Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain

The designation of critical habitats is a conservation tool extensively used worldwide. Although the effectiveness of this tool has been proved globally, its implementation in Spain is scarce, probably due to the ambiguous character of its definition in policy and other related problems. This study...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Miret-Minard, Gabriel, Hermoso, Virgilio, Villero, Daniel, Bota, Gerard, Brotons, Lluís, Morán-Ordoñez, Alejandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/387463
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387463
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85192868628
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Effective management
Protected area designation
Recovery planning
Species restoration
Stakeholder consultation
id ES_f65cfc8ce563d576f97c978f733f6f4f
oai_identifier_str oai:digital.csic.es:10261/387463
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in SpainMiret-Minard, GabrielHermoso, VirgilioVillero, DanielBota, GerardBrotons, LluísMorán-Ordoñez, AlejandraEffective managementProtected area designationRecovery planningSpecies restorationStakeholder consultationThe designation of critical habitats is a conservation tool extensively used worldwide. Although the effectiveness of this tool has been proved globally, its implementation in Spain is scarce, probably due to the ambiguous character of its definition in policy and other related problems. This study provides insight into some of these aspects and how different groups of experts interpret the concept of critical habitat. We used the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) as a case study of an endangered species for which critical habitats must be designated. We interviewed 47 experts of the species, from researchers to environmental agency technicians, about the objectives that critical habitats should address, and which facilitating and constraining aspects should be considered in such designation. By grouping the answers in different categories and running ordination analyses (Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling) we found that researchers mainly focused on ecological objectives for critical habitats, compared to the rest of the respondents who also considered socioeconomic aspects as basic objectives for critical habitats. Only 36% of the experts mentioned ecological factors as constraints to such designation, while socioeconomic constraints were mentioned by all but two of the experts (96%). These results suggest differences in the conceptualization of critical habitat between scientists and managers, from pure ecological requirements of the species to the actual implications and socioeconomic constraints of its implementation, respectively. Integrating multiple stakeholders and views will reflect these differences into the operational understanding of critical habitats and will ensure that future critical habitat designations are effective management tools.GM was supported by a FPI contract funded by the Ministry for Science (PRE2021-097013) under the project GREENRISK (PID2020-119933RB-C22). AMO was supported by the Fundación Biodiversidad of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Identificación de áreas críticas para la conservación del Sisón común (Tetrax tetrax) en España - BT_2020). VH was supported by an EMERGIA contract funded by the Junta de Andalucía (EMERGIA20_00135).Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Fundación BiodiversidadMinisterio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España)Junta de AndalucíaMiret-Minard, Gabriel [0000-0002-2528-6311]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/387463https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85192868628reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-119933RB-C22The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126633https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126633Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3874632026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
title Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
spellingShingle Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
Miret-Minard, Gabriel
Effective management
Protected area designation
Recovery planning
Species restoration
Stakeholder consultation
title_short Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
title_full Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
title_fullStr Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
title_sort Navigating divergent perspectives on critical habitat designation: Insights from the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) conservation in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miret-Minard, Gabriel
Hermoso, Virgilio
Villero, Daniel
Bota, Gerard
Brotons, Lluís
Morán-Ordoñez, Alejandra
author Miret-Minard, Gabriel
author_facet Miret-Minard, Gabriel
Hermoso, Virgilio
Villero, Daniel
Bota, Gerard
Brotons, Lluís
Morán-Ordoñez, Alejandra
author_role author
author2 Hermoso, Virgilio
Villero, Daniel
Bota, Gerard
Brotons, Lluís
Morán-Ordoñez, Alejandra
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Fundación Biodiversidad
Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (España)
Junta de Andalucía
Miret-Minard, Gabriel [0000-0002-2528-6311]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Effective management
Protected area designation
Recovery planning
Species restoration
Stakeholder consultation
topic Effective management
Protected area designation
Recovery planning
Species restoration
Stakeholder consultation
description The designation of critical habitats is a conservation tool extensively used worldwide. Although the effectiveness of this tool has been proved globally, its implementation in Spain is scarce, probably due to the ambiguous character of its definition in policy and other related problems. This study provides insight into some of these aspects and how different groups of experts interpret the concept of critical habitat. We used the little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) as a case study of an endangered species for which critical habitats must be designated. We interviewed 47 experts of the species, from researchers to environmental agency technicians, about the objectives that critical habitats should address, and which facilitating and constraining aspects should be considered in such designation. By grouping the answers in different categories and running ordination analyses (Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling) we found that researchers mainly focused on ecological objectives for critical habitats, compared to the rest of the respondents who also considered socioeconomic aspects as basic objectives for critical habitats. Only 36% of the experts mentioned ecological factors as constraints to such designation, while socioeconomic constraints were mentioned by all but two of the experts (96%). These results suggest differences in the conceptualization of critical habitat between scientists and managers, from pure ecological requirements of the species to the actual implications and socioeconomic constraints of its implementation, respectively. Integrating multiple stakeholders and views will reflect these differences into the operational understanding of critical habitats and will ensure that future critical habitat designations are effective management tools.
publishDate 2024
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2024
2025
2025
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Publisher's version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387463
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85192868628
url http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387463
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85192868628
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-119933RB-C22
The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126633
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126633
Sí
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
instname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
instname_str Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
reponame_str DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
collection DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869424729759154176
score 15,812455

Similares en LA Referencia