Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy)
Today, a forest is also understood as a real social actor with multiple-scale influences, capable of significantly conditioning the social, economic, and cultural system of a whole territory. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct and interpret the population’s perception of the silvicultural activ...
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doaj-ee5d39977bd34407abff9b6267806b192020-11-25T03:32:31ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-06-011170870810.3390/f11060708Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy)Giampiero Branca0Irene Piredda1Roberto Scotti2Laura Chessa3Ilenia Murgia4Antonio Ganga5Sergio Francesco Campus6Raffaella Lovreglio7Enrico Guastini8Massimiliano Schwarz9Filippo Giadrossich10Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, Piazza Conte di Moriana, 07100 Sassari, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyAREA Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalySchool of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, SwitzerlandNuoro Forestry School, Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, 08100 Nuoro, ItalyToday, a forest is also understood as a real social actor with multiple-scale influences, capable of significantly conditioning the social, economic, and cultural system of a whole territory. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct and interpret the population’s perception of the silvicultural activities related to traditional use of forest resources of the southwestern Sardinian Marganai State Forest. The “Marganai case” has brought to the attention of the mass media the role of this forest and its silviculture. The research was carried out via semi-structured interviews with the main stakeholders in the area. The qualitative approach in the collection and analysis of the information gathered has allowed us to reconstruct the historical-cultural and social cohesion function that the forest plays in rural communities. The results highlight that the main risks concern the erosion of the cultural forest heritage due to the abandonment of the rural dimension (mainly by the new generations, but not only), with the consequent spread of deep distortions in the perception, interpretation, and necessity of forestry activities and policy.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/6/708forest planning and managementrural community sustainabilityecosystem servicesforest sociologyforestry in the media |
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Giampiero Branca Irene Piredda Roberto Scotti Laura Chessa Ilenia Murgia Antonio Ganga Sergio Francesco Campus Raffaella Lovreglio Enrico Guastini Massimiliano Schwarz Filippo Giadrossich Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) Forests forest planning and management rural community sustainability ecosystem services forest sociology forestry in the media |
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Giampiero Branca Irene Piredda Roberto Scotti Laura Chessa Ilenia Murgia Antonio Ganga Sergio Francesco Campus Raffaella Lovreglio Enrico Guastini Massimiliano Schwarz Filippo Giadrossich |
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Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) |
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Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) |
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Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) |
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Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) |
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Forest Protection Unifies, Silviculture Divides: A Sociological Analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Voices after Coppicing in the Marganai Forest (Sardinia, Italy) |
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forest protection unifies, silviculture divides: a sociological analysis of local stakeholders’ voices after coppicing in the marganai forest (sardinia, italy) |
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Today, a forest is also understood as a real social actor with multiple-scale influences, capable of significantly conditioning the social, economic, and cultural system of a whole territory. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct and interpret the population’s perception of the silvicultural activities related to traditional use of forest resources of the southwestern Sardinian Marganai State Forest. The “Marganai case” has brought to the attention of the mass media the role of this forest and its silviculture. The research was carried out via semi-structured interviews with the main stakeholders in the area. The qualitative approach in the collection and analysis of the information gathered has allowed us to reconstruct the historical-cultural and social cohesion function that the forest plays in rural communities. The results highlight that the main risks concern the erosion of the cultural forest heritage due to the abandonment of the rural dimension (mainly by the new generations, but not only), with the consequent spread of deep distortions in the perception, interpretation, and necessity of forestry activities and policy. |
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forest planning and management rural community sustainability ecosystem services forest sociology forestry in the media |
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