Biocultural Diversity in Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Biocultural Diversity and Landscape in Europe: Framing the Issue....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Traditional Mediterranean Polycultural Landscape as Cultural Heritage: Its Origin and Historical Importance, Its Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Complexity and the Necessity for Its Identification and Inventory....Pages 21-48
Connections Between Natural and Cultural Diversities in the Landscape of the Małopolski Vistula Gorge and the Nałęczów Plateau (Eastern Poland)....Pages 49-73
Wooded Grasslands as Part of the European Agricultural Heritage....Pages 75-103
A Comparative Study of Two Mediterranean Transhumant Systems and the Biocultural Diversity Associated with Them....Pages 105-122
Apicultural Spaces as Biocultural Places: A Comparative Temporal and Spatial Examination of Beekeeping Practices and Their Contextual Landscapes in the Northwest Apennines....Pages 123-139
History and Traditional Management of Italian Wood Pastures....Pages 141-155
The Making of Olive Landscapes in the South of Spain. A History of Continuous Expansion and Intensification....Pages 157-179
Historical Landscape of Lun Olive Trees at Pag Island, Croatia....Pages 181-191
Rewilding the French Pyrenean Landscape: Can Cultural and Biological Diversity Successfully Coexist?....Pages 193-209
Traditional Agriculture as Cultural Heritage. Forgotten Agroforestry Practices Recorded in Textual Part of Nineteenth Century Tax Records....Pages 211-231
Plant Toponyms as a Tool in Investigating Possible Links Between Cultural and Biological Diversity. The Case of Tuscany....Pages 233-247
Traditional Agricultural Practices, Land Cover Diversity and Biodiversity in the Southern Podpolanie Region....Pages 249-268
Ecological and Cultural Diversity of Traditional Mountain Agricultural Landscape: A Case Study from Slovakia....Pages 269-281
Religion and the Management of the Commons. The Sacred Forests of Epirus....Pages 283-302
Historical Development of Forest Patterns in Former Slash and Burn Sites in Southern Estonia....Pages 303-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Garfagnana Model for Exploiting Agrarian and Cultural Biodiversity: The White Garfagnina Sheep Breed, a Case Study of Sustainable Local Development....Pages 321-338
Resilient Agrarian Landscapes in Face of Changes: The Coevolutive Approach to Understand the Links Between Communities and Environmental Characters....Pages 339-351
Chestnut Management Practice as Tool for Natural and Cultural Landscaping....Pages 353-367
Does the Conservation Status of a Caledonian Forest also Indicate Cultural Ecosystem Value?....Pages 369-388
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Linking Biocultural Diversity and Sacred Sites: Evidence and Recommendations in the European Framework....Pages 389-417
Ingenious Agricultural Heritage in Cold Oases Connected to Collective Grazing Areas (Haut Atlas, Maroc)....Pages 419-437
The Integration of Modern and Traditional Agriculture in the Cultural Landscapes of Poland....Pages 439-452
Preserving the Mediterranean Diet Through Holistic Strategies for the Conservation of Traditional Farming Systems....Pages 453-469
Conserving Biological and Cultural Diversity Along the Latin Arc: The Role of Protected Areas....Pages 471-485
Identification of Values of the Designed Landscapes: Two Case Studies from the Czech Republic....Pages 487-510
Convention on Biological Diversity and European Landscape Convention: An Alliance for Biocultural Diversity?....Pages 511-522
The Nexus Between Landscape Elements and Traditional Practices for Cultural Landscape Management....Pages 523-537