Herramientas de participación ciudadana para fortalecer el compromiso ciudadano con la conservación del espacio natural Doñana

Resum

Strategies of nature preservation in protected natural areas have evolved over the years as a need toadapt to new realities regarding these areas as well as the social contexts they are immersed in. Thisproject’s social research has allowed us to learn the connection between the Natural Area of Doñanaand its civil society by analysing the perception, opinion and attitudes towards the implementation ofinvolvement practices. We understand that this should be the starting point of the new reality of naturepreservation today, and that during the next decades, it should allow us to make progress in public involvement as a new shared management strategy of protected areas preservation in general, and ofSpanish national parks in particular. Our main contribution is a proposal for a new participatory structure of Doñana’s local society. Its design and functioning basis are also established.