Policy means for ensuring the full value of forests to society

Glück, Peter

doi:10.1016/s0264-8377(00)00018-1

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“…Independently of the different theories about their origin, Galician MVMC are shared by a group of people according to agreed rules, as are other forest communities in the European context (Merlo 1995, Glück 2000. In Galicia, their ownership has fallen to neighbors surrounding one or more villages, usually parishes, where the legal regime does not establish different quotas among co-owners -the place of residence or neighborhood determines access, which is egalitarian and free for neighbors and it is not possible to inherit or sell the use right (Marey-Pérez 2003).…”

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“…Such rights are determined by internal rules transmitted by tradition inside the community. It has played a key role in the economic development of rural areas (Glück 2000, Short 2000, Maskey et al 2006, Pagdee et al 2006) regardless of its function and use.Mei Szen & Sovacool (2013) indicated that the criteria of efficiency, equity, sustainability and compatibility should be utilized to manage conflicts in land use. In some areas managed by the Forestry Administration in Galicia (Spain), a greater number of fires occurred as a result of conflicts (Gómez-Váz-quez et al 2009 th century.…”

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

Pérez¹,

Díaz-Varela²,

Calvo-González³

2015

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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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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

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“…Forest indemnity (quoted as compensation payment too) is an example of public subsidy (Cubbage et al 2007;Pagiola et al 2002;Gluck 2000;Merlo 1995). It can be defined as the amount due to the forest owner to offset the higher costs and/or lower revenues resulting from restrictions introduced by law on the use of forest resources.…”

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Forestry indemnity: a regional case study

Carbone¹

2011

Eur J Forest Res

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“…Regardless of its function and use, common agricultural and forest land has played a key role in rural economy (Glück, 2000;Short, 2000;Maskey et al, 2006;Pagdee et al, 2006), has been a source of sustainable rural development and has contributed to satisfying the socioeconomic needs of the rural population (Elands et al, 2004). The arrival of a competitive economy to international markets brought about important changes in traditional land uses and management practices (Pardo and Gil, 2005), which had to conform to the new socio-economic situation (Hoogstra et al, 2004;Olsson et al, 2004;Ziegenspeck et al, 2004;Barli et al, 2006;De Jong et al, 2006;Salka et al, 2006;Sanginga et al, 2006;Schlüter, 2007;Bravo and De Moor, 2008;Short, 2008).…”

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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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Policy means for ensuring the full value of forests to society

Cited by 43 publications

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

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

Forestry indemnity: a regional case study

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

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