Network of Landscapes in the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Overview of the Study Area
2.2. The Landscape Approach
3. Results
3.1. MITBR Cartography: Landscape Units
3.2. Transformation Processes Identified
3.3. Environmental Impact Assessment of New Activities in Sustainable Development: A Synthesis
3.4. Redefinition of the Border in the MITBR
3.5. Strategic Proposals for the MITBR Territory
3.6. Conservation of the Goat Breed Agrupación De Las Mesetas: Replacement Experience
3.7. Assessment of the MITBR Management. Reform Proposals
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Predominant | Non-Predominant |
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Miranda donkey breed (P) | Amarela chicken breed (P) |
Zamorano-Leonés donkey breed (S) | Branca chicken breed (P) |
Alistana Sanabresa cattle breed (S) | Castellana Negra chicken breed (S) |
Mirandesa cattle breed (P) | Pedrês Portuguesa chicken breed (P) |
Sayaguesa cattle breed (S) | Preta Lusitânica chicken breed (P) |
Cão de Gado Transmontano dog breed (P) | Morucha cattle breed (S) |
Agrupación de las Mesetas goat breed (S) | Spanish Mastiff dog breed (S) |
Preta de Montesinho goat breed (P) | Estrela Mountain Dog dog breed (P) |
Serrana (Transmontano ecotype) goat breed (P) | Castellana sheep breed (S) |
Churra da Terra Quente sheep breed (P) | Churra sheep breed (S) |
Churra Galega Bragançana sheep breed (P) | Churra Badana sheep breed (P) |
Churra Galega Mirandesa sheep breed (P) | Carea Leonés dog breed (S) |
Bísaro pig breed (P) |
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Romano, J.; Pérez-Chinarro, E.; Coral, B.V. Network of Landscapes in the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves. Land 2020, 9, 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9090320
Romano J, Pérez-Chinarro E, Coral BV. Network of Landscapes in the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves. Land. 2020; 9(9):320. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9090320
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomano, Joaquin, Emilio Pérez-Chinarro, and Byron V. Coral. 2020. "Network of Landscapes in the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves" Land 9, no. 9: 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9090320