Social Network Analysis (SNA) and adaptive co-management to forest fires in Portugal: A case study of the Serra de Monchique, Algarve

12/12/2022

Collaborative forest management for forest fire reduction (i.e. adaptive co-management for forest fires) involves diverse actors (entities and landowners) acting in integrated networks in the management of forest territory to promote social learning and collaboration, central aspects of adaptive co-management for forest fires. The research applied a Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach to the network of actors involved in forest territory management in Monchique (case study) to analyse the network structure, its interactions dynamics, collaboration and knowledge flows on forest territories, analysing which aspects of the current actor network contribute to, or constrain, adaptive co-management to forest fires in Monchique. The result showed aspects that contribute to adaptive co-management, such as a high density of interactions between entities of the SGIFR and the potential role of central actors, namely governmental entities, to promote social learning and articulation among other actors that are less integrated in the network. On the other hand, aspects that limit adaptive co-management were identified, such as the prevalence of interactions of low intensity and/or frequency (weak ties) that limit collaboration and the peripheral role (i.e, less integrated into the network) of local entities and landowners that undermine the integration of local knowledge and practices into the network and so highlighted the importance of a more local and decentralized network structure to better integrate these relevant local actors by strengthening the role of the Municipal Commissions for Integrated Rural Fire Management (CMGIFR).

Authors in the community:

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  G

  Guilherme Saad Ximenes

  ist198696

  Affiliations and sources

  In: cienciavitae

  ID: 3279668

Supervisors of this institution:

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  M

  Maria do Rosário Sintra de Almeida Partidário

  ist24577

Mestrado em Ordenamento do Território e Urbanismo (MOTU 2020/2022)

civil-engineering - Civil engineering

Keywords

• Social Network Analysis
• Adaptive co-management
• Collaborative networks
• Forest fires

eng - English

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7785739

Instituto Superior Técnico

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