Macías-Alegre, Adrián ¿Necesitamos “Patrimonio Biocultural” en España? El complejo caso de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos., 2026 (Unpublished) [Preprint]
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English abstract
This working document argues for the introduction of "Biocultural Heritage" as a distinct category of protection in Spain. It aims to provide a harmonising solution to the legislative fragmentation of Protected Natural Spaces (PNS) while establishing a framework to accommodate stakeholder conservation initiatives without resorting to unilateral radicalism. Contrasting with the North American-derived concept of pristine wilderness, the Spanish landscape has historically co-evolved with human activity in a sustainable manner, forging an indissoluble symbiosis between nature and culture. Rejecting a segregative duality that views natural areas either as untouched environments or as landscapes degraded by human intervention, this study proposes a biocultural approach as a middle path. By conceptualising PNS as complex socio-ecological systems, this perspective offers a unified regulatory framework that balances biodiversity conservation with traditional practices, local identities, and the recreational use of the natural environment.
Spanish abstract
Esta contribución plantea la necesidad de implantar la figura de protección del "Patrimonio Biocultural" en España para ofrecer una solución armonizadora a la fragmentación legislativa de los Espacios Naturales Protegidos (EENNPP), al tiempo que una referencia para asumir las iniciativas conservacionistas de los grupos de interés sin caer en radicalismos unilaterales. Frente a la concepción de la naturaleza salvaje de raigambre norteamericana, históricamente el paisaje español ha coevolucionado de forma sostenible con la actividad humana, creando una simbiosis indisoluble entre naturaleza y cultura. En el presente texto, frente a una concepción de los espacios naturales bajo una dualidad segregadora que solo contempla naturaleza en estado puro o naturaleza destruida por el ser humano, se plantea el enfoque biocultural como una vía intermedia para concebir los EENNPP como sistemas socioecológicos complejos, y bajo este prisma comenzar a ofrecer un marco normativo unificado que armonice, de forma equilibrada, la biodiversidad con las prácticas tradicionales, las identidades locales y el uso recreativo del medio natural.
| Item type: | Preprint |
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| Additional information: | Working paper / Academic discussion essay on biocultural heritage and environmental legislation in Spain, applied to Protected Natural Areas (2026). |
| Keywords: | Patrimonio biocultural, espacios naturales protegidos, sistemas socioecológicos, ecologismo radical, deportes de montaña, clavijas de Cotatuero, cruz del Aneto, legislación ambiental, Tajo de Ronda, Las Médulas, Monumento Natural, Biocultural heritage, protected natural spaces, socio-ecological systems, radical environmentalism, mountain sports, Cotatuero pegs, Aneto cross, environmental legislation |
| Subjects: | A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields . E. Publishing and legal issues. E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access. F. Management. > FA. Co-operation. F. Management. > FG. Local government. F. Management. > FH. Reorganization. |
| Depositing user: | Adrian Macias-Alegre |
| Date deposited: | 22 Sep 2026 04:54 |
| Last modified: | 22 Sep 2026 04:55 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/47953 |
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