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Quality schemes and pastoralism in France
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2015 Strengthening and securing economic activity in rural areas figure among the objectives of French policy on the quality and origin of agricultural products. This is particular true for territories known for their harsh terrain.
Claire Aubron +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier +7 more
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Guidelines on sustainable forest management in drylands of Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2019 About 80% of forests in Ethiopia are dry forest. For the last 20 years they have been subject to land use changes, and replaced by agricultural land and settlements.
Atmadja, Stibniati +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The future of land use in the UK uplands is highly debated, with growing interest in increasing tree cover and other land use changes, alongside a desire to maintain traditional land use patterns and practices. Treescape expansion is likely to result in synergies and trade‐offs between different outcomes, so integrating stakeholder preferences
Melissa Minter +6 more
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Le développement pastoral : est-ce possible ? [PDF]
Tropicultura, 1991 Is pastorialism suitable for development ?. Pastoralism, which still subsists in vast areas as a way of living as well as a production system, is generally on the decline.
van Swinderen, H.
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Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2019 The system of Maasai-pastoralism, practiced in the savanna rangelands of Kenya, epitomizes an ideal learning platform upon which the dynamics of factors and/or processes that shape sustainability and drought resilience in a coupled socio-ecological ...
Mwangi Margaret
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Farming systems of high natural and cultural value represent approximately 30% of farmlands in the European Union and are associated with a high species and habitat diversity and/or the presence of species of European conservation concern. This study aims to synthesize the existing knowledge on the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Elsa Varela +4 more
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Landscape evolution of Southern Causses: Perceptions of inhabitants and socioprofessional stakeholders : Study carried out from the 5th to 17th of October 2009 [PDF]
, 2010 This study has been led during a Thematic School: "Formation to human sciences methods applied to agroforestry" which took place from 5th to 17th of October 2009 in two sessions: 6 days in Montpellier and 6 days on the field.
Dulcire, Michel +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract We present primary producers' (farmers', livestock breeders', beekeepers') positions towards bears and bear conservation as documented through semi‐structured interviews within the frame of human dimensions actions of LIFE projects implemented between 2015 and 2022 in Greece.
Tasos Hovardas +2 more
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Ecology and Society, 2011 Ten case studies from seven major pastoral regions across six continents were studied in this paper by conceptualizing three factors (agro-ecosystem resilience, livelihood options, and institution capacity) as the axes of a three-dimensional ...
Shikui Dong +8 more
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