Lobo Ibérico Y Turismo en La “España Vaciada” / / / \ \ \ Iberian Wolf and Tourism in the “Emptied Rural Spain”

Bavo, Pablo Lora; Lama, Arsenio Villar

doi:10.7203/terra.6.16822

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“…La Culebra has become notable in recent decades for its dual fame as an exclusive wolf trophy hunting reserve and as one of the most prominent wolf-watching destinations in Europe, both facilitated by its smooth topography which makes wolves easier to observe . In 2015, an interpretation center dedicated to the wolf was inaugurated in Sanabria (The Iberian Wolf Center), reinforcing the area's emerging reputation as "Tierra de lobos, " lands of the wolf (Lora Bavo and Villar Lama, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The pre-existing frameworks for monitoring and capitalizing on wolves have facilitated the emergence of tourism activities. There are now 12 wolf-watching businesses that completely or partly base their operations in the area, four of which have local offices (Lora Bavo and Villar Lama, 2020). In 2017, there was an estimated 3,100 visits, and almost half of the overnight stays in the La Culebra villages were attributed to wolves.…”

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Welcoming Wolves? Governing the Return of Large Carnivores in Traditional Pastoral Landscapes

Pettersson

Quinn

Holmes

et al. 2021

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Wolf populations are recovering across Europe and readily recolonize most areas where humans allow their presence. Reintegrating wolves in human-dominated landscapes is a major challenge, particularly in places where memories and experience of coexistence have been lost. Despite the observed expansion trends, little has been done to prepare communities for the return of these apex predators, or to understand what fosters and perpetuates coexistence. In this study, we present a theoretical framework for resilient coexistence based on four conditions: Effective institutions, large carnivore persistence, social legitimacy, and low levels of risk and vulnerability, nested within the social-ecological systems (SES) concept. To empirically show how the conditions can be manifested and interconnected, and how this knowledge could be used to improve local coexistence capacities, the framework is applied in a case study of human–wolf relations in Spain. We examined three traditionally pastoral landscapes at different states of cohabitation with wolves: uninterrupted presence, recent recolonization, and imminent return. We found that both the perceptions of wolves and the capacity to coexist with them diverged across these states, and that this was largely determined by a diversity of vulnerabilities that have not been recognized or addressed within current management regimes, such as economic precarity and weak legitimacy for governing institutions. Our results illustrate the importance of working in close contact with communities to understand local needs and enhance adaptive capacities in the face of rural transitions, beyond those directly related to wolves. The framework complements emerging tools for coexistence developed by researchers and practitioners, which offer guidance on the process of situational analysis, planning, and resource allocation needed to balance large carnivore conservation with local livelihoods.

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Welcoming Wolves? Governing the Return of Large Carnivores in Traditional Pastoral Landscapes

Pettersson

Quinn

Holmes

et al. 2021

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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“They Belong Here”: Understanding the Conditions of Human-wolf Coexistence in North-Western Spain

Pettersson¹,

Quinn²,

Holmes³

et al. 2022

Conservat Soc

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Reintegrating wolves in human-dominated landscapes constitutes a significant conservation challenge. After decades of studying human-wolf interactions through a conflict lens, there is growing recognition that more nuanced perspectives are needed. However, this recognition has hitherto yielded few practical changes, and few have studied what underpins successful coexistence. Here we show that disproportionate focus on and resource allocation to conflict within conservation programmes risks undermining existing convivial relationships with large carnivores. Using a coexistence lens, we studied human-wolf interactions in Sanabria-La Carballeda in Spain; the region has one of the highest densities of wolves in Europe. We explored the underlying social and ecological conditions that have permitted both wolves and people to persist in the area, studied the mutual impacts, and surveyed how interactions are influenced by broader socio-economic processes. The findings of this novel approach to studying human-wildlife interactions elucidates how areas of functional coexistence have been neglected in policy, leaving them vulnerable to depopulation, low agricultural profitability, and the loss of biocultural diversity. When institutions fail to support functional coexistence, we risk losing the knowledge, the traditions and the trust of those who have sustained Europe's large carnivores, thereby undermining transitions to more convivial human-wildlife interactions in the future.

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Lobo Ibérico Y Turismo en La “España Vaciada” / / / \ \ \ Iberian Wolf and Tourism in the “Emptied Rural Spain”

Cited by 2 publications

References 4 publications

Welcoming Wolves? Governing the Return of Large Carnivores in Traditional Pastoral Landscapes

Welcoming Wolves? Governing the Return of Large Carnivores in Traditional Pastoral Landscapes

“They Belong Here”: Understanding the Conditions of Human-wolf Coexistence in North-Western Spain

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