Cultural landscapes and attributes of “culturalness” in protected areas: An exploratory assessment in Greece

Vlami, Vassiliki; Kokkoris, Ioannis; Zogaris, Stamatis; Cartalis, Constantinos; Kehayias, George; Dimopoulos, Panayotis

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.211

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“…Millenary rural activities have given rise to a wide variety of sustainable cultural landscapes, defined as land areas that have been shaped by traditional human land uses [7]. They are an interface between nature and culture, characterized by the conservation and protection of ecological processes, natural resources, landscapes, and cultural biodiversity [8][9][10][11][12][13]. The adaptation to the local environment and the social-ecological resilience of cultural landscapes have been based on the transmission over time of a deep and empirical knowledge of resource use practices, constituting so-called traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).…”

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“…For more effective conservation of cultural landscapes, an alignment of traditional agricultural practices and nature conservation policies is necessary, highlighting the importance of the cultural attributes of PAs [29], because most of the protected areas of the world show some degree of human use or 'culturalness' [30]. Thus, PAs should be managed with an eye toward culturalness, because what is being protected is also the character and attributes of the cultural landscape [13]. Management strategies for cultural landscapes must be based on sustainable planning founded on social-ecological approaches by integrating the ecological, socioeconomic, historic, and cultural dimensions that influence conservation decisions [31][32][33], as well as local governance strategies and stewardships [34].…”

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Designing Protected Areas for Social–Ecological Sustainability: Effectiveness of Management Guidelines for Preserving Cultural Landscapes

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Rural cultural landscapes are social–ecological systems that have been shaped by traditional human land uses in a co-evolution process between nature and culture. Protected areas should be an effective way to protect cultural landscapes and support the way of life and the economy of the local population. However, nature conservation policymaking processes and management guidelines frequently do not take culturalness into account. Through a new quantitative approach, this paper analyzes the regulatory framework of two protected areas under different management categories, located in an ancient cultural landscape of the Madrid Region (Central Spain), to identify the similarities in their conservation commitments and the effectiveness of their zoning schemes. The results show some arbitrariness in the design and management of these parks, highlighting the importance of prohibited measures in their zoning schemes that encourage uses and activities more related to naturalness than to culturalness. The recognition of protected areas as cultural landscapes and their management considering both naturalness and culturalness issues are important methods of better achieving sustainable management objectives from a social–ecological approach. This methodological approach has proven useful to unravel various legislative content, and its application on a larger scale could reveal important information for the sound management of protected areas (PAs) in cultural landscapes.

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“…In a changing rural-urban dynamic in Europe and the Mediterranean, protected areas call for an improved understanding of diversified social demands [35,86,87]. This is also in line with a protected area paradigm shift promoting holistic natural-cultural heritage conservation approaches [25,114]. Part of the problem, in the context of Natura 2000 protected areas, relates to how the aesthetic and other cultural benefits have been widely under-represented as conservation concerns [29,115].…”

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Residents’ Views on Landscape and Ecosystem Services during a Wind Farm Proposal in an Island Protected Area

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Industrial wind farms are being developed within many protected areas, such as in EU Natura 2000 sites; this includes proposals on small Mediterranean islands, such as Samothraki in Greece. Scarce wild land areas on islands may be particularly vulnerable to landscape-scale degradation; this may have serious negative societal impacts. Samothraki’s resident perceptions were surveyed in the wake of such a proposal, in June 2018. Of 98 respondents, 48% reported they were against the wind farm plan, while 22% did not take sides. We compare for-and-against sub-group perceptions of the proposed wind farm with potential impacts on the landscape and explore residents’ opinions on ecosystem services and environmental pressures and threats. Conflict over the wind farm was prevalent; residents most frequently reported that the proposal threatens aesthetic and landscape qualities. Aesthetic qualities were also the second highest ranked ecosystem services, after freshwater provision. However, other threats, such as livestock overgrazing, top residents’ opinion of major environmental problems on the island. The questionnaire survey used provides a scoping assessment, which may assist in identifying "conflict hotspots" for wind farm development. A critical review of wind farm planning in protected areas is presented in light of insights gained from this survey and other relevant studies.

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“…This "shadow effect" is a problem in many protected areas in Greece, where conservation resources and actions concentrate on high-profile core-areas or habitat types (e.g. wetlands) and ignore critical hotspots nearby or less-studied areas and landscapes on the fringe of protected areas (Vlami et al 2017).…”

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Diet of the Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) in Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park, Greece

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2020

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The diet of the lesser spotted eagle (Clanga pomarina) was studied in the area that is now the Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park during the Spring periods of 2000 and 2002 by analysis of pellets and prey remains found at two active nest sites, in two different territories. Among 155 prey items collected, in terms of biomass, the diet was 43% reptiles, 30% birds, 24% mammals, 3% amphibians and 1% arthropods. The most important prey taxa were brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) at 19%, water snakes (Natrix spp.) at 11% and moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at 11% composition. Despite a wide availability of semi-natural and agricultural habitats around the immediate nesting areas, the species seems to have invested in foraging largely on water-dependent animals. The species maintained only one or a maximum of two pairs in the wider region during the study, this being at the southwestern margin of its global breeding range. Conservation insights and recommendations are presented.

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Cultural landscapes and attributes of “culturalness” in protected areas: An exploratory assessment in Greece

Cited by 73 publications

References 67 publications

Designing Protected Areas for Social–Ecological Sustainability: Effectiveness of Management Guidelines for Preserving Cultural Landscapes

Designing Protected Areas for Social–Ecological Sustainability: Effectiveness of Management Guidelines for Preserving Cultural Landscapes

Residents’ Views on Landscape and Ecosystem Services during a Wind Farm Proposal in an Island Protected Area

Diet of the Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) in Amvrakikos Wetlands National Park, Greece

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