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Beyond segregative or integrative models for protected areas: a case study of French nature reserves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2016

CLARA THERVILLE ,
LIVIO CASELLA-COLOMBEAU ,
RAPHAËL MATHEVET  and
FREDERIC BIORET
CLARA THERVILLE*
Affiliation:
CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France EA 2119 Géoarchitecture, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CS 93837, 29238 Brest cedex, France Réserves Naturelles de France, 6 bis rue de la Gouge BP 100, 21803 Quetigny cedex, France
LIVIO CASELLA-COLOMBEAU
Affiliation:
CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
RAPHAËL MATHEVET
Affiliation:
CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
FREDERIC BIORET
Affiliation:
EA 2119 Géoarchitecture, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CS 93837, 29238 Brest cedex, France
*
*Correspondence: Dr Clara Therville Tel: +33 4 67 61 32 69 Fax: +33 4 67 41 21 38 e-mail: clara.therville@irstea.fr
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Summary

Initially conceived as human-exclusion zones (the segregative model), protected areas are more and more often established within a management framework that integrates conservation and development projects with multiple partnerships and encourages engagement with local stakeholders (the integrative model). In this study, we investigated the conservation attitudes and practices of management staff in the network of nature reserves (NRs) in France. We found that conservation practices, such as law enforcement, habitat management, environmental education and partnerships, and the socio–cultural and psychological profiles of their managers show a wide distribution along a segregative to integrative gradient. Our results indicate that while the policy of these protected areas is still structured by a segregative cliché, in practice, many managers implement a more integrated approach. This coexistence of the two approaches reflects a general pattern of evolution of nature protection thought and the institutionalization of NRs, as well as demonstrating the adaptation of NRs to their local contexts and how they function, within the surrounding landscape, as a single but complex social–ecological system.

Keywords

attitudeFranceintegrated conservationnature reserveprotected areasocial–ecological system
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 2016 , pp. 284 - 293
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2016 

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