Governance for Mediterranean Silvopastoral Systems

Teresa Pinto-Correia is a Portuguese geographer, with a record of publications on the dynamics and change of European rural landscapes at multiple scales, with a particular focus on silvo-pastoral systems of Iberia. She is full professor at university of Évora and the director of MED (www.med.uevora.pt), a R&I unit of 180 researchers, with a systemic and interdisciplinary perspective on Mediterranean agriculture and environment. Helena Guimarães is a Portuguese environmental scientist, researcher at MED www.med.uevora.pt, and coordinator of the thematic line: Transdisciplinarity and co-construction of knowledge of LABscape – Mediterranean Landscape Systems Lab and Co-coordinator of MED thematic Line: Governance and Rural Dynamics. Gerardo Moreno, is a Spanish biologist, specialized on soil science and agroforestry, focussed on the study of the functioning, management and provision of ecosystem services by Iberian dehesas. He is full professor at university of Extremadura and member of INDEHSA (Institute for the study of Iberian Dehesas; www.indehesa.unex.es). Rufino Acosta Naranjo is a Spanish anthropologist and professor of the University of Seville, specialized on Ecological Anthropology and Rural Societies focusing on traditional agro-ecosystems, in particular the dehesa, as well as on Agroecology, and biodiversity. He is currently working on initiatives against rural depopulation.

1. Introduction Part 1 People 2. Landowners 3. Decisions by farmers and land managers at the farm level 4. Professions and Local Users 5. The role of large companies in the cork exploitation of dehesas and montados 6. Gender and women in the governance of silvopastoral systems 7. Societal views on the silvo-pastoral systems Part 2 Institutions and the institutional framework 8. The spatial, temporal and social construction of the concept of silvopastoral systems. The case of montado and dehesa 9. Property rights and rights of use 10. Regulatory and institutional frameworks of silvopastoral systems in Tunisia 11. The Complexity of Public Policies in Iberian Montados and Dehesas Part 3 Governance models 12. Conflicts in the governance of Iberian silvo-pastoral systems 13. The governance of collective actions in agro-silvo- pastoral systems in Tunisia: A historical institutional analysis 14. Multi-actor platforms as a mechanism for actively bringing together actors and their interests 15. Time for collective actions 16. Collective and individual approaches to pastoral land governance in Greek silvopastoral systems: The case of sheep and goat transhumance 17. Modernising silvopastoral territories through new governance schemes 18. Conclusion