Elliott (2003) analyzed how local newspapers informed concerning environmental risks. More recently, Hovardas & Korfiatis (2008) studied how the press tackles the management of a forest reservation in Greece.…”

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“…Lack of management experience, the absence of connections between the different communities, and historical land disputes were common causes of -0.052 -increased conflict over these lands in different areas (Aasetre 2006, Matta & Alavalapati 2006. As demonstrated by Hovardas & Korfiatis (2008), lack of clarity about rights and obligations, both within the community of owners itself and between the community and other neighboring communities, results in increased conflict in the area of management. Ostrom (2010) pointed out that "in order to effectively govern and manage a common-pool resources some form of propertyrights system must be developed".…”

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Does higher owner participation increase conflicts over common land? An analysis of communal forests in Galicia (Spain)

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Díaz-Varela²,

Calvo-González³

2015

iForest

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionIn a modern sense, public participation in devising forest management is voluntary. Within public participation processes, people, individually or in organized groups, can exchange information, express opinions and articulate interests with the aim of influencing the final result in decision making (ILO 2000, Aasetre 2006, Atmis et al. 2007. It is both an opportunity and a need for today's society, as it is a useful tool to avoid conflicts, share information and encourage good relations with the planning team (Hellström 2001, Kangas & Store 2003, Santos et al. 2006, Janse & Konijnendijk 2007, Hiltunen et al. 2009, Cantiani 2012. Public participation contributes to democratization through the reinforcement of transparency in decision making: it increases plurality of aims, encourages mutual learning and increases the awareness of collective responsibility for natural resource management questions (Elsasser 2002, Kangas et al. 2010, Lennox et al. 2011).According to Ostrom & Nagendra (2006), sustainable governance of natural resources is a challenging task, in which "major debates occur over what types of policy interventions best protect forests, with choices of property and land tenure systems being central issues" and natural resource management can be approached from different views. There are regional differences in practical approaches to biodiversity conflict management because the social, political and economic characteristics of a culture influence the type of conflicts and the response to them (Hellström 2001). In this context, conflicts are confrontations between opposing values and objectives of the stakeholders in the sustainable management of natural resources (Bojórquez-Tapia et al. 2004), often caused by different perceptions of the initial situation of the resources discussed (Gritten et al. 2009). Following Skutsch (2000, conflicts over biodiversity should be regarded as inherent in social participation, reinforcing the ideas of Hellström (2001), which are seen as an important part of the decisionmaking process on how to use the natural resources.Conflicts usually have negative effects on forest management (Druckman 2005). However, the key to understanding and to the new social demands in forest areas (Hellström 2001) lies in the nature of conflicts. Many authors have analyzed conflicts in forest areas (Elands et al. 2004, Maskey et al. 2006, Djamhuri 2008, Schlueter 2008. White et al. (2009) developed a new and innovative framework aimed at improving the conceptual understanding of biodiversity conflicts. This method is based on the analysis of ecological, economic and social factors that affect the behavior of the biodiversity actors responsible for the conflict. This system is useful in developing strategic models to improve the understanding of general conflict dynamics.The aim of the study is to classify in groups the parishes with communal forest land of the Montes Vecinales en Mano Común (MVMC), to analyze the different management levels an...

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Environmental representations of local communities' spokespersons in protected areas

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Korfiatis

Pantis

2009

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Despite the popularization of the environmental discourse, rural environmental belief-systems should not be viewed as homogenous. Focusing on the largest protected area in Greece, we examined heterogeneity in local environmental views. Local spokespersons elicited word associations to two stimulus terms, namely, 'environmentalists' and 'protected area'. Based on association categories for both terms, we identified two sample segments. 'Naturalists' appealed to a naturalistic image, which shaped the core compartment of their representations. On the other hand, 'skeptics' provided both environmentalist claims and critical accounts. Our findings revealed that the environmental discourse was widely diffused among local spokespersons. Issues of power and participation in decisionmaking processes within protected areas are discussed. For instance, dimensions of power and legitimacy were reflected in the frequency of association categories and their allocation among sample segments. Specifically, environmentalist accounts were overtly expressed by both 'naturalists' and skeptics, while a more socially, politically and critically inclined view was revealed by a small percentage of associations that were all elicited by 'skeptics'. We conclude that appreciating the heterogeneity of rural environmental views can reinforce the democratic mandate in environmental policy-making.

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Framing environmental policy by the local press: Case study from the Dadia Forest Reserve, Greece

Cited by 27 publications

References 43 publications

Different approaches to the social vision of communal land management: the case of Galicia (Spain)

Different approaches to the social vision of communal land management: the case of Galicia (Spain)

Does higher owner participation increase conflicts over common land? An analysis of communal forests in Galicia (Spain)

Environmental representations of local communities' spokespersons in protected areas

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