CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Nedelciu, Claudiu Eduard |
|---|---|
| Title | Preservation of HNV cultural landscapes in Transylvania |
| Summary | High Nature Value (HNV) farmland landscapes are home to many habitats of Community importance and as such, play an essential role in achieving EU’s 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. In Transylvania, small scale farmers are still maintaining a HNV farming system that is not only environmental friendly but also culturally rich. Nevertheless, here like in most of Europe, these farming systems are currently at threat from agriculture intensification or land abandonment. The major socio-economic changes that occurred in rural communities across Transylvania after the fall of the Soviet Union continue today, nearly a decade after Romania’s accession to the EU, with adverse effects on the viability of small scale farming. Such changes impact on the landscape perception of rural communities and the wider bureaucratic apparatus, leading to conflicting views on land-use between various stakeholders. In part, this is due to a clash in discourse on agrarian policy between Bucharest and Brussels. However, root causes on the ground are more complex and can be traced to identity issues between small scale farmers and the wider Romanian society on one hand and small scale farmers and Europe on the other hand. The way in which policy will be implemented in the next decade is decisive for the fate of HNV farming systems, as a change in rural generations can mark a change in the role of small scale farmers and a transformation of the way in which HNV farmland landscapes are preserved. |
| Supervisor | Aistara, A. Guntra |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/nedelciu_claudiu.pdf |
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