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Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research
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The involvement of non-state actors in the creation and management of protected areas: insights from the Portuguese case
Publication . Iannuzzi, Giulia; Santos, Rui; Mourato, João
Increasingly, Protected Areas (PAs) are sustained by a multilevel governance where
demands for public participation have occurred against the backdrop of state
reconfiguration. Little scholarly attention has been paid to how these shifts have
taken place; this paper aims to diachronically assess the involvement of non-state
actors in the governance of PAs in Portugal. Our findings indicate that while the
range of actors involved in the decision-making process has progressively widened,
their engagement remains mainly consultative. Moreover, PAs managed by local
authorities and private actors have been recognised, yet local authorities’ involvement
in PAs managed by state actors has been recently reduced. These apparently
contradictory trends seem to illustrate a common rationale: state actors are fighting to
retain control while adapting to the broadening role of multiple actors in nature
conservation policies. We conclude that new governance approaches do not
necessarily pave the way for more public participation in conservation.
Energy poverty in Portugal: Combining vulnerability mapping with household interviews
Publication . Horta, Ana; Gouveia, João Pedro; Schmidt, Luísa; Sousa, João Carlos; Palma, Pedro; Simões, Sofia
Energy poverty seriously affects living conditions and health. In spite of its mild climate, Portugal has been pointed out as one of the most vulnerable countries in the European Union. Due to the multidimensionality of energy poverty, attention needs to be paid to specific factors contributing to it in different contexts. This paper contributes to a better understanding of energy poverty by providing results from a study combining the use of an energy poverty vulnerability index and mapping - based on a detailed quantitative analysis of all 3092 civil parishes -, with interviews conducted with 100 households in ten hotspots across the country. The sample of interviewees includes both rural and urban dwellers, several family types, and individuals of different ages, social and economic status, and living in different types of buildings. Results show the extent, but also variability, of vulnerability to energy poverty throughout the country. Findings also show that households may consider normal and acceptable to feel both cold and hot at home, either in winter or in summer. This can hinder the social recognition of the energy poverty problem and the need to tackle its negative consequences on the well-being and health of the population.
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UID/AMB/04085/2019