Konferenzpaper
Autorenliste: Nuppenau, EA; Waldhardt, R; Solovyena, I
Erschienen in: Mountain hay meadows. Hotspots of biodiversity and traditional culture
Herausgeberliste: Knowles, B.
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-900490-40-8
Konferenz: Mountain Hay Meadows Conference
Traditional farming in the Carpathian Mountains is accompanied by a high degree of biodiversity, nice landscape appearance, and amenities appreciated by citizens. It is based on traditional knowledge which is deeply embedded in the peasant culture of the local population as well as on the labour-intensive operations and traditional technologies like hand mowing and weeding, cropping of small fields, rotation recognition of tuber crops, etc. which are all prerequisites for good ecology. So, on the one hand we can assume that the traditional, high nature value farming system in the Carpathians has been reached by evolution and a rather high degree of relatedness or connectivity between local economic activities and biodiversity exists. But on the other hand there are many problems which put this situation under threat. This farming system is labour intensive and subsistence oriented, which results in relatively low standards of living and lack of future perspectives for younger generations. As a consequence there are and will be driving forces which will change land use in this remote area. Typical processes that can be expected are either modernization, farm growth, landscape deterioration and loss of biodiversity like in other mountainous areas (Switzerland, Austria, Norway, etc.) or abandonment of farming and settlement and forest growth (France, Spain, Italy, etc.). In any case, the still prevalent, typical biodiversity is under threat. The peculiar situation in the Carpathian mountains gives very good opportunities for in depth research on scenarios and alternative developments. This paper describes a proposed interdisciplinary project to investigate future options for the region.
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Harvard-Zitierstil: Nuppenau, E., Waldhardt, R. and Solovyena, I. (2011) Biodiversity and Traditional Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture: Implications for Interdisciplinary Research in the Carpathian Mountains, in Knowles, B. (ed.) Mountain hay meadows. Hotspots of biodiversity and traditional culture. London: Society of Biology
APA-Zitierstil: Nuppenau, E., Waldhardt, R., & Solovyena, I. (2011). Biodiversity and Traditional Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture: Implications for Interdisciplinary Research in the Carpathian Mountains. In Knowles, B. (Ed.), Mountain hay meadows. Hotspots of biodiversity and traditional culture. Society of Biology.