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SANTINHOS, Armando José; MARTINHO, Ana Paula  e  CAEIRO, Sandra. Perception of the local population in the face of sustainability of coastal areas services: the case of Lagoon of Santo André, Portugal. RGCI [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.3, pp.413-427. ISSN 1646-8872.  https://doi.org/10.5894/rgci497.

In Portugal, the recognition of the strategic importance of the coastal zones lead to the necessity to proceed to its integrated protection and management. Santiago do Cacém coast line is characterized by a shallow plane area on the northwest of the district, giving the possibility of formation of lagoons, due to the existence of sand dunes and sand beaches, as it is the case of the Lagoon of Santo André. This lagoon has in recent decades been confronted with a conflict of interests between strategies of wildlife conservation authorities and the use by local communities that depend on this ecosystem for their survival. Taking in account the ideas of sustainable growth, citizenship, ambient participation and education, and having gathered data through the combination of enquiry, direct observation, and documental search and analysis, this work pretends to contribute for the knowledge of the perception of the people and local officials in face of the sustainability of the ecosystems services used by the population. This case study of the Lagoa de Santo André has given special consideration to the activities of the traditional fishing methods in the lagoon, having been concluded, among other issues, the existence of problems and controversy about the management of the ICNF (Institute of Nature Conservation and Forests) due to lack of dialogue and failure in the communication between the main actors of the process, the lack of a strategy or an environmental, economic, seaside management plan that would foment the quality at all levels of this zone of the country of recognized potential. The study urges to restore conducts that avoid the environmental degradation of this lagoon ecosystem and the development of a broader consensus about the regulations in place, so that standard decisions may be taken in order to establish the participation and cooperation of all agents and actors in the decision process. These and other aspects were deeply treated on the final discussion of this study, having been proposed, among others, the promotion of an understanding between the key‑actors, at various levels, and the participation of outside entity to moderate and facilitate the dialogue among the stake‑holders, according to the problems encountered and according to the solutions discussed and to be concerted in a final workshop.

Palavras-chave : management of coastal areas; participation of populations; conflict management; use of fish traps.

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