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This article describes and analyzes the impact of mangrove protection/conservation policies regarding the Alvarado Lagoon System (ALS), in the Gulf Coast of Mexico, specifically the Costa de San Juan ejido, in the municipality of Alvarado, Veracruz. The paper focuses on how the State, with its laws and government programs, generates differentiated changes in the perception and management of the mangrove, and the territorial organization of the ejido. Therefore, we discuss the creation of local environmental subjects in the context of implementing a Wildlife Management Unit as part of the conservation policies of the Mexican State., Este artículo describe y analiza el impacto de las políticas de protección/conservación del manglar en el Sistema Lagunar de Alvarado (SLA), en la costa del Golfo de México, específicamente en el ejido Costa de San Juan (Alvarado, Veracruz). La reflexión se centra en cómo el Estado, con sus leyes y programas gubernamentales, genera cambios diferenciados en las formas de percibir y manejar el manglar, pero también en la organización territorial en el ejido. Para ello, recurrimos a la discusión sobre la creación de sujetos ambientales locales en el contexto de la puesta en marcha de políticas de conservación del Estado mexicano.

This research explores the project Stuttgart 21, which is going to reconstruct the main station of Stuttgart city and build new tunnels to connect the node with the high-speed line. This project has been triggering controversies over issues such as cost, risk, ecology, and public participation, and thus raised intense conflicts between supporters and opponents. Thus, this research aims to explore how both sides manage to claim their own legitimacy that can potentially stop or progress Stuttgart 21, and aims to outline how those actions of legitimacy claiming shape the landscape of gap. With materials from online news / forum / articles and the interviews conducted in field work, this research found that both sides – as environmental subjects – had their own interpretations of what proper actions should be, which were shaped and controlled under specific governmentality. In other words, governmentality served as the basis of legitimacy claiming. Without constructive discussions among the affected, all the actions of both sides seemed not to research the settlement but made the landscape of gap formidable. Moreover, the landscape of gap also exists within the cons side, which means the nature of decision making is complicated beyond the dichotomy based on pros and cons. With the findings and discussions, the research hopes that Stuttgart 21 can serve as the exemplification that will contribute to reaching legitimate and accountable decision making in the future.

This research explores the project Stuttgart 21, which is going to reconstruct the main station of Stuttgart city and build new tunnels to connect the node with the high-speed line. This project has been triggering controversies over issues such as cost, risk, ecology, and public participation, and thus raised intense conflicts between supporters and opponents. Thus, this research aims to explore how both sides manage to claim their own legitimacy that can potentially stop or progress Stuttgart 21, and aims to outline how those actions of legitimacy claiming shape the landscape of gap. With materials from online news / forum / articles and the interviews conducted in field work, this research found that both sides – as environmental subjects – had their own interpretations of what proper actions should be, which were shaped and controlled under specific governmentality. In other words, governmentality served as the basis of legitimacy claiming. Without constructive discussions among the affected, all the actions of both sides seemed not to research the settlement but made the landscape of gap formidable. Moreover, the landscape of gap also exists within the cons side, which means the nature of decision making is complicated beyond the dichotomy based on pros and cons. With the findings and discussions, the research hopes that Stuttgart 21 can serve as the exemplification that will contribute to reaching legitimate and accountable decision making in the future.