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Psycho‐Social Processes in Dealing with Legal Innovation in the Community: Insights from Biodiversity Conservation
Author(s) -
Castro Paula,
Mouro Carla
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-010-9391-0
Subject(s) - corporate governance , climate change , natura 2000 , conservation psychology , environmental planning , multi level governance , biodiversity conservation , environmental resource management , environmental sociology , political science , business , biodiversity , sociology , ecology , geography , social science , economics , finance , biology
Mitigation measures for tackling the consequences of a changing climate will involve efforts of various types including the conservation of affected ecosystems. For this, communities throughout the world will be called on to change habits of land and water use. Many of these changes will emerge from the multilevel governance tools now commonly used for environmental protection. In this article, some tenets of a social psychology of legal innovation are proposed for approaching the psycho‐social processes involved in how individuals, groups and communities respond to multilevel governance. Next, how this approach can improve our understanding of community‐based conservation driven by legal innovation is highlighted. For this, the macro and micro level processes involved in the implementation of the European Natura 2000 Network of Protected Sites are examined. Finally, some insights gained from this example of multilevel governance through legal innovation will be enumerated as a contribution for future policy making aimed at dealing with climate change consequences.