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Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments

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  • Roman Plokhikh

    (Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Dana Shokparova

    (Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan)

  • Gyula Fodor

    (Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, 90202 Berehove, Ukraine)

  • Sándor Berghauer

    (Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, 90202 Berehove, Ukraine)

  • Attila Tóth

    (Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, 90202 Berehove, Ukraine)

  • Uzakbay Suymukhanov

    (Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan)

  • Aiman Zhakupova

    (Department of Recreation Geography and Tourism, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan)

  • Imre Varga

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economics, Eötvös Loránd University, 9700 Szombathely, Hungary)

  • Kai Zhu

    (Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Lóránt Dénes Dávid

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, John von Neumann University, 6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
    Institute of Rural Development and Sustainable Economy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary)

Abstract

Reliable environmental audits and impact assessments are essential to achieve effective pasture utilization and ensure the production of high-quality livestock products. This study aims to develop an environmental audit and impact assessment method for pasture agrolandscapes to promote sustainable livestock practices, using Central Kazakhstan as a case study. To provide a strong foundation for this research, the study utilized representations of pasture agrolandscapes, landscape-ecological and landscape-indicative approaches, and interactions between environmental audits and impact assessments in Kazakhstan. The authors acknowledge that their understanding of the environmental audit and impact assessment for pasture agrolandscapes is a complex method that requires specific knowledge and information about the landscape environment from users. They note that solving the challenges of national food security and environmentally safe territorial development can be achieved through the development of a private method that uses landscape environment status indicators. Methods similar to this enable the study of geocomplexes and their crucial characteristics, leading to a unique system of reliable indicators for environmental issues. This approach facilitates the creation of a scientifically based plan for optimal regional land use and land management systems regarding pasture agrolandscapes.

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  • Roman Plokhikh & Dana Shokparova & Gyula Fodor & Sándor Berghauer & Attila Tóth & Uzakbay Suymukhanov & Aiman Zhakupova & Imre Varga & Kai Zhu & Lóránt Dénes Dávid, 2023. "Towards Sustainable Pasture Agrolandscapes: A Landscape-Ecological-Indicative Approach to Environmental Audits and Impact Assessments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:8:p:6913-:d:1127804
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