TY - JOUR

T1 - Evidence on the environmental impacts of farm land abandonment in high altitude/mountain regions: a systematic map

AU - Haddaway, N.R.

AU - Styles, D.

AU - Pullin, A.S.

PY - 2014/8/13

Y1 - 2014/8/13

N2 - Many ecosystems have developed in the presence of agriculture and cessation of management resulting from land abandonment can have significant ecological impacts. Around 56 percent of the utilised agricultural area of the European Union is classified as ‘less-favourable areas’ and much of this is mountainous. The small-scale and extensively managed farmlands that are common in mountain areas are particularly vulnerable to marginalisation and abandonment. We conducted the first systematic global mapping of evidence to inform stakeholders and policy makers of the potential impacts of farm land abandonment in mountain areas

AB - Many ecosystems have developed in the presence of agriculture and cessation of management resulting from land abandonment can have significant ecological impacts. Around 56 percent of the utilised agricultural area of the European Union is classified as ‘less-favourable areas’ and much of this is mountainous. The small-scale and extensively managed farmlands that are common in mountain areas are particularly vulnerable to marginalisation and abandonment. We conducted the first systematic global mapping of evidence to inform stakeholders and policy makers of the potential impacts of farm land abandonment in mountain areas

U2 - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-17

DO - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-17

M3 - Article

VL - 3

JO - Environmental Evidence

JF - Environmental Evidence

SN - 2047-2382

IS - 17

ER -