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T1 Maintaining natural and traditional cultural green infrastructures across Europe: learning from historic and current landscape transformations
A1 Angelstam, Per
A1 Manton, Michael
A1 Yamelynets, Taras
A1 Fedoriak, Mariia
A1 Albulescu, Andra-Cosmina
A1 Bravo Oviedo, Felipe
A1 Cruz Souza, Fatima Regina
A1 Jaroszewicz, Bogdan
A1 Kavtarishvili, Marika
A1 Muñoz-Rojas, Jose
A1 Sijtsma, Frans
A1 Washbourne, Carla-Leanne
A1 Agnoletti, Mauro
A1 Dobrynin, Denis
A1 Izakovicova, Zita
A1 Jansson, Nicklas
A1 Kanka, Robert
A1 Kopperoinen, Leena
A1 Lazdinis, Marius
A1 Metzger, Marc
A1 van der Moolen, Bert
A1 Özut, Deniz
A1 Gjorgieska, Dori Pavloska
A1 Stryamets, Natalie
A1 Tolunay, Ahmet
A1 Turkoglu, Turkay
A1 Zagidullina, Asiya
K1 Paisaje
K1 Cultural landscape
K1 Forest naturalness
K1 Green infrastructure
K1 Landscape history
K1 Landsharing and land-sparing
K1 Social-ecological system
K1 Reference landscape
K1 24 Ciencias de la Vida
K1 2505 Geografía
AB ContextMaintaining functional green infrastructures (GIs) require evidence-based knowledge about historic and current states and trends of representative land cover types.ObjectivesWe address: (1) the long-term loss and transformation of potential natural forest vegetation; (2) the effects of site productivity on permanent forest loss and emergence of traditional cultural landscapes; (3) the current management intensity; and (4) the social-ecological contexts conducive to GI maintenance .MethodsWe selected 16 case study regions, each with a local hotspot landscape, ranging from intact forest landscapes, via contiguous and fragmented forest covers, to severe forest loss. Quantitative open access data were used to estimate (i) the historic change and (ii) transformation of land covers, and (iii) compare the forest canopy loss from 2000 to 2018. Qualitative narratives about each hotspot landscape were analysed for similarities (iv).ResultsWhile the potential natural forest vegetation cover in the 16 case study regions had a mean of 86%, historically it has been reduced to 34%. Higher site productivity coincided with transformation to non-forest land covers. The mean annual forest canopy loss for 2000–2018 ranged from 0.01 to 1.08%. The 16 case studies represented five distinct social-ecological contexts (1) radical transformation of landscapes, (2) abuse of protected area concepts, (3) ancient cultural landscapes (4) multi-functional forests, and (5) intensive even-aged forest management, of which 1 and 4 was most common.ConclusionsGIs encompass both forest naturalness and traditional cultural landscapes. Our review of Pan-European regions and landscapes revealed similarities in seemingly different contexts, which can support knowledge production and learning about how to sustain GIs.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0921-2973
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73151
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73151
LA eng
NO Landscape Ecology, 2021, vol. 36, n. 2, p. 637-663.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 04-abr-2025