Format:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 465p. 196 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9783540686675
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Content:
One of the main objectives of nature conservation in Europe is to protect valuable cultural landscapes characterized by a mixture of open habitats and hedges, trees and patchy woodland (semi-open landscapes).The development of these landscapes during the past decades has been characterized by an ongoing intensification of land use on the one hand, and an increasing number of former meadows and pastures becoming fallow as a result of changing economic conditions on the other hand. Since species adapted to open and semi-open landscapes contribute to biodiversity in Europe in a major way, this development is of great concern to nature conservation. In several countries largescale, nature-adapted pastoral systems have been recognized as one solution to this problem. These systems could offer an alternative to industrial livestock raising and keep a high biodiversity on the landscape level. Against the background of livestock diseases such as BSE and Foot and Mouth Disease and the efforts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy in the EU by changing the criteria for agricultural subsidies, these concepts gain particular significance.They could also represent an alternative to the established, costly habitat management tools.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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82192_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_1_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_2_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_3_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_4_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_5_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_6_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_7_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_8_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_9_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 82192_1_En_BookBackmatter_OnlinePDF
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540686668
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Large-scale livestock grazing Berlin : Springer, 2010 ISBN 9783540686668
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Europa
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Naturschutz
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Biodiversität
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Weidewirtschaft
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Europa
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Naturschutz
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Biodiversität
;
Weidewirtschaft
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-68667-5
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Plachter, Harald 1950-
Author information:
Hampicke, Ulrich 1944-
