Nature conservation in pastoral landscapes: Challenges, chances and constraints

Insect biodiversity and dead wood: proceedings of a symposium for the 22^nd International Congress of Entomology

“…The use of animals as a management tool has often been perceived in negative terms by forest managers, but the development of the grazing debate and ongoing experimental work indicates the potential of this sort of approach, particularly in the management of large reserves, allowing managers to help maintain structural and species diversity within forest and encourage regeneration of light-demanding taxa (Bakker and others 2004). Current large scale ecological projects where this approach has proven beneficial include the Oostvaardersplassen reserve in the Netherlands (Kampf 2002) and the New Forest, Hampshire, UK (Kirby 2004, Mountford andPeterken 2003).…”

Agricultural heritage in disintegration: Trends of agropastoral transhumance on the southeast Tibetan Plateau

“…Loss of biodiversity at genetic to landscape levels caused by changes in traditional grazing activities in subalpine forests and on alpine pastures is now a subject of concern in many parts of the world (Lasanta-Martinez et al 2005;Miller et al 1999;Vera 2002). Reintroduction of extensive rangeland uses into historically semi-natural landscapes through legal, economic or political measures has been a major objective of many conservation projects (Quetier et al 2005;Kampf 2001). Livestock production based on natural rangelands has existed on the Tibetan Plateau for several millennia (Aldenderfer and Zhang 2004), but its role in creating and maintaining natural landscapes at any scale, though recognized (Wu and Liu 1998), is still poorly understood.…”