| In light of the diminishing wetlands, collective management of these natural areas is becoming a major issue in many countries, particularly in Europe. As a multi-use space, wetlands are coastal areas that are, in practice, subject to conflicts of use among various categories of stakeholders who all consider this natural heritage in terms of their own, and sometimes contradictory, purposes. These conflicts of use can be mediated in several ways. First, wetlands depend on a complex decision process that must integrate diverse rationales. Economic rationales when commercial activities compete; social and political rationales, because natural areas, particularly coastal areas where the human population is particularly dense, are subject to regulations issued... |
