PILIER 1 : Protéger la planète : CAPMED 2025
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La région méditerranéenne, l'un des 34 points chauds du monde (hot spots), représente une diversité biologique exceptionnelle soulignée récemment face à la crise actuelle d'extinction d'espèces due à des changements globaux et aux facteurs anthr[...]Article
Food systems are driven by incentives that often lead to food being discarded before entering the market and to the degradation of natural resources. Vegetable production in the water-scarce province of Almería, Spain, illustrates this and highl[...]Article
Despite food waste occurring along the entire food supply chain, a significant proportion occurs in domestic settings. Large quantities of domestic food waste have been attributable to consumer behaviors during buying, cooking, consumption, and [...]Article
Attention to food waste is an increasingly growing phenomenon today, especially in the context of a circular economy. The InnovaEcoFood project investigates the use of by-products of the Piedmontese rice and wine production chains to valorize th[...]Article
U. Schirpke ; S. Tscholl ; E. Tasser |Increasing global pressure on natural resources requires that decision makers and land managers adopt sustainable solutions to ensure the long-term provision of essential ecosystem services (ES). Analysing the effects of land-use changes on ES c[...]Article
C. Cicatiello ; E. Blasi ; C. Giordano ; A. Martella ; S. Franco |Retail food waste represents a minor fraction of the total amount of food waste produced along the food supply chain (tenfold lower than the quantity of food disposed of by consumers at home). However, the role of retailers is crucial in shaping[...]Article
The use of intensive high-yield agricultural systems has proved to be a feasible alternative to traditional systems as they able to meet the objective of guaranteeing long-term sustainability in the supply of food. In order to implement these sy[...]Article
G. Quaranta ; R. Salvia ; L. Salvati ; V. De Paola ; R. Coluzzi ; V. Imbrenda ; T. Simoniello |Depopulation and economic marginalization of rural districts have induced a progressive land abandonment in agricultural and pastoral districts. In Europe, areas at higher risk of farmland abandonment are characterized by low-intensity pasture s[...]Article
Cet article et létude qui le soutient, visent à articuler les enjeux environnementaux de la filière vitivinicole et les dynamiques notouristiques à luvre sur ces territoires viticoles. Lobjectif est de comprendre la manière dont lactivité [...]Article
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B. Coluccia ; D. Valente ; G. Fusco ; F. De Leo ; D. Porrini |Agriculture plays a key role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services, such as food, feed, fiber and biofuel, thus taking part in the economic development of countries. On the other hand, this sector also gives rise to negative externalit[...]Article
The aim of this study was to determine attitudes of consumers in the northwestern part of Turkey towards food waste behaviour. A structural equation model was used to analyze the attitudes and behaviour of consumers to food waste within the fram[...]Article
A. Hanus ; G. Hanus ; H. Coquillart ; E. Midler |En Rhône-Alpes, la mesure agro-environnementale et climatique (MAEC) individuelle « systèmes herbagers et pastoraux » a été ouverte en 2014 en zone de plaine, avant dêtre étendue en 2015, à titre exploratoire, à certains territoires de montagne[...]Article
M. Millet ; V. Keast ; S. Gonano ; F. Casabianca |Existing frameworks offer a holistic way to evaluate a food system based on sustainability indicators but can fall short of offering clear direction. To analyze the sustainability of a geographical indication (GI) system, we adopt a product-cent[...]Article
Good management of water resources requires a good allocation of their availability, especially in public irrigated schemes in Tunisia. This paper contributes to a better reallocation of available water resources at the farm and regional levels.[...]Article
I. Benabdallah ; S. Businaro ; M. Angot ; D. Palermo ; M. Giannelli |The South Mediterranean region is exposed to numerous challenges related to food, climate, resource availability, and social-economic instability. Characterized by a strong demographic growth, the region has seen consumption patterns and food de[...]Article
Assessing ecosystem services supplied by agroecosystems in Mediterranean Europe: a literature review
Agricultural landscapes in the Mediterranean region may be considered as social-ecological systems that are important for biodiversity conservation whilst contributing to a wide range of ecosystem services. This literature review aims to identif[...]Article
M. Vittuari ; L. Falasconi ; M. Masotti ; S. Piras ; A. Segré ; M. Setti |About one third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. Along with a lively debate on food loss and waste definition and quantification, growing attention is dedicated to the faceted dimensions of consumers food waste. Drivers, ef[...]Article
Ecological and social constraints are key for voluntary investments into renewable natural resources
M.L. Fujitani ; C. Riepe ; T. Pagel ; M. Buoro ; F. Santoul ; R. Lassus ; J. Cucherousset ; R. Arlinghaus |Encouraging pro-environmental behavior is an urgent global challenge. An interdisciplinary framework covering governance, economic, social, ecological, and psychological dimensions is required to understand the salient features that encourage pr[...]Article
Mining has been necessary for human activities and is conducted in line with this need. The location of mines must sometimes be where land use overlaps with other activities because the location of the mined substance cannot be changed. In Turke[...]Article
This paper presents an analytical framework to identify and understand grassroots water governance practices, which we call 'rooted water collectives' (RWC). RWCs can be multi-scalar organizations that engage in common property resources managem[...]Article
Cette recherche exploratoire vise à étudier les représentations sociales du gaspillage alimentaire à travers létude de la presse quotidienne régionale. La compréhension des représentations sociales est la première étape pour adapter les stratég[...]Article
H. El Bilali ; G. Calabrese ; M. Iannetta ; M. Stefanova ; F. Paoletti ; G. Ladisa ; F. Bottalico ; R. Capone |The paper introduces an approach, developed in Agriculture & Quality programme, to evaluate the environmental sustainability of Apulian quality agro-food products that is integrated in the regional quality scheme Quality Products. It highlight[...]Article
R. Leberger ; I. Geijzendorffer ; E. Gaget ; A. Gwelmami ; T. Galewski ; H.M. Pereira ; C. Guerra |Wetlands are known to support diverse and unique species assemblages. Globally, but particularly in the Mediterranean basin, they are threatened by climate change and natural habitat loss. Despite an alarming decline of wetlands over the last ce[...]Article
Agricultural activity has changed significantly in recent years. There is a clear trend towards monoculture and the replacement of traditional crops for others which are more productive and achieve better economic results. These factors have two[...]Article
C. Frasconi Wendt ; A. Nunes ; R. Verble ; G. Santini ; M. Boieiro ; C. Branquinho |Mediterranean drylands are particularly vulnerable to predicted increases in aridity which are expected to have negative consequences for biodiversity. To understand the effects of climate change on ecosystems, a framework for the selection of i[...]Article
Improving food sustainability and reducing food waste are among the top challenges for achieving global sustainable development. In particular, changes towards more sustainable consumption are of vital importance in creating a more sustainable w[...]Article
E. Aguilera ; C. Díaz-Gaona ; R. García-Laureano ; C. Reyes-Palomo ; G.I. Guzmán ; L. Ortolani ; M. Sánchez-Rodríguez ; V. Rodríguez-Estévez |Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; however, it is particularly threatened by climate change, including a[...]Article
Depuis une trentaine dannées et la mise en réserve de milieux naturels sur les littoraux français de lAtlantique, de la Manche et de la Méditerranée, leur ouverture au public a conduit à un aménagement de lespace, se réduisant parfois à quelq[...]Article
La forêt méditerranéenne est particulièrement vulnérable au changement climatique et aux perturbations qui y sont associées comme les sécheresses et les incendies. La gestion est un moyen efficace dadapter la forêt à ces changements en renforça[...]