Whose waters, whose nutrients? Knowledge, uncertainty, and controversy over eutrophication in the Mar Menor

Author:

Cabello VioletaORCID,Brugnach Marcela

Abstract

AbstractThis work explores the role of knowledge claims and uncertainty in the public dispute over the causes and solutions to nonpoint-driven overfertilization of the Mar Menor lagoon (Spain). Drawing on relational uncertainty theory, we combine the analysis of narratives and of uncertainty. Our results show two increasingly polarized narratives that deviate in the causes for nutrient enrichment and the type of solutions seen as effective, all of which relate to contested visions on agricultural sustainability. Several interconnected uncertainties are mobilized to dispute the centrality of agriculture as a driver for eutrophication and to confront strategies that may hamper productivity. Yet, both narratives rest on a logic of dissent that strongly relies on divergent knowledge to provide legitimacy, ultimately reinforcing contestation. Transforming the ongoing polarization dynamics may require different inter- and transdisciplinary approaches that focus on sharing rather than assigning responsibility and that unpack rather than disregard existing uncertainties.

Funder

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Ecology,Environmental Chemistry,Geography, Planning and Development,General Medicine

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