Exploring Agricultural Heritage in European and Mediterranean Countries
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 34413
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cultural landscape; agroforestry; sustainable forest management; agricultural heritage; agrobiodiversity
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Interests: historical values; cultural values; biocultural diversity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
European and Mediterranean rural areas have undergone significant changes in the last few decades. These changes have deeply modified the European landscape, mainly due to two opposite phenomena. On one side, the abandonment of marginal rural areas has favoured the expansion of unmanaged woodlands, while on the other side, the intensification of the agricultural practices has led to the loss of a significant part of our agricultural heritage. Despite these changes, Europe and the Mediterranean basin still retain important traditional agricultural areas. In the last few years, these landscapes have become particularly important in order to promote sustainable development of rural areas. At the international level, the GIAHS programme promoted by FAO is specifically dedicated to agricultural heritage systems, since its aim is to identify agricultural systems of global importance, preserving their landscape, agro-biodiversity, traditional knowledge and associated culture, applying the principles of dynamic conservation in order to promote a sustainable development.
Also in Europe and the Mediterranean basin, agricultural heritage systems can play a fundamental role in rural development, since they represent examples of adaptation and resilience to climate change and to socioeconomic transformations, as well as examples of high quality productive systems that can be replicated in other areas.
The Special Issue aims to present different examples of agricultural heritage across Europe and Mediterranean countries, highlighting the varieties, the different forms of management, and their importance for the local communities and for the sustainable development of rural areas.
Dr. Antonio Santoro
Prof. Dr. Mauro Agnoletti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rural landscape
- agricultural heritage
- GIAHS
- rural development
- landscape changes
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