Abstract
Mathevet, R., N. L. Peluso, A. Couespel, and P. Robbins. 2015. Using historical political ecology to understand the present: water, reeds, and biodiversity in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve, southern France. Ecology and Society 20(4):17. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07787-200417
Highlights
Conservation biologists, land management advisors, and policy makers often view environmental problems ahistorically, prioritizing immediate, recent, or proximate political and or ecological drivers
We discuss the social-natural history of the Scamandre Marshes in the western part of the Camargue Biosphere Reserve using a historical political ecology approach to analyze the shifting dynamics between power relations under a variety of political-economic arrangements, and the ecology of the marsh environment
We show that contemporary ecological dynamics are best explained by past conflicts related to property claims, access to natural resources, and their effects on the flows and composition of water in the marsh
Summary
Conservation biologists, land management advisors, and policy makers often view environmental problems ahistorically, prioritizing immediate, recent, or proximate political and or ecological drivers. We show that contemporary ecological dynamics are best explained by past conflicts related to property claims, access to natural resources, and their effects on the flows and composition of water in the marsh.
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