Eco.mont Vol. 13 special issue 2021, pp. 115-118, 2021/11/23
Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
In this policy article, we identify challenges for maintaining the Black Forest Biosphere Reserve’s diverse cultural landscape and present the efforts undertaken to address these. Set in a land-use context that is rich in tradition, featuring common pastures and an indigenous cattle breed, landscape preservation today is threatened by fundamental changes in the agricultural community as well as of land-use systems. As part of the MAB network, the UNESCO Black Forest Biosphere Reserve provides collaborative arenas to address these issues and propose action in concertation with local actors and communities. To illustrate this, we describe the ALLMENDE 2.0 applied research project, the creation of a commercialization hub for the local Hinterwälder cattle, and support for the modelling of more extensive ecologically-orientated agriculture.
Keywords: maintaining the landscape, Allmendweiden, Hinterwälder cattle, Marketing hub, enhancing biodiversity, wild fields, sustainable land-use of mountain pastures