Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Managing migratory game species is challenging and often leads to conflicts across areas or stakeholders. The European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur (TD), a declining migratory game bird, is currently subject to an adaptive harvest management plan in the European Union (EU), which has led to a tem...

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Autores: Moreno-Zarate, Lara, Arroyo, Beatriz, Morales-Reyes, Zebensui, Delibes-Mateos, Miguel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2391461
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Palavra-chave:Q-methodology
Governance
Adaptive harvest management
European Turtle-dove
Hunting
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spelling Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)Moreno-Zarate, LaraArroyo, BeatrizMorales-Reyes, ZebensuiDelibes-Mateos, MiguelQ-methodologyGovernanceAdaptive harvest managementEuropean Turtle-doveHuntingManaging migratory game species is challenging and often leads to conflicts across areas or stakeholders. The European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur (TD), a declining migratory game bird, is currently subject to an adaptive harvest management plan in the European Union (EU), which has led to a temporary hunting moratorium in western Europe. We used Q-methodology to identify the discourses of hunters, hunting lobbyists and members of governmental agencies in Spain, the country with the largest TD hunting bags within EU, regarding the role of hunting and its regulation, including the moratorium, on species recovery prospects. Three discourses were identified: one that denies any involvement of hunting in the species population decline and thus considers the moratorium unnecessary; one that advocates for a moratorium but highlights the need for global strategies for it to be effective; and one that disputes the population decline, attributing the moratorium purely to environmentalists’ pressures and false data. Larger differences were observed among hunters from areas with varying levels of TD hunting than among hunters that hunt or not TD, suggesting that discourses may be socially constructed and maintained. Hunting lobbyists’ discourse was more uniformly against the moratorium than that of hunters as a whole, while governmental agencies had more nuanced perspectives. A point of consensus among discourses was the agreement on the need for transboundary coordination and a global conservation strategy incorporating habitat and hunting management approaches. These results emphasize the importance of increased transborder collaboration and effective communication strategies to mitigate conflicts about migratory game management.LMZ was supported by a Margarita Salas fellowshipfunded by European Union-NextGenerationEU, Ministryof Universities and Recovery, Transformation andResilience Plan, through a call from Castilla-La ManchaUniversity. ZMR was supported by a postdoctoral contractfunded by the Junta de Andalucía.Taylor and Francis2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2391461https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466898reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2391461Ecosystems and People, 2024, vol. 20, núm. 1, art. 2391461, p. 1-16cc-by (c) The Authors, 2024Attribution 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/4668982026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
title Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
spellingShingle Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Moreno-Zarate, Lara
Q-methodology
Governance
Adaptive harvest management
European Turtle-dove
Hunting
title_short Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
title_full Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
title_fullStr Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
title_full_unstemmed Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
title_sort Unravelling discourses about the management of a migratory declining game species: the case of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moreno-Zarate, Lara
Arroyo, Beatriz
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Delibes-Mateos, Miguel
author Moreno-Zarate, Lara
author_facet Moreno-Zarate, Lara
Arroyo, Beatriz
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Delibes-Mateos, Miguel
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Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Delibes-Mateos, Miguel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Q-methodology
Governance
Adaptive harvest management
European Turtle-dove
Hunting
topic Q-methodology
Governance
Adaptive harvest management
European Turtle-dove
Hunting
description Managing migratory game species is challenging and often leads to conflicts across areas or stakeholders. The European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur (TD), a declining migratory game bird, is currently subject to an adaptive harvest management plan in the European Union (EU), which has led to a temporary hunting moratorium in western Europe. We used Q-methodology to identify the discourses of hunters, hunting lobbyists and members of governmental agencies in Spain, the country with the largest TD hunting bags within EU, regarding the role of hunting and its regulation, including the moratorium, on species recovery prospects. Three discourses were identified: one that denies any involvement of hunting in the species population decline and thus considers the moratorium unnecessary; one that advocates for a moratorium but highlights the need for global strategies for it to be effective; and one that disputes the population decline, attributing the moratorium purely to environmentalists’ pressures and false data. Larger differences were observed among hunters from areas with varying levels of TD hunting than among hunters that hunt or not TD, suggesting that discourses may be socially constructed and maintained. Hunting lobbyists’ discourse was more uniformly against the moratorium than that of hunters as a whole, while governmental agencies had more nuanced perspectives. A point of consensus among discourses was the agreement on the need for transboundary coordination and a global conservation strategy incorporating habitat and hunting management approaches. These results emphasize the importance of increased transborder collaboration and effective communication strategies to mitigate conflicts about migratory game management.
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