Scheidegger Christoph

LACOPE: Landscape development, biodiversity and co-operative livestock systems in europe
LACOPE – Landschaftsentwicklung, Biodiversität und genossenschaftliche Viehhaltungssysteme in Europa

Project Number: BBW 01.0476-1, Parcs Data Center: 9764

Project Type:	Research_Project
Project Duration:	11/01/2002 - 10/31/2006 project completed
Funding Source:	BBW ,
Project Leader:	Prof. Christoph Scheidegger Senior Scientist Biodiversität und Naturschutzbiologie WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf Phone: +41 (0) 44 739 24 39 ; +41 (0) 79 460 71 32 FAX: +41 (0) 44 739 22 15 e-Mail: christoph.scheidegger(at)wsl.ch https://www.wsl.ch/de/mitarbeitende/scheideg.html

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Disciplines:

Legal and Social sciences, Economics
Political sciences
general biology
botanics
forestry and agricultural sciences

Abstract:
European biodiversity significantly depends on livestock systems. 15 to 28% of endangered species are living mainly in grazed steppe-, tundra-, heath, dry grassland and marsh habitats. In most countries grazing is/was organised impermanent or seasonal co-operations (land-owner/land-user agents). Marginal regions, remote from market places or disadvantaged according to productivity, are affected by a process of dissolving of co-operation forms. The commitment of biodiversity conservation of the EU-member states embraces to a large extent the care of landscape and regional development (e.g. AGENDA 2000, NATURA 2000). Effects of market policies, eastern enlargement of the EU, CAP-reform etc. are often mismatched with conservation goals. The main objective of the proposed research project is the improvement of the ecological and economic effectiveness of co-operative livestock systems, which contribute to biodiversity conservation.

Leading questions:
1: The identification of Co-operative Livestock Systems (CLS) that create important FFH habitats and areas, large enough to ensure survival of viable populations of endangered species.
2: The optimisation of CLS as ecologically and economic sustainable tools to maintain and create open/semi-open ecotones and landscape dynamics according biodiversity goals.
3: Goal oriented use of the potential of CLS to match strategies in nature conservation (NATURA 2000) and agri-environmental policies in extending EU.

URL: http://www.biosphaere.ch/de.cfm/research/projects/offer-ForschungUBE-Projekte-323398.html

Publications:
Caballero R. et al. 2007. Comparative Typology in Six European Low-Intensity Systems of Grassland Management. Advances in Agronomy, Volume 96. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(07)96001-0.
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Caballero R. Transition Pathways to Sustainable Pastoral Systems in Europe. The Open Agriculture Journal, 2015, 9, 6-20.
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Hofstetter et al. 2006. Structural analysis of cattle farming and its development in the Entlebuch UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Stustainable Grassland Productivity. Grassland Science in Europe, Vol. 11.
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Hofstetter et al. 2007. Impact of Swiss agro-environmental policy on cattle farming and target species in the Entlebuch UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Grassland Science in Europe Vol 12.
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Steiner, R., Trautner, J. & An-C. Grandchamp (2006): Larvhabitate des Blauschillernden Feuerfalters (Lycaena helle) am schweizerischen Alpennordrand unter Berücksichtigung des Einflusses von Beweidung. In: Fartmann, T. & G. Hermann (Hrsg.) (2006): Larvökologie von Tagfaltern und Widderchen in MItteleuropa. Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde. Heft 68 (3/4): 135-151.
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Source of Information: BBW import 2004 (PI=Scheidegger Christoph)


Last update: 12/12/24
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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