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V. Vadez ; R. Pilloni ; A. Grondin ; A. Hajjarpoor ; H. Belhouchette ; Y. Brouziyne ; G. Chehbouni ; M.H. Kharrou ; R. Zitouna-Chebbi ; I. Mekki ; J. Molénat ; F. Jacob ; J. Bossuet |Water scarcity will be one of the main issues of the 21 st century, because of competing needs between civil, industrial, and agriculture use. While agriculture is the largest user of water, its share is bound to decrease as societies develop. C[...]![]()
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C. Bernard-Mongin ; X. Poux ; I. Herzon ; J. Moran ; T. Pinto-Correia ; D.E. Dumitras ; M. I. Ferraz-de-Oliveira ; F. Gouriveau ; D. Goussios ; M. Jitea ; Y. Kazakova ; R. Koivuranta ; F. Lerin ; M. Ljung ; A. Lomba ; V. Mihai ; M. Puig de Morales ; G. Vlahos |High Nature Value (HNV) farmlands currently retain most of the biodiversity associated with agricultural landscapes in Europe. In a time of globalized food systems, the social-ecological conditions to maintain these low-intensity and thus less p[...]![]()
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In the international debate, the relationship between sustainable management in agriculture and the enhancement of landscapes is recent and is discussed in various international agendas. These objectives are connected to a growing demand for sus[...]![]()
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K.S. Zimmerer ; Y.J. Olivencia ; L.P. Rodríguez ; N. López-Estébanez ; F.A. Álvarez ; R.M. Olmo ; C.Y. Ochoa ; Á.R.R. Pulpón ; Ó.J. García |CONTEXT Accelerated intensification/disintensification and urbanization are changing agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability-enhancing resilience. Landscapes are key to this understanding thou[...]![]()
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The GIAHS-FAO program enhances the agricultural systems coevolved with humans through their dynamic conservation to guarantee the livelihood of future generations. The aim of this research was to assess, with a dynamic perspective, the terraced [...]![]()
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Agricultural modernization brought about a significant land use change, with the expansion both of crops that could be more easily mechanized and of woodland and natural areas. Meanwhile, to increase the cultivated area, the farmland fabric of p[...]![]()
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C. Castellano ; D. Bruno ; F.A. Comin ; J.M. Rey Benayas ; A. Masip ; J.J. Jiménez |Riparian forests nestled in agricultural landscapes represent a small proportion in crop-intensive areas, while contributing remarkably to their biodiversity. This biodiversity supports several ecological processes crucially involved in the supp[...]![]()
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Agriculture is a major driver of change with manifold impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. As social-ecological systems, agricultural landscapes result from the intertwined interaction between farmers and nature, and contribute to sev[...]![]()
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R. Morgado ; P.F. Ribeiro ; J.L. Santos ; F. Rego ; P. Beja ; F. Moreira |Over the last 30 years, olive farming has experienced a fast and large-scale intensification process across its Mediterranean range, that is reshaping Mediterranean farmland landscapes with associated impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem servic[...]![]()
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Decision-making processes to ensure sustainability of complex agro-ecosystems must simultaneously accommodate production goals, environmental soundness, and social relevancy. This means that besides environmental indicators and human activities,[...]![]()
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Agricultural intensification decreased land cover complexity by converting small complex arable field geometries into large and simple structures which then were managed uniformly. These changes have led to a variety of negative environmental ef[...]![]()
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Areas with low levels of transformation are alternative destinations for tourists who prefer to visit nonmassified places and have singular experiences. The benefits of these microdestinations are their local populations, traditional products, l[...]![]()
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Participatory modeling to assess the impacts of climate change in a mediterranean vineyard watershed
A. Naulleau ; C. Gary ; L. Prévot ; V. Berteloot ; J.-C. Fabre ; D. Crevoisier ; R. Gaudin ; L. Hossard |The diversity of both pedoclimatic and socio-economic contexts in agricultural landscapes makes evaluating the impacts of climate change a challenge. Models are pertinent tools to quantitatively explore possible futures, and participatory approa[...]![]()
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M. Borrello ; L. Cecchini ; R. Vecchio ; F. Caracciolo ; L. Cembalo ; B. Torquati |Traditional agricultural landscapes provide cultural ecosystem services to human communities. However, the limited profitability of these landscapes often discourages farmers from preserving them. The current research evaluates: (i) whether the [...]![]()
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J. Helfenstein ; V. Diogo ; M. Bürgi ; P.H. Verburg ; B. Schüpbach ; E. Szerencsits ; F. Mohr ; M. Siegrist ; R. Swart ; F. Herzog |There is broad agreement that agriculture has to become more sustainable in order to provide enough affordable, healthy food at minimal environmental and social costs. But what is more sustainable? More often than not, different stakeholders h[...]![]()
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Cet article propose de questionner les initiatives locales dans les projets de territoire et tente, dans le contexte de la crise socio-écologique actuelle, de dessiner les contours de nouvelles gouvernances territoriales. Plus précisément, il pr[...]![]()
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Mountain farming sustains human well-being by providing various ecosystem services (ES). In the last decades, socio-economic developments have led to worldwide changes in land-use/cover (LULC), but the related effects on ES have not been fully e[...]![]()
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This paper aims to identify drivers and barriers to the achievement of EU water policy objectives in the agricultural sector by adopting an institutional perspective on water quality management at the landscape level. We apply a conceptual frame[...]![]()
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To implement the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact while enhancing ecosystem services, the Barcelona Metropolitan Authority has commissioned a socioecological assessment of the metropolitan agriculture. A Socioecological Integrated Analysis has been [...]![]()
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United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the European Green Deal and the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are legislative proposals counting on rural and agricultural landscapes to assist climate change mitigation, ecosystem servi[...]![]()
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Agriculture terraces constitute a significant element of the Mediterranean landscape, enabling crop production on steep slopes while protecting land from desertification. Despite their ecological and historical value, terrace cultivation is thre[...]![]()
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Today, farmers are multioptional entrepreneurs, demanding far more skills than only those of agricultural production. The awareness of European agricultural landscape (EAL) values should enable farmers to create new business strategies. Open edu[...]![]()
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Coupled humanenvironment systems and traditional agricultural landscapes can be a key element in the conservation of biodiversity, ecological functionality, and cultural heritage. Terraced landscapes are a relevant example of traditional landsc[...]![]()
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The fast and broad adoption of mechanization and chemical inputs in Mediterranean terraced agriculture, combined with warming climate trends, has led to the progressive degradation of environmental and social conditions. These factors have concu[...]![]()
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In traditional agricultural areas, where traditional crops (TCs) are cultivated, small farms are still highly represented. Located prevalently in marginal and sensitive areas, agricultural areas have undergone deep transformation. Smallholders h[...]![]()
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The Anti-Atlas is subject to an intense rural exodus. The agricultural terraces built for several centuries have been abandoned. They are gradually deteriorating. The risks of runoff and erosion are becoming significant. The objective was to stu[...]![]()
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D.A. Bohan ; A.J. Dumbrell ; A.J. Vanbergen | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Academic Press | Advances in Ecological Research | 2021The Future of Agricultural Landscapes, Part III, Volume 65 in the Advances in Ecological Research serial, highlights new advances in the field, with this update including contributions from an international board of authors who cover Designing f[...]![]()
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A. Balazsi ; J. Dänhardt ; S. Collins ; O. Schweiger ; J. Settele ; T. Hartel |Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are nonmaterial benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. The CES subcategories cover a wide range of domains (e.g. recreation, conservation of cultural heritage, human-nature relations). The CES concept has [...]![]()
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A. Pardo ; V. Rolo ; E.D. Concepción ; M. Díaz ; Y. Kazakova ; V. Stefanova ; K. Marsden ; K. Brandt ; M. Jay ; S. Piskol ; R. Oppermann ; A. Schraml ; G. Moreno |Agricultural intensification continues to threaten habitat and biological diversity in farmland. In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has established several measures to support biodiversity-fostering elements such as landscape featur[...]![]()
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The agricultural landscape of Mediterranean islands has transformed radically over the last 60 years. The results differ, due to the interplay of macro, national, and local factors for each setting. In this study, some of these trajectories of c[...]