Political Ecology of Private Forest fencing in the French Sologne: What Are the Social and Environmental Issues at Stake in the Dispute?
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We propose an interdisciplinary approach designed to study the spread of private fencing in the French Sologne as a socio-ecological phenomenon. We conducted two parallel approaches: a study of how fencing may affect spatial use by deer and an interview campaign in order to elucidate which human values were at stake in the fencing debate. To this end we applied a Political ecology approach in order to articulate these two kinds of results. We highlighted two competing discourses regarding hunting-oriented private properties, showing that this contention is based on the replacement of game birds by big game over the past thirty years, which went along with the spread of fencing.
Réseaux sociaux