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National and Natural Parks in Portugal. A brief history to understand the appropriation by the state of humanized territories

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  • Frazão-Moreira, Amélia

    (CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia) – NOVA FCSH (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humana da Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Portugal)

  • Martins, Humberto

    (UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro CRIA - Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia - UMinho)

Abstract

The text examines legal frameworks in Portugal to discuss how nature conservation has been managed from a state perspective. Natural Protected Areas correspond to a desire of the political sphere to match an international environmental agenda. However, they have been implemented mainly in private properties or in baldios (communal, though not public lands). Therefore, in practical terms, a tension has been always present between the state and the communities and/or private owners since the beginning of the 20th Century with the creation of ‘forest perimeters’. The article flies over the critical turning points in Portuguese conservation policies from the seventies of the 20th Century to present-day with the recently created diploma of co-management for Protected Areas.

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  • Frazão-Moreira, Amélia & Martins, Humberto, 2023. "National and Natural Parks in Portugal. A brief history to understand the appropriation by the state of humanized territories," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 55, pages 93-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0501
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    Keywords

    Portugal; state; protected areas; conservation; legal diplomas;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q34 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Natural Resources and Domestic and International Conflicts
    • Q38 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy (includes OPEC Policy)
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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