Caught in a Deadlock: Small Ruminant Farming on the Greek Island of Samothrace. The Importance of Regional Contexts for Effective EU Agricultural Policies

Caught in a Deadlock: Small Ruminant Farming on the Greek Island of Samothrace. The Importance of Regional Contexts for Effective EU Agricultural Policies

Sedentary extensive small ruminant farming systems are highly important for the preservation of High Nature Value (HNV) farmland. Both the abandonment of grazing and overgrazing have led to environmental degradation in many Mediterranean regions. On the Greek island of Samothrace, decades of overgra...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dominik Noll, Christian Lauk, Veronika Gaube, Dominik Wiedenhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
overgrazing
soil erosion
rural abandonment
sedentary extensive livestock systems
common agricultural policy (cap)
socio-ecological systems
social metabolism
material flow analysis (mfa)
mixed methods approach
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/762

Internet

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/762

Similar Items