@article{fdi:010086448,
  title = {{T}owards an inclusive nature conservation initiative : preliminary assessment of stakeholders' representations about the {M}akay region, {M}adagascar},
  author = {{F}romont, {C}. and {B}lanco, {J}ulien and {C}ulas, {C}. and {P}annier, {E}mmanuel and {R}azafindrakoto, {M}ireille and {R}oubaud, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {C}arri{\`e}re, {S}t{\'e}phanie {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he existence of multiple perspectives and representations of different stakeholders poses critical challenges to conservation initiatives worldwide. {T}hus, to foster more just and sustainable agendas in protected areas ({PA}s), this diversity of perspectives must be better understood, acknowledged, and tackled. {I}n this article, we aimed to initiate this understanding for the {M}akay region in {M}adagascar, a poorly-known region where a '{N}ew {P}rotected {A}rea' has been gazetted. {I}n combining mental models and social representation theory, we explored different stakeholders' perspectives about the {M}akay social-ecological system, and how differences in stakeholders' viewpoints could challenge the success of an inclusive, just, and sustainable conservation program. {W}e conducted semi-structured interviews with 32 respondents having different expertise on the {M}akay. {D}uring interviews, respondents were guided towards the elicitation of their individual cognitive map ({ICM}) of the {M}akay social-ecological system. {ICM}s were then analyzed in combining quantitative and qualitative. {R}espondents described the {M}akay through a total of 162 components, including 51 components that constituted the central zone of the {M}akay's representation. {I}n particular, respondents pointed to insecurity issues caused by zebu thieves, as well as to environmental challenges relative to anthropogenic fires and hunting. {O}n the contrary, they considered mining activities and timber harvesting as more peripheral problems. {T}hrough a multivariate clustering analysis, we discriminated two clusters of respondents with contrasting visions about the {M}akay, ecocentric vs. social-ecological, which was largely influenced by respondents' background. {I}n comparing the two clusters' representations, we found that they had dissimilar diagnoses about key socio-environmental challenges in the {M}akay and how to address them. {T}his ambiguity in respondents' viewpoints stresses the need to increase research efforts in the {M}akay region to fill current knowledge gaps about this poorly known social-ecological system, and to foster social learning between stakeholders concerned by the {M}akay new {PA}.},
  keywords = {{MADAGASCAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {O}ne},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {e0272223 [ 25p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0272223},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086448},
}