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T1 Community forest and mushrooms: Collective action initiatives in rural areas of Galicia
A1 Copena Rodríguez, Damián
A1 Pérez Neira, David
A1 Macías Vázquez, Alfredo
A1 Simón, Xavier
A2 Economia Aplicada
K1 Ecología. Medio ambiente
K1 Economía
K1 Política
K1 Social-ecological system
K1 Community institutions
K1 Forest sustainability
K1 Social innovation
K1 Rural incomes
K1 Immaterial common resources
AB [EN] Galicia is a region situated in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula where community forests are very muchspread. This kind of ownership is held by local communities that, collectively, decide how to manage the forestand its mycological resources as part of its non-timber forest products. In this work, we characterize and analysethe existing governance modalities for the collective use of mycological resources in both their material andimmaterial aspects, and we do it by applying a social-ecological system framework combined with a knowledgeeconomy model. Up to 21 mycological use initiatives have been identified and inventoried. Most of them managethe common resource through mycological reserves (open or closed), but there are others that produce and sellmushrooms. The work shows how communities use their governance mechanisms to define rules aimed atimproving sustainability and the influx of revenues. In addition, we analyse how some of these initiatives arestarting to manage their common immaterial resources (associated with values such as quality and with ecocertifications,etc.), and to develop innovative strategies (short supply chains) for the purpose of improvingtheir position in the value chain. The text discusses community management as a strategy that allows combiningsustainability objectives in the management of mycological resources with the raising of revenues in the longterm. Finally, we underline the need for public policies that support successful experiences and strengthen thecapacity of community institutions to appropriate the value they generate
PB Elsevier
SN 1389-9341
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18252
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18252
NO Copena, D., Pérez-Neira, D., Macías Vázquez, A., y Simón, X. (2022). Community forest and mushrooms: Collective action initiatives in rural areas of Galicia. Forest Policy and Economics, 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FORPOL.2021.102660
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 21-may-2024