Fostering biocultural diversity in landscapes through place-based food networks: a "solution scan" of European and Japanese models.

ABSTRACT: Many Japanese and European landscapes harbor biocultural diversity that has been shaped by human agency over centuries. However, these landscapes are threatened by widespread land abandonment, land-use changes, and urbanization. The aim of this study is to use a "solution scanning" method to identify place-based food networks in Europe and Japan that reinforce linkages between biological and cultural diversity in landscapes. In our analysis of 26 European and 13 Japanese cases, we find that place-based food networks are typically located in heterogeneous landscapes, are driven by civil society (and less by markets), and act at a local scale. Regional identity is the most frequently addressed societal issue. Scenery, rural tourism, and nature conservation are more important motivations in E

SUBMITTER: Plieninger T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086265 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature