Legitimacy In European Nature Conservation Policy Case Studies In Mu

This volume focuses on the issue of legitimacy in the context of European nature conservation policy. It provides insights in the way in which democratic legitimacy is being ‘produced’ at different levels of governance. Building forth upon recent developm

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The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics VOLUME 14

Editors Michiel Korthals, Dept. of Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Paul B. Thompson, Dept. of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A. Editorial Board Timothy Beatley, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, U.S.A. Lawrence Busch, Dept. of Sociology, Michigan State University, Lansing, U.S.A. Anil Gupta, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Gujarat, India Richard Haynes, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. Daryl Macer, The Eubios Ethics Institute, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Ben Mepham, Centre for Applied Bio-Ethics, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom Dietmar Mieth, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Egbert Schroten, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

LEGITIMACY IN EUROPEAN NATURE CONSERVATION POLICY Case Studies in Multilevel Governance

Edited by

Jozef Keulartz Wageningen University, The Netherlands and

Gilbert Leistra Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Editors Jozef Keulartz Wageningen University The Netherlands Gilbert Leistra Wageningen University The Netherlands

Library of Congress Control Number: 2007936991

ISBN: 978-1-4020-6509-5

e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-6510-1

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Acknowledgements

This publication was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), as part of the programme “Ethics, Research and Governance”. It was also supported by ALTER-net, a ‘network of excellence’ funded by the EU’s 6th Framework Programme.

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Contents

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Part I Introduction 1 European Nature Conservation Policy Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ewald Engelen, Jozef Keulartz and Gilbert Leistra

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Part II Protected Species 2 Wintering Geese in the Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Gilbert Leistra, Jozef Keulartz and Ewald Engelen 3 Vindicating Arrogant Ecologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Wim Dubbink 4 Legitimacy of Species Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Felix Rauschmayer and Vivien Behrens 5 Animal Governance: The Cormorant Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hub Zwart Part III

Protected Areas

6 Legitimacy Problems in Spanish Nature Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Susana Aguilar Fernán