Transhumance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Matley, Ian M.

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“…In the Romanian Carpathians, transhumant pasturing is part of a much larger agro-pastural area, extending southwards in the mountainous regions from the West Balkans (Isnard 1961;Matley 1968;Kobayasky 1974;Urushibara-Yoshino 2006 andMihevc 2013), Bulgaria (Guechev and Dinev 2006;Hirata and Rakshieva, 2017), Albania, Northern Macedonia and Greece (Blanc 1963;Chang 2009;Hadjigeorgiou 2011), an area which is one of the most representative of its kind in Europe.…”

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Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future

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Mitrică³

et al. 2022

European Review

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This article aims to highlight the impact on local development of traditional economic activities. The case study that the authors consider concerns an area in the Romanian Carpathians developed through transhumant grazing and forestry activities: Mărginimea Sibiului. As shepherding kept developing, forest-cutting intensified to make room for pastures and hayfields, thus stimulating activities connected with the processing of wood. As trade on the Danube was liberalized under the Peace Treaty of Adrianople and cultivated lands in the south of the country kept extending, transhumance steadily lost in importance, especially in the twentieth century, in the wake of the Second World War. This process was intensified by the collectivization practised in the socialist-type centralized economy period. Currently, transhumance at Mărginimea Sibiului is practised only in four villages: Poiana Sibiului, Tilişca, Jina and Răşinari. Sheep flocks and the herd of cattle are moved from the village to the mountain pastures, along age-old pastoral paths, strictly observed and known by the rural communities. Most pasture-lands lie far from the village hearths, in the highlands. The future development of Mărginimea Sibiului involves the revival of traditional economic activities, as well as the development of tourism as a representative economic branch for this region.

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Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future

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Mitrică³

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“…The transhumance of sheep is found in Italy's Apennines (Tani, 1976;Takeuchi, 1998), in Nepal (Watanabe, K., 2009), and in Turkey and Romania (Miya, 2000;Urushibara-Yoshino, 2009;Shirasaka, 2007Shirasaka, , 2010Shirasaka and Urushibara-Yoshino, 2013). Transhumance of sheep and cows is practised in the Balkan Peninsula (Cevc, 1972), but in Slovenia, it is called 'the Museum of Transhumance' (Matley, 1968;Kobayashi, 1974;Mihevc, 2013). There, the transhumance of sheep has almost entirely disappeared, although according to Shirasaka's fieldwork in 2004, the transhumance of cows continues.…”

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Transhumance in the Kyrgyz Pamir, Central Asia

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Transhumance is a typical form of subsistence in the livestock industry that involves the climatic difference between lowlands and highlands. There are several types of transhumance but its most important factor is the natural difference in climate and vegetation between lowlands and mountain regions. In this paper, we will discuss the connection between mountains and human activities through transhumance (küch in Kyrgyz), the use of natural resources, and age-based livestock naming differences in the Alai Valley, located in the northern part of the Pamir in Central Asia. In 1920, the region called Kyrgyz was integrated into the Soviet Union. Before the Soviet era, Kyrgyz people had maintained a purely nomadic lifestyle, travelling from one pasture to another in groups. The integration into the Soviet regime caused a rapid transformation in this region from nomadic pastoralism to livestock farming. The transition period that Central Asia went through after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union diverged greatly from the initial optimism that surrounded it. Livestock farming became a matter of individual enterprise, or fermer. Today, the eastern part of the Alai valley is characterized by two types of transhumance: horizontal and ascending. In contrast with the conditions of the Soviet era, the region is now independent, so pastoralists will unavoidable need to gain autonomy in the new market economy.

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“…No obstante, en la cuenca mediterránea superan con frecuencia los 300 km (Ruiz y Ruiz, 1986). La trashumancia del ganado entre la montaña y las llanuras próximas se basa en la complementariedad entre producciones herbáceas que alcanzan su madurez en épocas distintas (Yasuda, 1958;Matley, 1968;Puigdefábregas y Balcells, 1970;Haggett, 1988, Rinschede, 1988Rodríguez Pascual y Maya Frades, 2008). Pero la trashumancia no es sólo un sistema de gestión ganadera que permite superar baches estacionales en la producción de pastos, sino también un medio para disponer de capital líquido y capitalizar las áreas de montaña tras la venta de excedentes (lana, crías) y, por lo tanto, para incardinar a las áreas de montaña en el sistema económico general del país (Thorez y Réparaz, 1987).…”

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Pastoreo en áreas de montaña: Estrategias e impactos en el territorio

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2010

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INTRODUCCIÓNLos sistemas ganaderos extensivos basados en el pastoreo afectan al 25% de la superficie de la tierra, produciendo el 10% de los alimentos consumidos por la población (FAO, 2001). Se distribuyen por ambientes naturales y culturales muy diversos, si bien las montañas constituyen áreas preferentes para su desarrollo.Según Montoya (1984) el estudio de la ganadería extensiva requiere integrar pastizales y pastoreo como una unidad indisoluble, como único método para mejorar la gestión y productividad del ganado pastante. A la integración de pastizal y pastoreo, en sentido amplio, se denomina pastoralismo, término que procede del inglés (pastoralism) y que ha tenido una buena aceptación entre los profesionales e investigadores de la ganadería extensiva, tanto en España como en los países hispanoamericanos (Ferrer et al., 2001). Sin embargo, la Real Academia Española (RAE) no admite el término pastoralismo, por lo que en este trabajo se empleará normalmente el término pastoreo: «acción y efecto de pastorear el ganado», siendo pastorear «llevar ganado al campo y cuidar del mismo mientras pace» (RAE). Aún con todo acudiremos

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Transhumance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future

Shepherding at Mărginimea Sibiului (Romania); Past, Present and Future

Transhumance in the Kyrgyz Pamir, Central Asia

Pastoreo en áreas de montaña: Estrategias e impactos en el territorio

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