Policy impact on desertification: stakeholders’ perceptions in southeast Spain

Oñate, Juan J.; Peco, Begoña

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2004.01.002

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“…In addition, we contacted some managers through hunters who had previously collaborated with our institute. In these cases, we identified initial interviewees as people responsible of hunting associations or individual hunters for participating in a different project, and these provided contact information for subsequent participants (i.e., a snowballing procedure; Oñate andPeco 2005, Schüttler et al 2011). …”

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“…To foster a comfortable, nonintimidating exchange between the interviewer and http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss2/art28/ respondents, the interviews were conducted in an informal, conversational manner (Kvale 1996). A semistructured approach was adopted, combining closed questions and the flexibility of more open questions targeted at capturing the game managers' perceptions (see an example of this approach in Oñate and Peco 2005).…”

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The Role of Economic and Social Factors Driving Predator Control in Small-Game Estates in Central Spain

Delibes‐Mateos¹,

Díaz-Fernández²,

Ferreras³

et al. 2013

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One of the most important human-wildlife conflicts in the world is that where predators are involved. Predators may compete with us for the same resources, such as game species. As a consequence, predators have been frequently controlled by game managers, which has negatively affected many predator populations worldwide. The understanding of human-wildlife conflicts requires a multidisplicinary framework that is rarely considered. We aim to evaluate the attitudes and behavior of game managers with regard to predator management in central Spain, as well as to explore factors that lead to these attitudes and behavior. Data were gathered through face to face interviews with game managers from 59 small-game hunting estates within central Spain. Predator control was employed in 90% of the estates, but control intensity was very variable among estates. Economic interests and perceptions about predators apparently influenced variation in control intensity. The main methods employed were cage-traps and shooting, but some illegal practices (e.g., leg-hold traps or snares without stopping devices) were also admittedly used for carnivores. Most managers considered that efficacy of legal methods for control of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) was very limited. Overall, nonselective methods, such as some types of snares, were more frequently employed in commercial than in noncommercial estates. Most managers believed that predators had an important effect on prey, and therefore that not doing it would lead to smaller hunting bags. Only managers from commercial hunting estates used stronger discourses such as that hunting would be impossible without carrying out predator control, which suggests that their tolerance for predators was lower than that of managers whose main motivation was not economic. Most managers considered that predator control was effective to reduce the number of predators, but only in the short term. Therefore, they highlighted the need of maintaining predator control every year. Our results highlight the important role that both social and economic factors (even stronger than ecological factors) play driving predator control, and therefore the need of incorporating these factors when making decisions to mitigate the human-predator conflict

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The Role of Economic and Social Factors Driving Predator Control in Small-Game Estates in Central Spain

Delibes‐Mateos¹,

Díaz-Fernández²,

Ferreras³

et al. 2013

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“…However, erosion control measures are often poorly conceived and implemented (Gebremedhin 2004, Oñate and Peco 2005, Liniger and Critchley 2007, Boix-Fayos et al 2008, and fail to achieve the desired reductions in sediment yield. One of the reasons for the low success rates is the fact that farmers, being those that have to actually execute and maintain the adopted measure, get hardly any short-term benefits from the adopted measures, and often conservation measures are not well-adapted to local socio-economic and cultural conditions (Gebremedhin 2004, Oñate andPeco 2005). Given the often precarious economic situation of African land users, the long-term benefit of preserving soil fertility and reservoir storage capacity, and thus saving money for fertilizers and water provision, is generally not convincing enough (e.g.…”

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Targeting of intervention areas to reduce reservoir sedimentation in the Tana catchment (Kenya) using SWAT

Hunink¹,

Niadas

Antonaropoulos

et al. 2013

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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A measurement campaign was carried out in the Upper Tana basin (Kenya) to quantify soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation rates, including a bathymetric reservoir survey and sediment load sampling during one year. Then, distributed soil erosion modelling was performed to study sediment budgets throughout the basin and to evaluate the potential of upstream erosion control through vegetated contour strips and check dams. Finally, the areas where these measures would be most effective were identified and local stakeholder associations to implement them were prioritized. The influence of the scale of implementation was evaluated by using the model to consider three adoption scenarios. This study illustrates the relevance of distributed erosion models to target erosion control measures when sufficient information on the eroding areas is available from field surveys. Bathymetric surveys were fundamental to validate the long-term model response, while point measurements were valuable to verify the spatial variability of model predictions.Key words soil erosion; sediment yield; sedimentation rate; distributed model; SWAT; Kenya; erosion control; soil conservation; watershed management Détermination des zones d'intervention pour la réduction de la sédimentation des réservoirs du bassin du Tana (Kenya) en utilisant SWAT Résumé Une campagne de mesures a été réalisée dans le bassin du Haut Tana (Kenya) afin de quantifier l'érosion des sols et les taux de sédimentation dans le réservoir, comprenant une étude bathymétrique du réservoir et l'échantillonnage des sédiments déposés pendant un an. Une modélisation distribuée de l'érosion des sols a ensuite été réalisée pour étudier le bilan des sédiments dans le bassin et évaluer le potentiel de contrôle de l'érosion en amont, par des bandes de végétation suivant les courbes de niveau et des barrages de retenue. Nous avons enfin identifié les zones où ces mesures seraient les plus efficaces, de même que les associations d'intervenants locaux susceptibles de les mettre en oeuvre. L'influence de la mise en oeuvre a été évaluée en utilisant le modèle selon trois scénarios. Cette étude illustre la pertinence des modèles d'érosion distribués pour concevoir des mesures de lutte contre l'érosion lorsque suffisamment d'informations sur les zones érodées, provenant d'enquêtes sur le terrain, sont disponibles. Les levés bathymétriques ont été fondamentaux pour valider la réponse du modèle à long terme, tandis que les mesures ponctuelles ont été utiles pour vérifier la variabilité spatiale des prévisions du modèle.

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“…Oñate and Peco 2005;Grindlay et al 2011). Spain has a history of a deliberative rather than coercive approach in water governance, and the past couple of decades have seen the devolution of water governance to the regional level (Hernandez Mora et al 2008).…”

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Interrogating sustainable productivism: Lessons from the ‘Almerían miracle’

Juntti

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2017

Land Use Policy

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Many have suggested that a new form of sustainable agricultural productivism is needed in response to the challenges to food security posed by climate change and population growth. We interrogate the potential of the intensive horticultural industry located in the Spanish province of Almería, to represent sustainable productivism. The Almerían horticultural industry has been lauded as an example of neo-endogenous growth and manifests a range of sustainable technologies addressing environmental impacts. This paper employs elements of ecological modernisation theory and emerging theorisations of sustainable productivism to analyse the sustainability of production, including farmers' decision-making rationale and knowledge networks. We argue that Almerían horticulture represents 'weak ecological modernisation' and its main sustainability challenges are posed by water use, a demand led production rationale and the precarious situation of family farms that at present provide a degree of economic embeddedness in this highly industrialised production model. The competitive imperative yields marketing organisations huge sway in production decision-making, and while a cost-price squeeze has driven efficiency in the use of farm inputs and product innovation, it has paradoxically made further advances in sustainable water management very difficult to achieve. Transforming the Almerían horticultural industry into a truly sustainable model of productivism would require the concerted efforts of not only individual farmers and marketing organisations but also regional and local water governance institutions and land use planning. The main obstacle to this remains the dominant normative perception that justifies groundwater over-abstraction on the grounds of its high economic returns and the perceived inability of small farmers to invest in desalinated water or further technological solutions. Highlights:Ecological modernisation theory is applied to assess the Almerían horticultural sector.Despite many environmental measures, resource use and production methods do not yet measure up to sustainable productivism.While water poses the main sustainability challenge, concerted effort of farmers, marketing organisations, land use planning and energy and water governance institutions is required to realise the sustainability potential.Deliberative governance institutions are not able to overcome deep seated normative perceptions about legitimate water use, but a decisive governance push is required for change to emerge.2

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Policy impact on desertification: stakeholders’ perceptions in southeast Spain

Cited by 99 publications

References 11 publications

The Role of Economic and Social Factors Driving Predator Control in Small-Game Estates in Central Spain

The Role of Economic and Social Factors Driving Predator Control in Small-Game Estates in Central Spain

Targeting of intervention areas to reduce reservoir sedimentation in the Tana catchment (Kenya) using SWAT

Interrogating sustainable productivism: Lessons from the ‘Almerían miracle’

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