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- Lagerqvist, Bosse, 1957, et al.
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Landscape Observatory Västra Götaland & Balaton Ecomuseum – A Swedish-Hungarian Interaction for Sustainable Landscape Management
- 2020
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Ingår i: UNISCAPE 2020 Conference. Cultivating the Continuity of European Landscapes. New Challenges, Innovative Perspectives. - Florence.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Balaton Ecomuseum in Hungary and the Landscape Observatory Västra Götaland in Sweden, has recently initiated a cooperation were their combined functionalities creates a novel area of interactivity and provide models for sustainable landscape management. Both parties are recently developed and established and although they share some principal concerns on sustainable development of landscapes, there are also some basic differences. The ecomuseum relies primarily on bottom-up processes and approaches providing a joint platform for local and individual initiatives for safeguarding and developing resources to be found in the geographical area. A broadly defined stakeholder perspective is essential for the functionality of the ecomuseum. The landscape observatory on the other hand stems from a top-down perspective aiming at replacing so-called ‘silo planning’ with more horizontal approaches bringing different stakeholders together within a neutral space for balancing different options and requirements. The two forms of cooperation share properties in inclusive participation, heritage resource management and sustainable development of ecosystemö.
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- Lo Papa, G., et al.
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Land set-up systems in Italy: A long tradition of soil and water conservation sewed up to a variety of pedo-climatic environments
- 2020
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Ingår i: Italian Journal of Agronomy. - : PAGEPress Publications. - 1125-4718 .- 2039-6805. ; 15:4, s. 281-292
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Land set-up systems in Italy were and, in a few cases, still are integral parts of agricultural landscapes. The soils of Italy mirror a wide variety of climates and morphologies and derive from a great diversity of parent materials influenced by different soil temperature and moisture regimes. Furthermore, their development was influenced by several anthropogenic activities over time including land settings. Land set-up systems have been widely used throughout the Italian soilscape to regulate surface and underground water and to improve the physical soil features in a way that ensures mixed herbaceous and tree-crops cultivation. In recent times, new technologies have been introduced in agroforestry exploitation of the land, while the ancient but tested hydraulic soil systems have been abandoned. As a result, a great part of Italian soilscapes is prone to water erosion and floods, an unforeseen impact, which can be counterbalanced by good soil management practices. Moreover, new pedotechniques have been recently adopted, transforming soils and landscapes, but generating sometimes soil degradation issues. After presenting the main features characterizing Italian soils and landscapes, we describe all the historical land set-up systems adopted over time, highlighting their positive functions in terms of both soil conservation and agricultural production. We also emphasise the importance of maintaining such land settings both as distinctive parts of cultural landscapes and strategies of soil conservation, and the need of developing new systems based on the principles of environmental sustainability.
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- Némethy, Sándor, 1955, et al.
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Collection, cultivation and processing of medical plants, herbs and spices in the Balaton Ecomuseum – herbal medicine as intangible cultural heritage
- 2020
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Ingår i: Ecocycles. - : Ecocycles. - 2416-2140. ; 6:1, s. 52-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Balaton Ecomuseum, which is being continuously developed since 2017, will have a holistic approach, where the objectives of the ecomuseum embrace the whole cultural landscape of Lake Balaton as one unit with several thematic routes in one system and shall not be restricted to one particular subject area or a part of local heritage. One of these thematic routes is the recently developingHerbs and Spices Network, led by Zánka Herb Valley Visitor and Training Centre based on the collection, cultivation and processing of medicinal plants, herbs and spices. The place of herbs and spices in the diet needs to be considered in reviewing health benefits, including definitions of the food category and the way in which benefits might be viewed, and therefore researched.Here we describe the already established system of the Zánka Herb Valley Visitor and Training Centre, the potential of the Balaton Region in the development of herbal medicine illustrated by the scientific presentation of the 30 most collected herbs in the region and examples of other herbal centres, which are intended to become a part of the network. Herbalmedicine, as an important part of the intangible cultural heritage, with hundreds of years old recipes for herbal concoctionshas been known since ancient times before science related to modern medicine developed and continues to be used for generationsuntil now. Furthermore, the medical effects of many agricultural crops should be better understood, such as the grapevine, which is being investigated for its medical compounds or the medicinal properties of other fruits and vegetables not sufficiently known to the general public. In this study we present a new system of the culture and interactive education of the collection, cultivation and use of medicinal plants, herbs and spices applying a learning by doing approach and a network embracing the whole area of the Balaton Ecomuseum.
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