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Article

Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments

by
Roman Plokhikh
1,†,
Dana Shokparova
1,
Gyula Fodor
2,
Sándor Berghauer
2,
Attila Tóth
2,
Uzakbay Suymukhanov
1,
Aiman Zhakupova
1,
Imre Varga
3,
Kai Zhu
4,*,† and
Lóránt Dénes Dávid
5,6,*
1
Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
2
Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, 90202 Berehove, Ukraine
3
Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economics, Eötvös Loránd University, 9700 Szombathely, Hungary
4
Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
5
Faculty of Economics and Business, John von Neumann University, 6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
6
Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Sustainability 2023, 15(8), 6913; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086913
Submission received: 26 January 2023 / Revised: 17 April 2023 / Accepted: 19 April 2023 / Published: 19 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Livestock Production and Management)
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Abstract

Reliable environmental audits and impact assessments are essential to achieve effective pasture utilization and ensure the production of high-quality livestock products. This study aims to develop an environmental audit and impact assessment method for pasture agrolandscapes to promote sustainable livestock practices, using Central Kazakhstan as a case study. To provide a strong foundation for this research, the study utilized representations of pasture agrolandscapes, landscape-ecological and landscape-indicative approaches, and interactions between environmental audits and impact assessments in Kazakhstan. The authors acknowledge that their understanding of the environmental audit and impact assessment for pasture agrolandscapes is a complex method that requires specific knowledge and information about the landscape environment from users. They note that solving the challenges of national food security and environmentally safe territorial development can be achieved through the development of a private method that uses landscape environment status indicators. Methods similar to this enable the study of geocomplexes and their crucial characteristics, leading to a unique system of reliable indicators for environmental issues. This approach facilitates the creation of a scientifically based plan for optimal regional land use and land management systems regarding pasture agrolandscapes.
Keywords: environmental audit; impact assessment; pasture agrolandscapes; sustainable livestock practices; landscape-ecological approach; landscape-indicative approach; central Kazakhstan; geocomplexes environmental audit; impact assessment; pasture agrolandscapes; sustainable livestock practices; landscape-ecological approach; landscape-indicative approach; central Kazakhstan; geocomplexes

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Plokhikh, R.; Shokparova, D.; Fodor, G.; Berghauer, S.; Tóth, A.; Suymukhanov, U.; Zhakupova, A.; Varga, I.; Zhu, K.; Dávid, L.D. Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6913. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086913

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Plokhikh R, Shokparova D, Fodor G, Berghauer S, Tóth A, Suymukhanov U, Zhakupova A, Varga I, Zhu K, Dávid LD. Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments. Sustainability. 2023; 15(8):6913. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086913

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Plokhikh, Roman, Dana Shokparova, Gyula Fodor, Sándor Berghauer, Attila Tóth, Uzakbay Suymukhanov, Aiman Zhakupova, Imre Varga, Kai Zhu, and Lóránt Dénes Dávid. 2023. "Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments" Sustainability 15, no. 8: 6913. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086913

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Plokhikh, R., Shokparova, D., Fodor, G., Berghauer, S., Tóth, A., Suymukhanov, U., Zhakupova, A., Varga, I., Zhu, K., & Dávid, L. D. (2023). Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments. Sustainability, 15(8), 6913. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086913

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