this study combines machine learning with remote sensing to predict pastoral value, offering a data-driven approach to enhance grassland quality assessment and support effective management.
Do donkeys grazing in woody-encroached Alpine pastures behave as mixed-feeders? A case study from Gran Paradiso National Park
In woody-encroached alpine grasslands, research on donkeys foraging behavior showed marked feeding preferences, suggesting their effective integration in mountain silvo-pastoral systems.
A socio-hydrological analysis of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in a mountain catchment in Northern Italy
A mixed method approach is used to explore socio-hydrological conditions of water scarcity. It quantifies trade-offs between water dependent sectors and identifies possible systemic solutions.
From Fields to Futures: Agrobiodiversity as a Livelihood Strategy among the Rural Communities in the Eastern Himalaya
Agrobiodiversity sustains rural Himalayan livelihoods through traditional agricultural practices, enhancing food security and climate resilience. However, market-driven monocultures and environmental
How can social innovation create a link between wool processing and territorial development? A comparative approach between French and Italian Alps
This presentation makes the link between social innovation, heritage and local development through the wool industry, showing the differences and complementarities between French and Italian Alps.
Grazing for Science – long-term re-grazing on a formerly abandoned mountain pasture in the calcareous Northern Alps (Germany) and its impacts on biodiversity, nutrient storage and nitrogen outflow
A re-grazing-experiment in the calcareous Northern Alps (Germany) on a formerly abandoned pasture was performed to analyze impacts of re-grazing on biodiversity, nutrient storage and nitrogen outflow.
Time of haymaking – challenges in the operation of a social-ecological system in the Eastern Carpathians, Romania
Examining land use can bring us closer to understanding, as studying land-use practices provides a great insight into the complexity of interactions between social and ecological components of systems
Cultivating the Future on Traditional Knowledge: Development Actions in Val di Cembra (IT)
Val di Cembra (IT) enhances its terraced viticultural heritage through focused development activities on key elements
Traditional aquifer recharge practices in Spanish mountains. Insights from semi-arid Sierra Nevada.
We showcase how irrigation communities in Spain replenish aquifers to enhance water availability during low-flow periods, based on traditional methods and profound local ecological knowledge.
Sheep grazing for ecological management on U.S. public lands: a pathway to new income streams and wool markets
Sheep grazing to reduce invasive plants and wildfire risk on U.S. public lands could diversify income streams for transhumant sheep operations and create opportunities to market wool to consumers.