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DraftBIODIVERSITY, COMMONS DILEMMAS AND LOCAL CONFLICTS INNATURAL PROTECTED AREASPaper to be presented at the Workshop “Options for Local Biodiversity Management in ProtectedAreas: the case of Bulgaria”. Vitosha National Park, 7-10 February 2002The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, ScotlandGiuseppe Carrus, Mirilia Bonnes*University of Rome “La Sapienza”Department of Social and Developmental PsychologyVia dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, ItalyTel. +39-06-49917673Fax +39-06-49917652e-mail: giuseppe.carrus@uniroma1.itJanuary 2002*The research line presented in this paper has been developed with the collaboration of- Prof. Marino Bonaiuto- Dr. Helga Martorella.1Draft1 Biodiversity, societies and sustainabilityEnvironmental changes and related problems have gained a progressive relevance forscientific inquiry, for decision makers, and for the general public since the last decades. Within thiscontext, ecological science have gradually shifted its general orientation from strict naturalistic andbiological approaches to more social science-based paradigms, involving both natural and human(social and behavioural) sciences, like economics, sociology anthropology and social psychology(Bonnes, 1998; di Castri, Baker & Hadley, 1984; di Castri, 2000). This increased attention for theso-called “human dimension” of environmental global change has been defined as a PtolemaicRevolution for the natural sciences (Bonnes, 1998; Giacomini, 1983). Together with such a ...