Paper long abstract:

Environmental protection policies have found resistance from local farmers that are not identified, nor with the objectives of these policies nor with new ways to manage their territories. Especially when the legitimacy of the land and resources have been historicalh cuestioned. In the Natural Park of the Los Alcornocales expropriation of public property (19 th-20 th centuries) managed communally, condemned entire population to become landless laborers and different response were articulated through political action and association. The intensity of in the claims and the strategies designed to restore what was seen as a social injustice varied in relation to certain factors (public property expropriated has., existing system of political freedoms, etc.), However, no acceptance of the new situation was a constant.

This communication talks about practices and attitudes that how farmers expressed their discontent at present in this protected natural area of Andalusia. The text sives a syinthesis od the expropration process and shows the keys about the political and trade union action in the agricultural sectors of those territories, in contexts with a predominance of livestock and forest harvesting. We focus on the analysis of perceptions, representations, and everyday practices among local groups today, question the legitimacy of the current owners in a context of natural heritage. Finally, we analyse the significance of these representations attitudes and practices for local populations in a global context.