European small-scale fisheries are confronted with several challenges, notably a decrease in the number of people engaged in capture fishing, growing competition from less expensive extra-EU markets, rising operational costs, strict regulations and the depletion of fishing stocks. Many small-scale fishers must adapt to change to maintain or increas...
This paper aims to map the ecosystem services (ES) provided by a reputed agropastoral ecosystem in the south of Albania and ascertain whether social capital affects the level of importance attributed to them. A perception analysis of both buyers and sellers of ES within the pastoral ecosystem is undertaken. The pastoral ecosystem is mainly evaluate...
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The main determinants of agricultural employment are related to households’ access to private assets and the influence of inherited social–economic stratification and power relationships. However, despite the recommendations of rural studies which have shown the importance of multilevel approaches to rural poverty, very few studies have explored qu...
Spatial factors, such as environmental conditions, distance to natural resources and access to services can influence the impacts of climate change on rural household livelihood activities. But neither the determinants of precarious livelihoods nor their spatial context has been well understood. This paper investigates the drivers of livelihood pre...
This paper studies the effects of armed conflict on social capital in Mali, where a violent conflict has been raging since 2012. We examine the conflict's impacts on associational membership using event location data and unique survey data on governance, peace and security (GPS-SHaSA). We show that, in conflict-exposed areas, adult involvement in a...
L’indicateur sur les services récréatifs et éducatifs des zones humides méditerranéennes (SRE-ZHM), développé par l’OZHM et l’Institut agronomique méditerranéen de Montpellier (IAMM) au cours de la période 2011-2016, vise à mesurer de manière comparable entre sites, les impacts humains et sociaux que procurent les zones humides auprès des visiteurs...
Cet article s’inscrit dans la lignée du dernier numéro de Zones Humides Infos sur le suivi des services éducatifs et récréatifs rendus par les zones humides méditerranéennes basé sur l’étude préparatoire de neuf zones humides aménagées en Algérie, en France, au Maroc et en Tunisie. Suite à cela, l’Observatoire des zones humides méditerranéennes (OZ...
The indicator on recreational and educational services of Mediterranean wetlands (RES-MW), developed by the MWO and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (IAMM) during the period 2011-2016, is intended to measure the human and social impacts that wetlands generate on the visitors to these ecosystems. The logic behind the indicator is...
Que cherche le visiteur d'une zone humide ? Le savoir permet d'adapter sa gestion et d'apporter les bons arguments aux décideurs sur l'impact humain et social de la visite de ces écosystèmes
