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Among rewilding mountains: grassland conservation and abandoned settlements in the Northern Apennines

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  • Andreas Haller
  • Oliver Bender

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Due to agricultural abandonment and the urban preference for ‘wilderness’ over ‘rural’ areas, abandoned settlements and rewilding grasslands are often the last traces of agriculture in today’s protected areas of the Northern Apennines. However, since the late 1990s, an increasing number of policy makers have appreciated these spatial manifestations of the nature/culture gestalt and developed projects to conserve the last grasslands in rewilding protected areas. Does the land cover reflect these changing attitudes? Using the Foreste Casentinesi National Park as our case in point, we aim to (1) detect land cover changes during 1990–2001 and 2001–2010; (2) analyse change trajectories; and (3) reveal potential discrepancies between the conservation of biodiversity and rural built heritage. Our results show that grassland loss dominated 1990–2001, whereas grassland maintenance/restoration can be observed for 2001–2010. However, the decadence of the rural built heritage seems to continue.

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  • Andreas Haller & Oliver Bender, 2018. "Among rewilding mountains: grassland conservation and abandoned settlements in the Northern Apennines," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(8), pages 1068-1084, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:43:y:2018:i:8:p:1068-1084
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2018.1495183
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    1. Giuseppe Cillis & Dina Statuto & Pietro Picuno, 2019. "Vernacular Farm Buildings and Rural Landscape: A Geospatial Approach for Their Integrated Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-19, December.
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    4. García-Ruiz, J.M. & Lasanta, T. & Nadal-Romero, E. & Lana-Renault, N. & Álvarez-Farizo, B., 2020. "Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    5. Hana Vavrouchová & Antonín Vaishar & Veronika Peřinková, 2022. "Historical Landscape Elements of Abandoned Foothill Villages—A Case Study of the Historical Territory of Moravia and Silesia," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-18, October.
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