Mountain Hay Meadows: the Romanian Context and the Effects of Policy on High Nature Value Farming
In this UN Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020), it is timely to celebrate the exceptional biodiversity of the hay meadows of Transylvania and the living rural communities that created and manage them. But we should also consider why – after surviving for a thousand years during a turbulent history of invasions, empires, world wars, fascist and communist regimes and neglectful or interventionist governments – these meadows and the traditional communities that support them are now under threat from globalization and from European and Romanian policies which aim to protect them.
Author: Barbara KNOWLES
Organization: Pogány-havas Microregion Association
Year: 2011
Country/ies: Romania
Type: Article
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