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.
| Research fields |
Political ecologies |
| Keywords |
Spain Environmental policy ICCA Commoning Governance |
| Funding | |
| Duration | August 2023 - February 2027 |
| Website | |
| Researchers |
Walters Gretchen (Supervision) [web] [email] Couto Sergio (Doctoral student) Martín Civantos José María (Co-supervision) |
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 |