Environmentally and socially beneficial outcomes produced by agro-pastoral systems in the Cévennes National Park (France)

Marielle Berriet-Solliec, François Lataste, Denis Lépicier and Virginie Piguet

Land Use Policy, 2018, vol. 78, issue C, 739-747

Abstract: The Cévennes National Park in the South of France is a major and viable example of Mediterranean ancestral agro-pastoralism that represents the relationship between agro-pastoral systems and their biophysical environment. These characteristics are recognized by a UNESCO label. Nevertheless, this medieval heritage is endangered by short-term agricultural economic strategies aiming to boost competitiveness. Our research uses Ostrom’s social-ecological systems as an analytical framework to explore systemic inter-dependencies among natural, social and economic processes which lead to the production of environmentally and socially beneficial outcomes. Our results highlight the role of the National Park and of local collective strategies in countering individual land management approaches in order to preserve agro-pastoral systems.

Keywords: Ecosystem services; Public goods; Mediterranean agro-forest land management; Rural policies; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H50 Q18 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.07.033

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