Towards understanding and resolving the conflict related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle ( Aquila heliaca ) conservation with participatory management planning
| Autor: | Eszter Kovács, Veronika Fabók, Ágnes Kalóczkai, Hans Peter Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Value (ethics) aviation Participatory planning business.industry Geography Planning and Development Environmental resource management Stakeholder Forestry 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Social value orientations 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences aviation.aircraft_model Incentive Imperial eagle Political science Conflict resolution Participatory management business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Land Use Policy. 54:158-168 |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.02.011 |
| Popis: | Conflicts often arise in relation to the conservation of protected predator species. If stakeholders are well defined and involved in participatory processes, their views and perceptions can be incorporated and steps can be made towards resolving such conflicts. In this paper, a case from Hungary is presented. In this case, a participatory management planning process was initiated in the Jaszsag Special Protection Area of European importance (SPA), within the frame of a LIFE+ project focusing on the conservation of the Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca). It provided a good opportunity to address a complex conflict situation between nature conservationists, game managers and farmers. We identified structural conflicts such as contradictions between direct agricultural payments and nature conservation goals, conflicts related to different views of the main influencing factors, relational problems between various stakeholders, and even differences in value orientation. The participatory management planning process was successful in clarifying the conflict situation and making productive steps toward a common understanding and resolution. Besides the mutually agreed conservation measures, the establishment of an administrative and financial incentive such as the high nature value area (HNVA) scheme proved to be an especially important factor for mitigating the conflict. It also contributed to a more successful realisation of nature conservation objectives in an area dominated by private land owners. However, continued interaction and cooperation are needed to stabilise this progress. Our paper also shows that stakeholder involvement in conservation management planning can transcend the strategic dimension of participation, and address broader common values besides the interests of land user groups. |
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