Balancing social equity and biodiversity outcomes in protected area management.

Información del proyecto

EquiPE

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 706680

DOI

10.3030/706680

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 4 Marzo 2016

Fecha de inicio 10 Enero 2017

Fecha de finalización 9 Enero 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 183 454,80

Aportación de la UE

€ 183 454,80

Coordinado por

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
United Kingdom

Objetivo

We are in the midst of the earth’s sixth mass extinction and the search for effective conservation solutions has never been more pressing. In recent years the model for nature conservation has changed, deeply embedding safe-guarding livelihoods and maximising equity within the missions of most conservation organisations. Re-focusing conservation in this way is based on the assumption that more socially equitable conservation will be both more acceptable to stakeholders, thereby reducing the likelihood of conflict with conservationists, and ultimately more effective in protecting biodiversity. That is the key hypothesis which will be tested in this fellowship.
To achieve this I will address three key research objectives: 1) To devise a metric of equity in protected area governance and assess under which conditions protected area governance can be considered most equitable; 2) To explore how variation in equity in protected area governance influences acceptability of the protected area; and 3) To uncover how variation in equity in protected area governance relates with good biodiversity outcomes. I will meet these objectives through: 1) the development of an index of equity based on up-to-date theory and using protected area management plans; 2) a review of conflicts around protected areas and how these relate to equity in the governance of protected areas; and 3) large-scale spatial analyses of protected area effectiveness and forest change in relation to equity.
While working in leading European research groups and gaining excellent training in interdisciplinary theory and up-to-date analytical methods, I will: (1) improve knowledge of outcomes of protected area management using recently available data sets; (2) provide conservationists with guidance for the design of protected area management plans; and (3) help the implementation of European Directives by providing a framework to design and analyse effectiveness of conservation measures.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › ciencia de datos
• ciencias sociales › sociología › gobernanza
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › conservación de la biodiversidad
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › ecología › ecosistemas
• ciencias agrícolas › agricultura, silvicultura y pesca › agricultura

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panel

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 183 454,80
• Dirección: KING'S COLLEGE REGENT WALK ; AB24 3FX Aberdeen ; Reino Unido
• Región: Scotland › North Eastern Scotland › Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 183 454,80