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Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Bernd Redecker

    1. Institute of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, University of Lüneburg, Germany

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  2. Werner Härdtle

    1. Institute of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, University of Lüneburg, Germany

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  3. Peter Finck

    1. German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany

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  4. Uwe Riecken

    1. German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany

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  5. Eckhard Schröder

    1. German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany

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One of the main problems and aims of nature conservation in Europe is to protect semi-open landscapes. The development during the past decades is characterized by an ongoing intensivation of land use on the one hand, and an increasing number of former meadows and pastures lying fallow caused by changing economic conditions on the other hand. In several countries the estabishment of larger "pasture landscapes" with a mixed character of open grassland combined with shrubs and forests has been recognized as one solution to this problem. The book gives an overview of the European projects concerning to this topic - nature conservation policy and strategies, scientific results and practical experiences creating large scale grazing systems.

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXII
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  3. Grazing as a phenomenon in Europe

    1. Nature conservation and pastoralism in Wallonia

      • Louis-Marie Delescaille
      Pages 39-52

    2. Stipa austroitalica garigues and mountain pastureland in the Pollino National Park (Calabria, Southern Italy)

      • Pietro Brandmayr, Toni Mingozzi, Stefano Scalercio, Nicodemo Passalacqua, Francesco Rotondaro, Roberto Pizzolotto
      Pages 53-66

    3. Landscapes of northern Spain and pastoral systems

      • Matías Mayor López
      Pages 67-86

    4. Nature conservation aspects of pastoral farming in Georgia

      • Alexander Didebulidze, Harald Plachter
      Pages 87-105

    5. Grazing systems and their influence on biodiversity in the region of the Dnister river

      • Inna Tsaryk, Josyf Tsaryk
      Pages 107-121

    6. Managing wood pasture landscapes in England; the New Forest and other more recent examples

      • Jonathan Spencer
      Pages 123-136

    7. The role of invisible biodiversity in pasture landscapes

      • Ted Green
      Pages 137-145

  4. Grazing as a Nature Conservation strategy

    1. Pasture landscapes in Germany — progress towards sustainable use of agricultural land

      • Werner Härdtle, Ulrich Mierwald, Thomas Behrends, Inge Eischeid, Annick Garniel, Heiko Grell et al.
      Pages 147-160

    2. Maintaining biodiversity and open landscapes by grazing in the County of South Jutland, Denmark

      • Aksel Voigt
      Pages 161-171

    3. Nature development along the river Scheldt: Combining ecosystem functions in the Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde polder

      • Patrick Meire, Erika Van den Bergh, Tom Ysebaert, David Nijssen
      Pages 173-185

    4. The Border Meuse Nature Development Project Where water meets gravel meets nature …

      • Martine Lejeune, Herman Limpens, Jan van der Veen
      Pages 187-196

    5. The Lake Pape: Grazing of coastal grasslands. WWF Latvia project

      • Valdimarts Slaukstins
      Pages 197-207

    6. Galloway-based grazing systems in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) — projects run by the BUNDE WISCHEN e.V. association

      • Gerd Kämmer
      Pages 209-218

    7. Low intensity pig pastures as an alternative approach to habitat management

      • Burkhard Beinlich, Peter Poschlod
      Pages 219-226

    8. The Eidertal pasture landscape — Mire restoration and species conservation in a river valley of Schleswig-Holstein (northwest Germany)

      • Joachim Schrautzer, Kai Jensen, Bettina Holsten, Ullrich Irmler, Jan Kieckbusch, Uwe Leiner et al.
      Pages 227-237

    9. Inland Sand Ecosystems: Dynamics and restitution as a consequence of the use of different grazing systems

      • Angelika Schwabe, Dominique Remy, Thorsten Assmann, Anselm Kratochwil, Albrecht Mährlein, Michael Nobis et al.
      Pages 239-252

    10. Management concepts for abandoned xerothermic slopes in the middle Rhine Valley: A case study in the sustainable development of cultural landscapes

      • Susanne Bonn
      Pages 253-261
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Reviews

“The book is a series of studies on vegetation of pastures, and certainly the field botanist or environmental scientist concerned with these ecosystems or interested in their conservation will find a wealth of rich material. It provides readers with a vivid picture of the environmental, social and political changes that pastoral societies face in different regions. … From an academic perspective, this book further develops the field of social-ecological theory and resilience thinking by systematically connecting theories with management practices.” (Khalid Hussain and Tasadoq Hussain Jaweed, Pastoralism, December, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, University of Lüneburg, Germany

    Bernd Redecker, Werner Härdtle

  • German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany

    Peter Finck, Uwe Riecken, Eckhard Schröder

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