Local traditional ecological knowledge about hay management practices in wetlands of the Biebrza Valley, Poland

Local traditional ecological knowledge about hay management practices in wetlands of the Biebrza Valley, Poland

Abstract Background The Biebrza Valley is one of the largest complexes of wetlands (floodplain and percolation mire) and conservation sites in Central Europe. Local communities have managed the area extensively for subsistence and farming purposes for centuries; nonetheless, since the 1960s, hand mo...

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Main Authors: Joanna Sucholas, Zsolt Molnár, Łukasz Łuczaj, Peter Poschlod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Ethnoecology
Traditional management
Knowledge preservation
Cultural landscape
Conservation area
Lowland river meadows
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00509-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00509-9

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