Abstract
Rives, F., M. Antona, and S. Aubert. 2012. Social-ecological functions and vulnerability framework to analyze forest policy reforms. Ecology and Society 17(4): 21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05182-170421
Highlights
The devolution of authority for forest management from the State to rural stakeholders emerged in forest policies in the 1990s (Buttoud 2001, Larson 2005, Montagne and Bertrand 2006)
Social-ecological system functions and interactions to understand the dynamics of a complex system Issues dealing with mono/multifunctional SES or general/ specified resilience refer to various levels of complexity and interactions that need to be borne in mind when trying to understand changes in SES characterized by multiple users, multiple uses, and multiple ecosystems and species
The Household Energy Strategy (HES) focused on SES that were identified on a local scale and defined through a diagnosis comparable to a vulnerability approach
Summary
The devolution of authority for forest management from the State to rural stakeholders emerged in forest policies in the 1990s (Buttoud 2001, Larson 2005, Montagne and Bertrand 2006). We consider these causes of forest degradation identified in the HES reports as sensitivity factors because they form the conditions that make the system vulnerable to the demand for firewood. UNDERSTANDING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY STRATEGY EFFECTS ON RURAL FORESTS To analyze how the HES affects rural forests, we use the concept of the social-ecological system in order to conceptualize rural forests as complex systems characterized by several interactions and feedbacks (Berkes and Folke 1998a, Ostrom 2009) Such an approach highlights the coevolution between humans and ecosystems. The livestock increase in the Ñinpelima rural forest did not affect forest conditions because pruning, as practiced by Gourmantche livestock breeders, is not a practice that alters the forest stand (Petit 2000)
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