European Wood Pastures In Transition

Author : Tibor Hartel,Tobias Plieninger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781135139032

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European Wood-pastures in Transition by Tibor Hartel,Tobias Plieninger Pdf

Wood-pastures are important elements of European cultural identity and have an exceptional ecological value, yet they are in decline all over Europe. The structure of wood-pastures is strongly influenced by grazing and multiple other land uses and by local and regional environmental conditions. This book examines the diverse expressions of wood-pastures across Europe. It provides a new perspective, using a social-ecological framework to explore social and ecological values, governing institutions, threats and conservation approaches. It explores the major drivers of decline, which are shown to be related to accelerated cultural, institutional and developmental changes occurring across Europe over the past century. Case studies are included from North-Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe. Written by renowned scholars and conservationists, the book contributes to developing better, locally adapted conservation policies and management approaches for wood-pastures.

Author : Keith Kirby,Charles Watkins
Publisher : CABI
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780643373

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Europe's Changing Woods and Forests by Keith Kirby,Charles Watkins Pdf

Our understanding of the ecological history of European forests has been transformed in the last twenty years. Bringing together key findings from across the continent, this book provides a comprehensive account of the relevance of historical studies to current conservation and management of forests. It combines theory with a series of regional case studies to show how different aspects of forestry play out according to the landscape and historical context of the local area.

Author : Roué, Marie,Molnar, Zsolt
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Biodiversitate
ISBN : 9789231002106

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Knowing our lands and resources by Roué, Marie,Molnar, Zsolt Pdf

Author : Abigail P. Dowling,Richard Keyser
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789206937

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Conservation’s Roots by Abigail P. Dowling,Richard Keyser Pdf

The ideas and practices that comprise “conservation” are often assumed to have arisen within the last two centuries. However, while conservation today has been undeniably entwined with processes of modernity, its historical roots run much deeper. Considering a variety of preindustrial European settings, this book assembles case studies from the medieval and early modern eras to demonstrate that practices like those advocated by modern conservationists were far more widespread and intentional than is widely acknowledged. As the first book-length treatment of the subject, Conservation’s Roots provides broad social, historical, and environmental context for the emergence of the nineteenth-century conservation movement.

Author : Teresa Pinto-Correia,Maria Helena Guimarães,Gerardo Moreno,Rufino Acosta Naranjo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000456721

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Governance for Mediterranean Silvopastoral Systems by Teresa Pinto-Correia,Maria Helena Guimarães,Gerardo Moreno,Rufino Acosta Naranjo Pdf

This book is about the resilience of silvo-pastoral systems now, and in the future. As such, it is about people. The goal is to fill the gap in the knowledge on silvo-pastoral systems and their changing trends, by adding the human dimension, with enough detail to draw inferences about the new governance solutions that are needed to address the multiple challenges faced by silvo-pastoral systems. As such, the book provides knowledge applicable to current and future silvo-pastoral territories in other regions across the world. The volume is divided into three sections: people and institutions, the institutional framework, and governance models. Each section, composed of several chapters, draws on empirical work about the Iberian montado and dehesa as well as from other similar systems in the Mediterranean, both on the northern and on the southern sides, in order to broaden its scope and cover a wider range of situations and examples. Some of the chapters rely more strongly on empirical findings and current experiences, others on a literature review and reflection by the authors over many years working with these systems. The conclusion sums up the most relevant findings from each chapter and discusses how research can progress so that new scientific approaches and evidence can support better adapted governance models of silvopastoral systems to face future challenges. This text will be highly valuable to university and research institute libraries, academics, policy officials, and stakeholder groups, such as NGOs and sectoral organizations, who wish to better understand the relevance of the human factor and use this knowledge to find sustainable solutions. It will be a central reading for postgraduate students enrolled in rural planning, landscape management and governance, agronomy and forestry, as well as geography and socio-ecology programmes, that have a focus on sustainable land use management and supporting mixed farming systems.

Author : Mauro Agnoletti,Francesca Emanueli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319263151

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Biocultural Diversity in Europe by Mauro Agnoletti,Francesca Emanueli Pdf

The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) joined forces, and in 2010 launched the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). The first meeting for the implementation of the JP-BiCuD was held in Florence (Italy) in April 2014 and produced the UNESCO-sCBD Florence Declaration, which highlights the concept of biocultural diversity. The European rural territory is predominantly a biocultural, multi-functional landscape, providing a crucial and effective space for integration of biological and cultural diversity, suggesting the need to revise some of the current strategies for the assessment and management of biodiversity.

Author : Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez,Jim McAdam,María Rosa Mosquera-Losada
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402082726

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Agroforestry in Europe by Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez,Jim McAdam,María Rosa Mosquera-Losada Pdf

Agroforestry has come of age during the past three decades. The age-old practice of growing trees and crops and sometimes animals in interacting combinations – that has been ignored in the single-commodity-oriented agricultural and forestry development paradigms – has been brought into the realm of modern land-use. Today agroforestry is well on its way to becoming a specialized science at a level similar to those of crop science and forestry science. To most land-use experts, however, agroforestry has a tropical connotation. They consider agroforestry as something that can and can only be identified with the tropics. That is a wrong perception. While it is true that the tropics, compared to the temperate regions, have a wider array of agroforestry systems and hold greater promise for potential agroforestry interventions, it is also true that agroforestry has several opportunities in the temperate regions too. Indeed, the role of agroforestry is now recognized in Europe as exemplified by this book, North America, and elsewhere in the temperate zone. Current interest in ecosystem management in industrialized countries strongly suggests that there is a need to embrace and apply agroforestry principles to help mitigate the environmental problems caused or exacerbated by commercial agricultural and forestry production enterprises.

Author : John A. Parrotta,Ronald L. Trosper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400721447

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Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge by John A. Parrotta,Ronald L. Trosper Pdf

Exploring a topic of vital and ongoing importance, Traditional Forest Knowledge examines the history, current status and trends in the development and application of traditional forest knowledge by local and indigenous communities worldwide. It considers the interplay between traditional beliefs and practices and formal forest science and interrogates the often uneasy relationship between these different knowledge systems. The contents also highlight efforts to conserve and promote traditional forest management practices that balance the environmental, economic and social objectives of forest management. It places these efforts in the context of recent trends towards the devolution of forest management authority in many parts of the world. The book includes regional chapters covering North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Australia-Pacific region. As well as relating the general factors mentioned above to these specific areas, these chapters cover issues of special regional significance, such as the importance of traditional knowledge and practices for food security, economic development and cultural identity. Other chapters examine topics ranging from key policy issues to the significant programs of regional and international organisations, and from research ethics and best practices for scientific study of traditional knowledge to the adaptation of traditional forest knowledge to climate change and globalisation.

Author : Henrique M. Pereira,Laetitia M. Navarro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319120393

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Rewilding European Landscapes by Henrique M. Pereira,Laetitia M. Navarro Pdf

Some European lands have been progressively alleviated of human pressures, particularly traditional agriculture in remote areas. This book proposes that this land abandonment can be seen as an opportunity to restore natural ecosystems via rewilding. We define rewilding as the passive management of ecological successions having in mind the long-term goal of restoring natural ecosystem processes. The book aims at introducing the concept of rewilding to scientists, students and practitioners. The first part presents the theory of rewilding in the European context. The second part of the book directly addresses the link between rewilding, biodiversity, and habitats. The third and last part is dedicated to practical aspects of the implementation of rewilding as a land management option. We believe that this book will both set the basis for future research on rewilding and help practitioners think about how rewilding can take place in areas under their management.

Author : Christian Huyghe,Alex De Vliegher,Bert van Gils,Alain Peeters
Publisher : Editions Quae
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782759221561

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Grasslands and Herbivore Production in Europe and Effects of Common Policies by Christian Huyghe,Alex De Vliegher,Bert van Gils,Alain Peeters Pdf

Funded by and written during theEuropean Multisward project, this open access ebook presents an inventory of grasslands and forage crops in Europe by placing them in the production system in which they are embedded, and studying the technical, economic and regulatory determinants of past and present trends. Profusely illustrated with maps, it also features many case studies in all European regions and interviews of farmers and key stakeholders.

Author : Bruce Morgan Campbell
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 9789798764073

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The Miombo in Transition by Bruce Morgan Campbell Pdf

Miombo woodlands and their use: overview and key issues. The ecology of miombo woodlands. Population biology of miombo tree. Miombo woodlands in the wider context: macro-economic and inter-sectoral influences. Rural households and miombo woodlands: use, value and management. Trade in woodland products from the miombo region. Managing miombo woodland. Institutional arrangements governing the use and the management of miombo woodlands. Miombo woodlands and rural livelihoods: options and opportunities.

Author : Teresa Pinto-Correia,Jørgen Primdahl,Bas Pedroli,G. Bas M. Pedroli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107070691

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European Landscapes in Transition by Teresa Pinto-Correia,Jørgen Primdahl,Bas Pedroli,G. Bas M. Pedroli Pdf

A presentation of the challenges of European rural landscape management, exploring alternatives that incorporate place-based approaches.

Author : B. M. S. Campbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521195881

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The Great Transition by B. M. S. Campbell Pdf

Major account of the fourteenth-century crisis which saw a series of famines, revolts and epidemics transform the medieval world.

Author : F. W. M. Vera
Publisher : CABI
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0851994423

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Grazing Ecology and Forest History by F. W. M. Vera Pdf

It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the lowlands of Central and Western Europe before man intervened in prehistoric times to develop agriculture. If this intervention had not taken place, the forest would still be there, and if left the grassland vegetation and fields now present would revert to a natural closed forest state, although with a reduced number of wild species. This book, which an updated and expanded version of the author's 1997 thesis (presented to the Wageningen University, Netherlands), challenges the traditional view, using examples from history, pollen analyses and studies on the ecology of tree and shrub species such as oak and hazel. It tests the hypothesis that the climax vegetation is a closed canopy forest, against the alternative hypothesis that species composition and vegetational succession were governed by large herbivores, and that the Central and Western European lowlands were covered by a park-like landscape consisting of grasslands, scrub, solitary trees and groves bordered by a mantle and fringe vegetation. Comparative information from the eastern USA is also included throughout the book (this was not present in the thesis), because the forests there are commonly regarded as being analogous to the primeval vegetation in Europe. The book is arranged in 7 chapters: (1) General introduction and formulation of the problem; (2) Succession, the climax forest and the role of large herbivores; (3) Palynology, the forest as climax in prehistoric times and the effects of humans; (4) The use of the wilderness from the Middle Ages up to 1900; (5) Spontaneous succession in forest reserves in the lowlands of Western and Central Europe - including examples from France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden, Poland; (6) Establishment of trees and shrubs in relation to light and grazing; and (7) Final synthesis and conclusions. Twelve appendices are included giving further information, and there are 67 pages of references and a subject index.

Author : Kenneth J. Moore,Michael Collins,C. Jerry Nelson,Daren D. Redfearn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119436614

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Forages, Volume 2 by Kenneth J. Moore,Michael Collins,C. Jerry Nelson,Daren D. Redfearn Pdf

Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th Edition, Volume II will extensively evaluate the current knowledge and information on forage agriculture. Chapters written by leading researchers and authorities in grassland agriculture are aggregated under section themes, each one representing a major topic within grassland science and agriculture. This 7th edition will include two new additional chapters covering all aspects of forage physiology in three separate chapters, instead of one in previous editions. Chapters will be updated throughout to include new information that has developed since the last edition. This new edition of the classic reference serves as a comprehensive supplement to An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Volume I.