Biodiversity, traditional management systems, and cultural landscapes: examples from the boreal forest of Canada

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (187) ◽  
pp. 35-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fikret Berkes ◽  
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Traditional Management

THE NATIVE SHEEP OF SRI LANKA

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
L.A. Goonewardene ◽  
V. Ravindran ◽  
K. Nadarajah ◽  
R. Rajamahendran
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Reproductive Parameters ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Native Sheep

SUMMARYThe native sheep of Sri Lanka is described, and its growth and reproductive parameters under traditional management systems are reported. The need to evaluate this sheep under optimal nutritional and husbandry conditions is highlighted.

The Cattle and Buffalo of Africa: Management

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
African Cattle

This article on the types, breeds and management of cattle and buffalo in Africa describes both traditional management systems and recent innovations, and considers the factors determining productivity, the environmental impact of pastoralism and the genetic improvement of African cattle.

Plant diversity patterns and soil nitrogen dynamics after controlled burnings applied to restore mountain grasslands and create resilient landscapes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Leire Múgica Azpilicueta
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nitrogen ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Change Scenario ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Soil Nitrogen Dynamics ◽  
Mountain Grasslands ◽  
Phd Thesis

This PhD thesis encompasses three scientific works that focus on the effects of the decoupling regimes of fire and herbivory disturbances on the soils and on the dynamics of the vegetation. Altogether, the results of this doctoral dissertation highlight the risk associated to the decoupling of the burning and grazing practices and their consequences to the N terrestrial cycle and the maintenance of the community biodiversity. Eventually, the promotion of a targeted herbivory after burnings with the purpose of exerting enough control on particular troublesome species is recommended: it delays the application of controlled burnings in mountain grasslands, which recurrence and intensity may imply undesired effects in the soils, the vegetation and the N cycle. Given the current global change scenario (climate change and changing land-uses), it is necessary to understand traditional management regimes that preserve biodiversity in cultural landscapes of mountain areas, and to apply suitable emulating practices that maintain mechanisms and processes that constitute the basis of the resilient landscapes.

UNESCO culturele landschappen en management uitdagingen

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
CAROL WESTRIK
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Outstanding Universal Value

UNESCO cultural landscapes and management challenges In 1992 UNESCO adopted guidelines to include cultural landscapes in the World Heritage List. Cultural Landscapes are defined as ‘combined works of nature and of man’. It is this interaction that has to be of outstanding universal value. It should also be the focus concerning the management of such World Heritage sites. It requires an interdisciplinary approach as it covers different disciplines and in some cases different management systems. The management system is a living document that looks ahead. A holistic approach and monitoring are essential in order to be able to identify possible threats to the OUV early on and to act upon them.

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