Traditional land-use and nature conservation in European rural landscapes

Plieninger, Tobias; Höchtl, Franz; Spek, Theo

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2006.03.001

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“…In contrast, hedgerows were preserved where grasslands were sustained. These findings offer additional confirmation of the trends in hedgerow dynamics mentioned above (Plieninger et al, 2006), specifically of hedgerow removal due to agricultural intensification, which took place mainly on arable land or due to spontaneous afforestation following field abandonment.…”

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“…In places where hedgerows have been lost, the current land use is mostly woodland or arable land. These results confirm the two main trends which have led to the disappearance of bocage landscapes and other traditional land use systems, described by Plieninger et al (2006): extensification leads toward abandonment of the land, and natural succession leads to a gradual return to woodland of the areas adjacent to the hedgerows. Where intensification takes place, land adjacent to the hedgerows is arable.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The reasons for this decline generally fall into two categories: land use polarization either toward extensification and land abandonment, or toward land use intensification (Plieninger et al, 2006). In addition to a general reduction in their quality, nearly 65% of hedgerows were destroyed in France due to the land consolidation process in the 20th century.…”

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Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

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Brabec

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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

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“…Rather, ensuring the security of land rights and assisting in the improvement of their shifting cultivation while moving toward more productive systems, with longer fallows, and providing better farming inputs and technology to maintain soil fertility. In fact, traditional land-use systems are feasible systems when physical constraints make modernization of agriculture impossible (Plieninger et al 2006).…”

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“…We used image interpretation, spatial modelling and sociocultural surveys to examine interrelationships between and among the physical conditions, community characteristics and traditional land-use expansion. In this paper, traditional land-use refers to shifting agricultural systems with very low or no external inputs and low outputs (Gonzales Bernaldez 1991;Ochoa-Gaona 2001;Plieninger et al 2006;Susana and Ochoa-Gaona 2011). Using an area production model (APM), we simulated the effect of improved traditional farming systems, policy intervention and law enforcement on traditional land-use expansion and deforestation.…”

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Expansion of traditional land-use and deforestation: a case study of an adat forest in the Kandilo Subwatershed, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Deforestation issues are more problematic when indigenous (adat) communities, living within a forest, have lived there for many generations. These adat communities, who employ traditional land-use, are frequently accused of encroaching on the forest. To understand existing and future trends in the spatial patterns of the expansion of traditional land-use and deforestation, we conducted a case study in the Kandilo Subwatershed using mixed methods with image interpretation, spatial modelling and sociocultural surveys to examine the interrelationships between physical conditions, community characteristics and traditional land-use expansion. We investigated community characteristics through household interviews, communication with key informants, and discussions with focus groups. By using an area production model, we were able to analyze the effect of improved farming systems, policy intervention and law enforcement on traditional land-use expansion and deforestation. Based on our examination of a 20-year period of traditional land-use activities in adat forests, the evidence indicated that the steeper the slope of the land and the farther the distance from the village, the lower the rate of deforestation. Our study found that customary law, regulating traditional land-use, played an important role in controlling deforestation and land degradation. We conclude that the integration of land allocation, improved farming practices and enforcement of customary law are effective measures to improve traditional land productivity while avoiding deforestation and land degradation.

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Historical approach to evaluating productive cultural landscapes: A case study of Japanese vineyard landscapes

Kikuchi

2021

Japan Architectural Review

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Cultural landscapes of vineyards and wineries are often evaluated based on their relationships to natural conditions or "terroir." However, in vernacular evaluation, their meaning may need to be interpreted in the wider context of the region beyond the terroir. This study analyzes the historical development, including the land-use transition of Katsunuma and other popular traditional viticulture and winemaking areas of Japan; An approach for evaluating such productive landscapes as cultural landscapes is discussed. We conclude that landscape formation based on viticulture and winemaking occurred during a very short period after World War II in the study areas. Thus, an approach to interpreting landscape different from that based on its relationship to the terroir is established. Production centers of commercial crops, such as fruit trees, do not necessarily develop because of compatibility with natural conditions. Thus, we consider the evaluation of productive landscapes as cultural landscapes to be an important perspective.

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Traditional land-use and nature conservation in European rural landscapes

Cited by 306 publications

References 16 publications

Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

Expansion of traditional land-use and deforestation: a case study of an adat forest in the Kandilo Subwatershed, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Historical approach to evaluating productive cultural landscapes: A case study of Japanese vineyard landscapes

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