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The goal of this article is to show the potential benefits of collaboration among archaeologists, teachers and high-school students for recognizing and protecting a certain heritage asset. Our case study is located at La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico, and the heritage asset in question is a portion of the Lerma River that flows through La Piedad, in a 12 km long meander. Faced with a need to find allies to protect this example of our natural heritage, we developed a work methodology that includes the results of archaeological research with a project that articulates formal education, with emphasis on the high-school curriculum. This was the axis for several subjects and institutional projects. Three of these programs are highlighted: "Ecobaem", "Exit profile", and "Peace Culture". In addition to the methodology implemented here, one of the most illustrative results of this collaboration was the work of the students, who incorporated into a board game the goals of the institutional programs and the proposals of the archaeologists. This article consists of three parts: (1) an exposition of the methodological guidelines in relation to the heritage assets included in the collaboration; (2) a description of the institutional programs of COBAEM called Peace Culture, ECObaem and Exit profile; (3) final considerations regarding the application of scientific knowledge (i.e. archaeological and historical) and its articulation in the context of formal education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Natural heritage is a set of goods essential for collective identity and necessary for society to enjoy. Studying it enables the generation of adequate public policies for its conservation. The management instruments must be generated at different scales and be assimilated by the social actors involved. The aim of this work was to analyze the conservation of natural heritage policy in Argentina. To achieve it, a study was conducted on the current situation of biodiversity and geodiversity as key concepts associated with natural heritage and legal management instruments were characterized at different scales. In the case of the Argentine territory, the protected areas of national and provincial jurisdiction were selected as spaces for the protection of natural diversity. The presence of these concepts was analyzed in the legal framework of the protected areas system. The results showed that in Argentina, the strategies are focused on the preservation, restoration and maintenance of biodiversity. Instead, geodiversity has an incipient development. The legal vacuum in the care of abiotic elements and the lack of updating in the existing environmental legislation are some problems that the country faces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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L’article aborde les relations entre les processus de spatialisation et les représentations de la biodiversité en analysant un dispositif de légitimation scientifique de l’action publique environnementale dans les Antilles françaises, les zones naturelles d’intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (Znieff). Dans un contexte de prolifération des normes et des injonctions globales en matière de développement durable, l’analyse des Znieff permet de revisiter la cartographie de la biodiversité. À partir d’une grille d’analyse issue des apports de deux disciplines, l’écologie et la géographie, l’article questionne les incertitudes cartographiques liées à ce dispositif.

[fr] À l'instar des autres massifs de montagne en Europe, les Pyrénées ont constitué un secteur privilégié pour l'application des générations successives de politiques de protection de la nature. Les itinéraires suivis soulignent certaines spécificités sociales et politiques du massif pyrénéen qui ont influé sur la mise en place de zonages de plus en plus nombreux et diversifiés. Aujourd'hui, dans un contexte d'évolution marqué par les héritages de la désindustrialisation de la montagne, la recomposition des systèmes productifs pastoral et forestier et la croissance des économies locales touristiques, la mise en protection de la nature s'est complexifiée, devenant un outil dont les objectifs sont variés et mêlés. Des problèmes de coordination et des conflits d'intérêts se posent toujours entre la prise en compte des enjeux écologiques et l'intégration de la protection de la nature à une logique fonctionnalisée de développement territorial montagnard. [es] Al igual que otros macizos europeos, los Pirineos han constituido un sector privilegiado donde se han aplicado sucesivas políticas de protección de la naturaleza. Los procedimientos de creación destacan algunas especificidades sociales y políticas del macizo pirenaico que influyeron sobre la declaración de esas zonas protegidas, cada vez más numerosas y diversificadas. Durante las últimas décadas, en un contexto caracterizado por las herencias de la desindustrialización, la recomposición de los sistemas de producción pastoral o forestal y el desarrollo de las economías turísticas, el papel de la protección se complicó, transformándose en una herramienta cuyos objetivos cambian y se mezclan. Han surgido entonces problemas de coordinación, conflictos de intereses y la toma en consideración de los enfoques ecológicos. Asimismo, desde el punto de vista funcional, la protección de la naturaleza se integra en una lógica de desarrollo territorial.

This article discusses the relationships between the processes of spatialization and representations of biodiversity by analyzing a scheme for scientific legitimation of environmental public policy in the French Antilles, the Natural Areas of Ecological, Faunal and Floral Interest (Znieff). In the context of setting global standards for biodiversity management, an analysis of the Znieff allows to revisit the meanings of the biodiversity mapping from a scientific legitimation scheme. Building an analytical grid from two disciplines, ecology and geography, we question the mapping uncertainties that support this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper appraises the integrity of France's patrimoine naturel as carrier of collective cultural meanings and as biophysical life support infrastructure. First we situate philosophically the French patrimoine naturel concept with its connotations of cultural heritage or transmission, in relation to the ‘strong sustainability’ precept of maintaining key environmental functions as critical natural capital (CNC). The main results are then presented of a recent survey by the French Institut Franc¸ais pour l'Environnement (IFEN) exploring perceptions of natural capital—and its criticalness—for the French society and economy. Building on the IFEN survey base, a qualitative analysis highlights France's natural capital as a life support infrastructure vulnerable to breakdown or contamination through pollution, accidents and the production of wastes. Ecosystem contamination is, moreover, closely associated with defilement of food—dioxin in chickens, mistrust of GMOs in agriculture and food, and the vache folle—mad cow disease. The ‘sink’ function of natural capital is thus in conflict with the culturally determined ‘site’ and ‘scenery’ functions. To conclude, we discuss (very briefly) some features of the French political culture that bear on prospects for a successful sustainable development strategy. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This article focuses on defining the terms "heritage," "natural heritage," "cultural heritage," and "heritage tree." Use of the terms "natural heritage," "cultural heritage" and "heritage tree" is becoming more common in everyday writing and conversation throughout the world. There is a lack of clarity in the meaning and usage of these words. The article is intended to help generate both a national and global consensus and understanding of the meanings of, and connections among, "natural heritage," "cultural heritage" and "heritage tree." It expands on the definitions for "natural heritage" and "cultural heritage," and adds a definition for "heritage tree." "Heritage" is that which is or may be inherited by individuals or communities and passed on to successors. "Natural heritage" includes: land, water, air, fire, rocks, fossils, soil, native plants, animals and microorganisms. "Cultural heritage" includes: customs, traditions, language, literature, art, sculptures, theatre, music, crafts, archaeological sites, and sacred sites. "Heritage tree" includes a notable specimen because of its size, form, shape, beauty, age, colour, rarity, genetic constitution, or other distinctive features.