Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the University of Lausanne
Research projects
The forgotten conservationists: self-governance, adequate recognition and support of commons to achieve sustainability and nature conservation. PhD of Sergio Couto, co-supervised with José María Martín Civantos, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
The main goal of the PhD is to research different innovative initiatives and approaches for the adequate recognition of common governance of socio-ecosystems for meeting policy goals and ultimately facing major global challenges in Spain. These initiatives and approaches are: Rewards for Ecosystem Services, a critical analysis on EU official data as a source of recognition for common-related traditional activities such as extensive grazing, and Local communities self-governed peer-to-peer support and revision processes for ICCA recognition.
 A dehesa, Spain |