Biocultural Diversity as a New Emerging Concept for Sustainable Landscape Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".
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Interests: applying of landscape ecological principles to forest biodiversity conservation; floodplain forest ecology and sustainable management
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Dear Colleagues,
Biocultural diversity is a novel concept emerging in environmental and sustainability science. This concept is based on the assessment of human–nature interrelations in cultural landscapes. The methodology of biocultural diversity concept uses various multidisciplinary approaches in studies on joining heritage and nature. Better understanding human–nature interrelations on local and regional level supports the sustainable management of cultural landscapes and nature and heritage conservation. The concept also includes issues related to cultural and historical heritage conservation and management, because it determines traditional cultural landscapes worldwide. Natural and human-made ecosystems with high cultural value (such as historical gardens and parks), as well as natural structures in landscape, such as ancient forests and veteran trees, can be incorporated to the term of biocultural diversity (BD). The concept of BD builds awareness of the role of humans as a key biological species in the biosphere. This global role of humans in BD is closely connected to our responsibility to our world. We need more knowledge about BD concept theory and applications to develop strategies for sustainable landscape management aimed at the conservation of cultural heritage and biodiversity in different geographical spaces.
Prof. Dr. Ivo Machar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Ancient forests
- Biodiversity and geodiversity
- Biodiversity and people
- Biocultural diversity
- Ecological networks in a cultural landscape
- Conservation management—a tool for biodiversity maintaining Countryside—areas for the meeting of people and nature
- Cultural ecosystem services
- Cultural landscape
- Geoheritage assessment and conservation on local and regional level
- Green urban areas
- Heritage conservation
- Historical parks and gardens
- Human–nature interrelations
- Joining of historical heritage and nature
- Landscape sustainable management
- Landscape scenery
- Land-use changes
- Lessons from history for future of landscape
- Human-made ecosystems
- Nature in cities
- Open-air museums
- Protected areas and people
- Historical monuments and ruins as habitats
- Stewardship in cities
- Traditional land use in different landscapes
- Trees as living symbols of historical or cultural event
- Veteran trees
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