New ideas for old landscapes: using a social-ecological approach for conservation of traditional rural biotopes - a case study from Finland

Birge Traci and Fred Marianne
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Birge Traci: Novia University of Applied Sciences Tammisaari
Fred Marianne: Åbo Akademi University

European Countryside, 2011, vol. 3, issue 2, 51-67

Abstract: Traditional rural biotopes (TRBs) are high nature value farmlands (HNV). There are only 20.000 ha of identifiableTRB left in Finland. Ecosystem services were explored as a way of better understanding the value of TRBs to society. Postal questionnaires were sent out to all farmers in Raasepori Municipality in SW Finland to locate TRBs. Frequency of on-farm tourism, direct sales and services to the public were compared between farms with and without TRBs. Return rate for questionnaires (n=326) was 40%. Farms with TRBs had a higher rate of services and sales to the general public. A third of respondents with TRBs said their TRBs provide non-agricultural goods or services and 1/4 said their TRBs are utilized by people from off-farm. Changes in policy toward more evidence-based approaches, adaptive management and consideration of ecosystem services could improve conservation of TRBs.

Keywords: traditional rural biotopes; cultural landscapes; social-ecological inventory; adaptive management; High Nature Value farmland; Finland; semi-natural meadows; agri-environmental scheme (AES); traditional rural biotopes; cultural landscapes; social-ecological inventory; adaptive management; High Nature Value farmland; Finland; semi-natural meadows; agri-environmental scheme (AES); vårdbiotoper; kulturlandskap; social-ekologisk inventering; adaptiv förvaltning; jordbruksmark med höga naturvälden (HNV); Finland; jordbrukets miljöstöd; ekosystemtjänster; perinnebiotoopeista; kulttuurimaisemat; sosiaali-ekologinen kartoitus; mukautuva hoito; Luonnonarvoltaan arvokkaiden viljelymaiden; Suomi; puolittain luonnonniityt; maatalouden ympäristöohjelma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2478/v10091-011-0008-x

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