Descripción del proyecto
Un nuevo paradigma para las zonas protegidas de la Unión Europea
En la actualidad, una cuarta parte del territorio europeo está constituido por zonas protegidas (ZP). Según la Estrategia de la Unión Europea sobre Biodiversidad para 2030, las ZP terrestres deberían representar un mínimo del 30 % del territorio europeo. El objetivo es garantizar la conservación de la biodiversidad. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos FIDELIO estudiará las repercusiones sociales que podrían dificultar la gestión eficaz de las ZP. Desarrollará el primer paradigma para entender cómo se formulan las percepciones de las repercusiones sociales. El proyecto llevará a cabo dos rondas de encuestas sociales en cuatro ZP de Europa y probará el marco en quince ZP. A fin de maximizar los beneficios sociales para las comunidades locales, el equipo de FIDELIO mejorará la comprensión sobre las repercusiones sociales y predecirá su evolución.
Objetivo
Designating Protected Areas (PAs) is the most important policy tool for biodiversity conservation. Over 100 new PAs have been established in the past 36 months in European Union territory. However, effective management of PAs is often obstructed by conflicts mainly associated with the social impacts (SIs) imposed on local communities by their establishment. Despite the importance of these SIs there are certain aspects in this field that remain significantly under-researched. There is now an increasing need to incorporate SI assessments in decision making processes by providing a clear framework explaining how perceptions of these impacts are created and predicting their change in the future. This will support the achievement of international goals for biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change as well as better accounting for social justice issues for communities dependent on protected natural resources. The aim of FIDELIO is to develop for the first time a new paradigm in order to understand how perceptions of SIs are formulated taking into consideration the dimensions of space and time. FIDELIO will assist in increasing public engagement and the incorporation of local opinions in decision-making. It will also facilitate the process of policy development and a reduction in conflicts between different stakeholders in PAs. FIDELIO will last 5 years and its research objectives will be explored through the application of a mixed-methods approach including the implementation of two rounds of social surveys in 4 PAs across Europe and the testing of the framework in 15 additional PAs. This is an extremely timely project considering the steady increase of new PAs and the re-designation of current ones. FIDELIO will contribute to the better understanding of SIs and facilitate predictions for their change in the future, while assisting in maximizing social benefits for local communities arising from the designation of a PA.
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ERC-STG - Starting GrantInstitución de acogida
CV4 8UW COVENTRY
Reino Unido