The role of biodiversity data in High Nature Value Farmland areas identification process: A case study in Mediterranean agrosystems

Campedelli, Tommaso; Calvi, Gianpiero; Rossi, P.; Trisorio, Antonella; Florenzano, Guido Tellini

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2018.09.002

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“…However, this map neglects the species that live in agricultural environments, especially the extensive ones. In the Mediterranean environment, these habitats are predominant and therefore very important for the conservation of species [44].…”

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New Technique for Monitoring High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) in Basilicata

Fiorentino,

D’Antonio,

Toscano

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The definition of High Nature Value Farmland Areas (HNVF) was provided by Andersen in 2003: “HNVF comprises those areas in Europe where agriculture is the major (usually the dominant) land use and where that agriculture supports or is associated with either a high species and habitat diversity, or the presence of species of European conservation concern or both”. The present work focuses on an overview of the techniques used to produce HNVF maps at different spatio-temporal resolutions. The proposed approach is based on the statistical approach. The study area is the Basilicata region (southern Italy) in 2012, mapped at municipal spatial resolution. The HNVF areas were identified by applying a threshold to the sum of the contributions of the main characterizing indicators. Three indicators contribute to the calculation of the HNVF areas: crop variability (CD Index), extensive practices (EP Index), and the presence of natural elements (Index Ne). Good agreement was found between our HNVF map and the results of the literature, although the analysis approaches were different. The main advantages of the proposed methodology derive from only free input data being used, and include remote sensing images and the adaptability to different spatial resolutions (local, regional, and national).

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Technique for Monitoring High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) in Basilicata

Fiorentino,

D’Antonio,

Toscano

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Specifically, the high share of HNVF in the results for agroforestry (88%) and grassland ecosystems (74%) may indicate a role for nature-friendly agricultural areas in future conservation initiatives for this species. However, it cannot be ruled out that HNVF areas may have had a higher detection probability for this species, indeed biodiversity data were one of the criteria behind HNVF designation (Campedelli et al 2018). The superior coverage of HNVF in the western European countries compared to most areas in eastern Europe could have played a role in the species continued persistence in these countries.…”

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Distribution modelling of the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) with novel climate change indicators

Bennett

Richard

2021

Mamm Biol

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The garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus has been declining in both abundance and range since the mid-twentieth century. The eastern edge of its range has contracted from the Ural Mountains to eastern Germany. Habitat loss and fragmentation has been the most supported theory to explain the observed decline. Climate change has been implicated in declines of other terrestrial mammals, but not investigated for E. quercinus. To better understand the factors influencing the distribution of this species and to map habitat suitability for E. quercinus across Europe, we created a Maxent species distribution model. Among the main environmental variables used for the modelling, two novel climate change indicator variables were produced to indicate the degree of climate change between the early twentieth century and the present. Areas of high suitability were mapped, and variable importance estimated using jackknife tests and variable contribution metrics. The climate change indicators outperformed many conventional variables, which could indicate that climate change is a factor behind the current distribution of E. quercinus. We also analysed the land use types where presence points of E. quercinus were located and whether they were in areas of “high nature value farmland”. Over 30% of all spatially filtered presence points corresponded to high nature value farmland areas. Our results could indicate a role for changing climate (particularly in temperature) in the range decline E. quercinus, and for high nature value farmland practices in conserving this species. Field studies and improved monitoring for this species are recommended to confirm both possible findings.

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“…Conservation efforts in many European countries have therefore focused on landscapes depending on human intervention. These cultural landscapes, which are part of the cultural identity of people, have a great heritage significance, improve the living standards of local populations and provide valuable cultural biodiversity [10][11][12][13].…”

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Protected Landscapes in Spain: Reasons for Protection and Sustainability of Conservation Management

et al. 2020

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Landscape conservation efforts in many European countries focus on cultural landscapes, which are part of the cultural identity of people, have a great heritage significance, improve the living standards of local populations and provide valuable cultural biodiversity. However, despite a wide arrange of protective measures, the management of preserved areas is seldom effective for the protection of cultural landscapes. Through a multi-approach analysis, we characterise the main heritage attributes of 17 Protected Landscapes in Spain and assess their management effectiveness by quantifying the evolution of the spatial pattern inside and outside protected landscapes. Our method has proven useful to quantitatively describe the spatial-temporal patterns of change of the protected and unprotected landscapes studied. We highlight the following results: (i) the concepts of uniqueness and naturalness are not appropriate to preserve cultural landscapes; (ii) the land protection approach currently adopted is not useful for the protection of cultural landscapes, particularly of the most rural ones; (iii) the landscapes studied with greater rural features can be considered as “paper parks”. We recommend that different protection measures focused on the needs and desires of the rural population are taken into account in order to protect cultural landscapes that are shaped by traditional rural activities.

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The role of biodiversity data in High Nature Value Farmland areas identification process: A case study in Mediterranean agrosystems

Cited by 16 publications

References 51 publications

New Technique for Monitoring High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) in Basilicata

New Technique for Monitoring High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) in Basilicata

Distribution modelling of the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) with novel climate change indicators

Protected Landscapes in Spain: Reasons for Protection and Sustainability of Conservation Management

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