Biocultural Diversity in Europe

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Agnoletti, Mauro (Editor), Emanueli, Francesca (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Environmental History, 5
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Landscape ecology.; Forestry management.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Sustainable Development.; Forestry Management.

The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity, the United Nations Educational Scientific an...

Table of Contents:

• 1. 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
• 2. Connections Between Natural and Cultural Diversity in the Landscape of the Małopolski Vistula Gorge and the Nałęczów Plateau (Eastern Poland)
• 3. The Garfagnana Model for Exploiting Agrarian and Cultural Biodiversity: The White Garfagnina Sheep Breed, A Case Study of Sustainable Local Development
• 4. Resilient Agrarian Landscapes in Face of Changes: The Coevolutive Approach to Understand the Links Between Communities and Environmental Characters
• 5. Wooded Grasslands as Part of the European Agricultural Heritage.