Practical tools for practitioners
FIDELIO was a five year project funded by the European Research Council, exploring social impacts of protected areas across Europe. During the project innovative tools have been crafted to help practitioners capture the socio-economic outcomes of protected areas and other nature restoration projects. These tools are designed to bridge the people-nature gap, empowering those involved in policy delivery to make informed, socially equitable decisions. By embedding techniques from environmental humanities and social sciences, these tools will help practitioners and policy makers to improve their planning and decision-making processes for nature protection and restoration.
SOCIAT toolLink opens in a new window
SOCIAT is a customized questionnaire designed to assess the social outcomes of a protected area for local communities. It evaluates the sociodemographic profile of the community, including place attachment, socio-environmental values, and demographics, as well as attitudes towards the governance system and levels of pro-environmental behavior. SOCIAT is available in multiple languages here.
Interview guide
A detailed interview guide has been developed allowing researchers and practitioners to capture people's relationship with the protected areas emphasizing cultural, historical, social and political elements. The interview guide is available hereincluding guidelines of use.
Mapping
A series of new methodologies were developed to map aspects of social spatial equity within protected areas. These techniques can be used alongside ecological maps, enabling practitioners to make informed decisions during planning processes for protected areas, thereby bridging the people-nature gap.
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 802605)
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fidelio@warwick.ac.uk
Global Sustainable Development
University of Warwick
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