Landscape Management and Enhancing Landscape Values through Grazing
Key Points
The research aims to explore how grazing influences landscape management and its associated values in rural areas.
Analyzed traditional rural biotopes including semi-natural grasslands, wood pastures, and heathland regions.
Studied the historical impact of grazing on rural landscapes in Finland.
Grazing has shaped the structure and biodiversity of rural landscapes.
Enhancing landscape values is linked to sustainable grazing practices.
Abstract
Grazing in traditional rural biotopes such as semi-natural grasslands, wood pastures and heathland areas, has historically shaped rural landscapes in Finland.