Report 3: Users' representations of and expectations for the landscape: a territorial study carried out in 5 communes in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region. In Impact study of the implementation of measures to protect herds against predators in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Part 3: Study of user practices and perceptions

• Main Authors: Degrémont, Isabelle, Charbonneau, Marion, Delclaux, Julie, Tran, Thao, Dominguez, Pablo, Artano-Garmendia, Coralie
• Other Authors: Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales (TREE), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géographie de l'environnement (GEODE), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Association des 4 Commissions Syndicales de montagne (EHMEB), UMR TREE
• Format: Report
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Pastoralisme; Paysage; Prédateur; Pyrénées-Atlantiques; Multiusages; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Conseil; Canis lupus; Ursus arctos; loup gris
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04125083; https://hal.science/hal-04125083/document; https://hal.science/hal-04125083/file/Rapport%203_Repr%C3%A9sentations%20et%20attendus%20paysagers%20des%20usagers.pdf

This document has been produced as part of the project "Étude d'impact de la mise en place des mesures de protection des troupeaux contre les prédateurs (ours brun Ursus arctos et loup gris Canis lupus lupus) sur le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2021-2022" (Impact study of the implementation of measures to protect flocks against predators (brown bear Ursus arctos and grey wolf Canis lupus lupus) in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département 2021-2022) run by the Centre Départemental d'Elevage Ovin (CDEO) and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Chamber of Agriculture and funded by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, the Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays Basque, the Conseil Régional Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the French government. The study, which is taking place against a backdrop of still limited predation, aims to measure the issues at stake and better anticipate future management of the predator question as part of the overall projects for the areas concerned.The study brings together a large number of institutional players and research laboratories, who have worked on three aspects corresponding to three disciplinary approaches. The first analyses the dynamics of environments and landscapes linked to the implementation of herd protection measures, the second focuses on the changes in farming systems that could ensue, and the third looks at the territorial dynamics involved.Within this third section on territorial dynamics, the aim was to examine the impact that these protection measures may have on land use. In particular, the aim was to understand the way in which the various users think about, represent themselves in, practise and shape local territories, in order to shed light on how and to what extent the implementation of herd protection measures re-examines these relationships to the territory and its multiple uses. This work was carried out jointly by geographers (UMR TREE CNRS/UPPA and the Association des Commissions syndicales du Pays Basque) and an anthropologist (UMR GEODE CNRS/UT2), the authors of this ...