Abandonment landscapes: user attitudes, alternative futures and land management in Castro Laboreiro, Portugal.

ABSTRACT: Land abandonment is an important process for the European Union, which primarily occurs in less productive, remote and mountainous areas with unfavourable conditions for agriculture. Future management directions of these abandonment areas are under debate, with increasing calls to adjust policies to the local characteristics, including the promotion of rewilding and the management of succession of larger areas of less-productive land. While there is an increase in studies focusing on the environmental impacts of land abandonment, there are few studies that focus on the perceptions of abandonment by different user groups, even though an understanding of local perceptions, opportunities and trade-offs associated with changing land management is crucial for landscape-related policies and plan

SUBMITTER: van der Zanden EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6448354 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature