Abstract
The protection of biodiversity which had long been bounded up with emblematic “natural” spaces is now increasingly focusing on ordinary biodiversity and rural agricultural land and forests as well as on urban and peri-urban spaces. Such ordinary biodiversity has its own specific features which make it both a relative and uncertain topic of research. Traditional nature protection instruments do not work on this dimension of the planet’s living tissue and new tools need to be deployed in conjunction with regional and local stakeholders that will provide long-term sustainable solutions for biodiversity and for local and regional development more generally. Research conducted on the Plateau de Millevaches explores the possibilities for shared caring for this biodiversity.
Highlights
The protection of biodiversity which had long been bounded up with emblematic “natural” spaces is increasingly focusing on ordinary biodiversity spaces, in particular the forest spaces
Such ordinary biodiversity spaces are subjected to the practices and uses of local stakeholders who would appear to have an essential role in the deployment and sustainability of any policies put forward (Lynam et al, 2007)
We still have to establish to what extent a project devised by a small group of local stakeholders which could serve as a think-tank and forum for exchangeing with stakeholders and institutions operating at a higher level on the Plateau de Millevaches and in Limousin
Summary
The protection of biodiversity which had long been bounded up with emblematic “natural” spaces is increasingly focusing on ordinary biodiversity spaces, in particular the forest spaces. The willingness to develop policies to protect all types of forest habitats has been borne out in the national biodiversity strategy of 20032004 (SNB) as well as in the government-sponsored Grenelle environmental conference (2009). Such ordinary biodiversity spaces are subjected to the practices and uses of local stakeholders who would appear to have an essential role in the deployment and sustainability of any policies put forward (Lynam et al, 2007). How to cite this paper: Brédif, H., & Simon, L. The research programmes conducted on the Plateau de Millevaches demonstrate that it is possible to rally local stakeholders around this notion of ordinary biodiversity in order to develop a genuine cared-based approach to local forest biodiversity that will underpin local and regional sustainable development
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