Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Extremes’ Effects on Management of Protected Grasslands in a Central European Area

Malatinszky, Ákos

doi:10.1175/wcas-d-15-0029.1

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“…In the last few decades, public hearings and stakeholder meetings also became widespread to find out the perceptions of the interested/involved local groups [84]. Malatinszky [84] found that regardless of the knowledge of and interest in the climate, some farmers were surprised that the predictions of different models vary. This stresses the need for education about climate issues, improved dialogues between stakeholders and providing funding to implement proper management approaches.…”

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Effects of Grazing on Water Erosion, Compaction and Infiltration on Grasslands

Centeri

2022

Hydrology

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Seventy-seven percent of all agricultural land is related to livestock, meat and dairy, including grazing land and arable fields used for animal feed production. The effect of livestock on the natural environment is well documented. Many types of research describe these effects on biodiversity. The surface runoff and soil erosion on grasslands and pastures are investigated with smaller intensity since grasslands are one of the two major land uses that are considered as natural or at least semi-natural lands. Still, mainly due to overuse, grazing on sloping pasture lands can cause severe soil damage, the trampling can cause compaction, compaction decrease infiltration and thus increase runoff and, consequently, soil loss. There are several consequences of the grazing pressure that cause water erosion and surface runoff above the acceptable limit, such as a dramatic decrease in grass densities and/or above-ground bio-mass, compaction, animal tracks, etc. Related research started as early as 1911 and continues until today. There are several methods to analyse the consequences of grazing pressure, e.g., in situ rainfall simulations, infiltration and soil resilience measurements, modelling of runoff, soil loss and infiltration, calculation of ecological costs, etc. Furthermore, most importantly, scientists are investigating the possibilities for improvement of the achieved unstable grazing system due to bad management. Numerous publications have been publishing results on positive changes with the removal of grazing livestock from the grasslands. However, since the socio-economic situation is changing on Earth, more people requiring the products of the pastures, an optimal grazing solution is greatly needed. One of the solutions can be the planning of the optimal animal unit per area, based on the expected grass yields. However, due to the big differences in yields, caused by the greatly unreliable weather, the solution for the future must be a multifunctional agriculture and a flexible land use.

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Section: Possible Future Methods Concerning the Evaluation Of Grazing...mentioning

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Section: Possible Future Methods Concerning the Evaluation Of Grazing...mentioning

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Effects of Grazing on Water Erosion, Compaction and Infiltration on Grasslands

Centeri

2022

Hydrology

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“…For example, clonal grasses with great competitive power (e.g. Calamagrostis epigeios and Botriochloa ischaemum) are favoured by high herbage removal intensity (see Malatinszky 2016;Ruprecht et al 2010), are able to completely dominate grassland stands (Szentes et al 2012) and parallelly, reducing the species diversity and leading to a degraded state of grassland composition (Házi et al 2011;Szentes et al 2012). Lower level of herbage removal intensity has a Fig.…”

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Simplicity or complexity? Important aspects of high nature value grassland management in nature conservation

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Babai

Csathó³

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Biodivers Conserv

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Local, adaptive traditional grassland management systems have played a fundamental role in the creation, maintenance and conservation of high nature value (HNV) grasslands. The state of diverse HNV grasslands has deteriorated across Europe in conjunction with changes in various management factors, such as management type and management intensity. To conserve the species-rich vegetation of HNV grasslands and to avoid undesirable shifts in plant functional type dominance, it is important to explore the effects of management factors crucial for nature conservation and to adapt them to local circumstances. In our study, we focus on three of the main factors in the management of valuable meadow steppes in the Great Hungarian Plain region (Central Hungary). We studied management types (mowing, grazing and combined), different levels of herbage removal intensity (low, medium, high) and spatio-temporal complexity (low, medium and high) of grassland management. Altogether 172 plots (1 m × 1 m) were designated in 17 sites. Plant diversity indexes and plant functional types were calculated according to the presence and percentage cover of plant species in the plots. Regarding plant diversity and the dominance of plant functional types, herbage removal intensity and spatio-temporal complexity of management had, for the most part, stronger effects than the type of management. Higher spatio-temporal complexity of management resulted in higher plant diversity, while higher intensity of management led to significantly lower diversity. Proper application of type, intensity and spatio-temporal complexity of management practices (separately and in combination) proved to be determining factors in the long-term maintenance and conservation of diversity and species composition of HNV grasslands.

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“…Malatinszky és munkatársai (2013a,b) és Malatinszky (2016) a Balaton-felvidéki Nemzeti Park és a Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park vizes élőhelyein és gyepterületein gazdálkodók éghajlatváltozás hatásaival kapcsolatban észlelt problémáit és eddigi adaptációra irányuló próbálkozásait mérték fel interjúk segítségével.…”

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Ki mondja meg, mi a fontos? – Részvétel és természetvédelem

Mihók¹,

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Kovács³

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Természetvédelmi Közlemények

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Involvement of different stakeholders in nature conservation is becoming more important as a consequence of paradigm shift in conservation taken place in recent decades. The concept and methods of social engagement and participation are, however, still not widely known and recognized within the conservation community. One reason for this is that conservation professionals usually do not have a frequent encounter with the social science approach and knowledge system during their education or day-to-day work. In this paper we discuss the definition, criteria and importance of participation in conservation by providing an insight into social science approaches and highlighting the paradigm shift in ecology. Hungarian case studies are cited illustrating that participation enriches and diversifies the community's knowledge, values and perspectives, resulting in better decisions and increased acceptance of the decisions. Increased awareness and knowledge of participation theory and methods therefore enhances the success of conservation in the long run and is strategically important to support conservation professionals with the accessible knowledge and tools provided by social science.

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Climate Extremes’ Effects on Management of Protected Grasslands in a Central European Area

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Effects of Grazing on Water Erosion, Compaction and Infiltration on Grasslands

Effects of Grazing on Water Erosion, Compaction and Infiltration on Grasslands

Simplicity or complexity? Important aspects of high nature value grassland management in nature conservation

Ki mondja meg, mi a fontos? – Részvétel és természetvédelem

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