Europe is a region of relatively high population density and productive agriculture subject to substantial government intervention under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Many …
The contribution of small farms to local food supply, food security and food sovereignty is widely acknowledged at a global level. In the particular case of Europe, they often are seen …
Traditional agricultural landscapes (TAL) in Slovakia represents a mosaic of unique small- scale arable fields and permanent agricultural cultivations such as grasslands, vineyards …
Biodiversity of European cultural landscapes is threatened by land abandonment and intensification. While the conservation benefits of traditional management practices have …
The need to guarantee the efficiency of the agricultural sector and to shape production in order to limit its negative impact on the natural environment is one of the most important …
For more than 100 years, forest cover in Europe has increased substantially due to afforestation and natural forest expansion. The latter, resulting typically from farmland …
Agricultural land abandonment represents one of the most significant processes affecting today's European landscapes. This process occurs more intensively in the post-socialist …
Historic land use can exert strong land-use legacies, ie, long-lasting effects on ecosystems, but the importance of land-use legacies, alongside other factors, for subsequent forest-cover …
This article aims to present a comprehensive conceptual model that elucidates the multifaceted transformations occurring in peripheral rural areas. Once subject to …