Gascouat, P.

Girard, N.

Lassalle, D.

Magda, D.

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University of Kentucky UKnowledge International Grassland Congress Proceedings XXI International Grassland Congress / VIII International Rangeland Congress Building a Shared Diagnosis of Land Use within a Multi‐Stakeholder Platform in a Pastoral Mountainous Area in the Western Pyrenees N. Girard INRA, France D. Magda INRA, France P. Gascouat Lycée Agricole d'Oloron, France D. Lassalle Lycée Agricole d'Oloron, France Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc  Part of the Plant Sciences Commons, and the Soil Science Commons This document is available at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/21/23-1/40 The XXI International Grassland Congress / VIII International Rangeland Congress took place in Hohhot, China from June 29 through July 5, 2008. Proceedings edited by Organizing Committee of 2008 IGC/IRC Conference Published by Guangdong People's Publishing House This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Plant and Soil Sciences at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Grassland Congress Proceedings by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact UKnowledge@lsv.uky.edu. 瞯 ]1124　 瞯 　 Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World 　 Volume Ⅱ 　Grasslands/Rangelands People and Policies——— Innovation Systems in Grasslands/Rangelands through Education and PracticeBuilding a shared diagnosis of land use within a multi‐stakeholder platform in a pastoralmountainous area in the western PyreneesN . Girard1 , D . Magda1 , P . Gascouat2 and D . L assalle21 INRA , UMR 1248 AG IR , B .P . 52627 31326 Castanet Tolosan , France . E‐mail : girard＠ toulouse .inra .f r2 L ycée A gricole d�Oloron , Quartier Soeix , BP 144 , 64400 Oloron Sainte Marie , FRA NCEKey words :multipurpose land use , pastoral areas , shared knowledge , platform for learningIntroduction Multifunctionality of pastoral areas entails the development of multi‐stakeholder platforms that aim at designingmultipurpose management projects by combining multiple viewpoints , uses and expectations about the resources of these areas .Putting forward learning issues ( R迸ling , １９９４ ; Walker , ２００２ ) , such temporary working groups have been investigated interms of the impact of �community participation" and learning that occur during conflicts ( Fraser et al . , ２００６) or through thehybridisation of local and scientific knowledge ( Thomas and Twyman , ２００４ ) . However , these platforms generally confrontresearchers with local stakeholders ( mainly farmers) for the duration of the project , with a low participation of extension agentsand decision‐makers . In the Western Pyrenees , a permanent network of consultants , each of them competent in a specificsphere of activity ( tourism , agriculture and pastoralism , hunting , forestry , environment , etc .) , has been established in orderto design a common and operational methodology for dealing with multipurpose land use in pastoral areas . The objective of thispaper is to analyse the methodology they use in collaboration with local stakeholders within a territorial case study .Materials and methods Adopting a participative and observational approach , we studied the first application of this methodologyin a commune ( Urrugne) of the French Western Pyrenees in ２００６ . Collective working sessions ( indoors and in the field) wererecorded and analysed . We also conducted semi‐structured interviews with each member of the network and analysed themethodological documents they produce and use ( sector‐specific as well as shared) .Results We describe the different stages , with an accountability to local stakeholders at each step , in order to produce a shareddiagnosis : (１ ) Defining and sharing the territorial issues at stake with the local stakeholders ; ( ２ ) Building and validatingsector‐specific diagnoses ; (３) Pooling sector‐specific diagnoses by defining spatial entities and their associated priorities ; and(４) Validating the shared diagnosis and proposing actions .Our results also emphasize the following aspects :‐ 　 The many meanings of �diagnosis" : from a problem‐free assessment of available resources ( e .g . , pastoral approach) , to theproposal of solutions regarding a specific problem ( e .g . , public health in areas frequently used by hikers) . This illustratesthe difficulty involved in creating a �common ground" ( Clark and Brennan , １９９１ ) , that is , shared concepts on which thecollective diagnosis can be grounded ;‐ 　 The approach explicitly aims at considering jointly multiple activities within a same territory . The special emphasis placed ondesigning shared zoning made it possible to actually consider multiple activities in the same zone for some areas , and todesign intersecting priorities . However , this criss‐crossing of activities was not that easy for the territory as a whole . Forexample , statutory zones such as Protected Forests or Habitats Directive Areas cannot be bypassed . In the same way ,temporal divergences between long‐term perspectives ( i .e . , forest management ) and short‐term issues ( seasonal resourceavailability for livestock) remain a difficulty for the group .‐ 　 Implementing this approach in several cases at the same time allows them to test situation‐specific ways of building theirdiagnosis while comparing it with other situations and thus generating generic lessons . We indeed observed that the outputsof the Urrugne experiment were immediately reinvested and adapted to other situations .Conclusions Being a permanent group may then be seen as a key for social learning in such a platform by allowing theparticipants to interact frequently and in various situations . It has also most certainly allowed the network to develop internalcohesion and to be recognized by others . Nevertheless , building common understanding and concepts seems to require moretime to be effective .ReferencesClark HH , Brennan SE , １９９１ . Grounding in communication . In : Resnick L .B . , Levine R .M . , Teasley S .D . ( ed .)Perspectives on socially shared cognition , １２７‐１４９ .Fraser EDG , Dougill AJ , Mabee WE , Reed M , McAlpine P , ２００６ . Bottom up and top down : Analysis of participatoryprocesses for sustainability indicator identification as a pathway to community empowerment and sustainable environmentalmanagement . Journal o f Env ironmental Management ７８ :１１４‐１２７ .R迸ling N . , １９９４ . Platforms for decision‐making about ecosystems . In : Fresco L .O . , Stroosnijder L . , Bouma J ( ed .) Thef uture o f the land : Mobilising and integrating know ledge f or land use op tions , ３８５‐３９３ .Thomas D .S .G . , Twyman C . , ２００４ . Good or bad rangeland ? Hybrid knowledge , science , and local understandings ofvegetation dynamics in the Kalahari . L and Degradation & Development １５ :２１５‐２３１ .

Building a Shared Diagnosis of Land Use within a Multi‐Stakeholder Platform in a Pastoral Mountainous Area in the Western Pyrenees

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