Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective

Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so-called human–wildlife conflicts. Reconciling the return...

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Autores: Acebes Vives, Pablo, Muñoz Gálvez, Francisco Javier, Iglesias González, Zuriñe, García Llorente, Marina, López-García, Daniel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10769
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Palavra-chave:Coexistence
Human–Wildlife Conflict
Interdisciplinary Approach
Land Abandonment
Passive Rewilding
Pastoral Systems
Social Perceptions and Discourses
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
title Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
spellingShingle Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
Acebes Vives, Pablo
Coexistence
Human–Wildlife Conflict
Interdisciplinary Approach
Land Abandonment
Passive Rewilding
Pastoral Systems
Social Perceptions and Discourses
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
title_full Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
title_fullStr Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
title_full_unstemmed Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
title_sort Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspective
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Acebes Vives, Pablo
Muñoz Gálvez, Francisco Javier
Iglesias González, Zuriñe
García Llorente, Marina
López-García, Daniel
author Acebes Vives, Pablo
author_facet Acebes Vives, Pablo
Muñoz Gálvez, Francisco Javier
Iglesias González, Zuriñe
García Llorente, Marina
López-García, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Muñoz Gálvez, Francisco Javier
Iglesias González, Zuriñe
García Llorente, Marina
López-García, Daniel
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Coexistence
Human–Wildlife Conflict
Interdisciplinary Approach
Land Abandonment
Passive Rewilding
Pastoral Systems
Social Perceptions and Discourses
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Coexistence
Human–Wildlife Conflict
Interdisciplinary Approach
Land Abandonment
Passive Rewilding
Pastoral Systems
Social Perceptions and Discourses
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so-called human–wildlife conflicts. Reconciling the return of large wild vertebrates and pastoral practices is therefore a major challenge for the European Union (EU), as it poses political, socio-economic and conservation challenges. We analyse the social dimension of the recovery of large carnivores, ungulates and strict avian scavengers, through a multi-stakeholder approach in two rural territories in central Spain exposed to different degrees of land abandonment. Based on in-depth interviews, we identify potential conflicts and disagreements between the different stakeholders, search for strategies to promote the coexistence of large wild vertebrates and extensive grazing systems and seek emergent discourses for reconciling and boosting agrarian production and biodiversity conservation. Our findings show a consensus among stakeholders on the general increase and recovery of large wild vertebrate populations. We then collected divergent positions on what this recovery means for social groups, showing opposing views between urban and rural people; while conservationists considered this increase positively, land users generally—but not always—perceived this recovery as a threat to their livelihoods. We identified disagreements within social groups and divergent positions displayed between cattle farmers and sheep and goat farmers. The latter showed forms of management closer to agroecological visions, thus allowing coexistence. The coexistence of pastoral practices and wild vertebrates involves navigating a complex interplay of ecological, social and economic factors. The negative impacts of wildlife on livestock can be minimized, but only through the collective implementation of measures by all parties. Furthermore, the recognition and valuation of pastoral practices and the empowerment of land users may facilitate coexistence. Mutual recognition and participation of local stakeholders seems an unavoidable step in developing more collaborative approaches that respect the needs and aspirations of rural communities while contributing to the EU's restoration and conservation goals. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog
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spelling Unveiling human–wildlife interactions in the context of livestock grazing abandonment and the return of large carnivores, ungulates and vultures: A stakeholder perspectiveAcebes Vives, PabloMuñoz Gálvez, Francisco JavierIglesias González, ZuriñeGarcía Llorente, MarinaLópez-García, DanielCoexistenceHuman–Wildlife ConflictInterdisciplinary ApproachLand AbandonmentPassive RewildingPastoral SystemsSocial Perceptions and DiscoursesBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaPastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so-called human–wildlife conflicts. Reconciling the return of large wild vertebrates and pastoral practices is therefore a major challenge for the European Union (EU), as it poses political, socio-economic and conservation challenges. We analyse the social dimension of the recovery of large carnivores, ungulates and strict avian scavengers, through a multi-stakeholder approach in two rural territories in central Spain exposed to different degrees of land abandonment. Based on in-depth interviews, we identify potential conflicts and disagreements between the different stakeholders, search for strategies to promote the coexistence of large wild vertebrates and extensive grazing systems and seek emergent discourses for reconciling and boosting agrarian production and biodiversity conservation. Our findings show a consensus among stakeholders on the general increase and recovery of large wild vertebrate populations. We then collected divergent positions on what this recovery means for social groups, showing opposing views between urban and rural people; while conservationists considered this increase positively, land users generally—but not always—perceived this recovery as a threat to their livelihoods. We identified disagreements within social groups and divergent positions displayed between cattle farmers and sheep and goat farmers. The latter showed forms of management closer to agroecological visions, thus allowing coexistence. The coexistence of pastoral practices and wild vertebrates involves navigating a complex interplay of ecological, social and economic factors. The negative impacts of wildlife on livestock can be minimized, but only through the collective implementation of measures by all parties. Furthermore, the recognition and valuation of pastoral practices and the empowerment of land users may facilitate coexistence. Mutual recognition and participation of local stakeholders seems an unavoidable step in developing more collaborative approaches that respect the needs and aspirations of rural communities while contributing to the EU's restoration and conservation goals. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blogThe authors wish to deeply thank all interviewees who participatedin the study, and three anonymous reviewers. We would also liketo thank the REMEDINAL TE project (P2018/EMT-4338; Madrid Regional Government and EU Social Fund). This study also represents a contribution to the “Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform AGRIAMBIO”, around the agreement between CSIC and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the impact assessment of the Spanish National Strategic Plan of the European Common Agricultural Policy (2023–2027). This work was carried out with the support of the PID2022-142096OB-I00 (REWILDTEST) grant funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-AEIWileyDepartamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20242024-12-23research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/717291https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10769reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7172912026-06-23T12:46:27Z
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