Abstract

o move from management to governance of protected areas and surrounding areas requires the involvement and collaboration of local communities, as well as multiple actors involved in the conservation and development of territory. This paperpresents an analysis of social networks of stakeholders with interest and/or influence in the buffer zone of Alerce Andino National Park (PNAA) and Llanquihue National Reserve (RNLL), located in the temperate rainforest ofsouthernChile. The results show that stakeholdersinvolved in conservation and development operate on multiple geographical scales, and organized in a hierarchical structure of levels from local to regional. In addition, the social networks analysis suggests a low cohesion between actors, significantcentralization,structural and functional fragmentation, high marginalization of actors,and low levels of integration among groups.Thus, thisresearch shows that the social network that link stakeholdersinvolved in the buffer zoneof the PNAAand RNLL presents emerging properties that are not conducive adequate control, trust and regulatory systems, all ofwhich hinders good governance oftheprotected area and its buffer zone, configuring an unfavourable scenario for the integration between conservation and development