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Traditional Farming Landscapes for Sustainable Living in Scandinavia and Japan : Global Revival Through the Satoyama Initiative

Berglund, Björn LU ; Kitagawa, Junko ; Lageras, Per ; Nakamura, Koji ; Sasaki, Naoko and Yasuda, Yoshinori (2014) In Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment 43(5). p.559-578
Abstract
Traditional, pre-industrial farming was adapted to the natural environment-topography, geology, hydrology, climate, and biota. Traditional land use systems are still to be traced in Scandinavia as an "infield/outland landscape", and in Japan as a "Satoyama landscape." There are obvious similarities and differences in land use-the main difference being that pasturing of cattle and sheep has been less important in Japan. These land use systems can be traced back to early sedentary settlements 1500-2500 years ago. In both regions, traditional management almost ceased in the mid-twentieth century leading to afforestation and decreased biological diversity. Today, there is in Japan a growing movement for landscape restoration and promotion of a... (More)
Traditional, pre-industrial farming was adapted to the natural environment-topography, geology, hydrology, climate, and biota. Traditional land use systems are still to be traced in Scandinavia as an "infield/outland landscape", and in Japan as a "Satoyama landscape." There are obvious similarities and differences in land use-the main difference being that pasturing of cattle and sheep has been less important in Japan. These land use systems can be traced back to early sedentary settlements 1500-2500 years ago. In both regions, traditional management almost ceased in the mid-twentieth century leading to afforestation and decreased biological diversity. Today, there is in Japan a growing movement for landscape restoration and promotion of a sustainable living countryside based on local agrarian and forestry production, local energy, tourism, etc. With this background, the so-called Satoyama Initiative has been organized and introduced as a global socio-ecological project with ecosystem services for human well-being. (Less)
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Agrarian land use history, Satoyama landscape, Infield/outland, Nature, restoration, Biodiversity changes, Deforestation history
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Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment
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43
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5
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559 - 578
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Springer
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0044-7447
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10.1007/s13280-014-0499-6
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English
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  author       = {{Berglund, Björn and Kitagawa, Junko and Lageras, Per and Nakamura, Koji and Sasaki, Naoko and Yasuda, Yoshinori}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment}},
  title        = {{Traditional Farming Landscapes for Sustainable Living in Scandinavia and Japan : Global Revival Through the Satoyama Initiative}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0499-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s13280-014-0499-6}},
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