caa a22 4500 605528152 CHVBK 20210128100811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0971-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0971-z Do conservation and agri-environmental regulations effectively support traditional small-scale farming in East-Central European cultural landscapes? [Elektronische Daten] [Dániel Babai, Antónia Tóth, István Szentirmai, Marianna Biró, András Máté, László Demeter, Mátyás Szépligeti, Anna Varga, Ábel Molnár, Róbert Kun, Zsolt Molnár] High biocultural diversity is oftenfound in landscapes where farming practices have preserved diverse habitats and many ‘traditional' cultural features. We assessed what impacts conservation and agri-environmental regulations had and have on the maintenance of some elements in traditional hay meadow management in two such cultural landscapes (Gyimes—Romania; Őrség—Hungary). Data were gathered by interviews with local farmers and conservation scientists, discussed with farmers. We found that extensive farming was not given adequate weight and explicit function in the regulatory frameworks either in the landscape where traditional farming is still actively practiced, or where it has mostly vanished and/or was transformed. Of the 25 traditional management elements documented in Gyimes, regulations affected seven components directly, and one more indirectly. Four of these impacts were negative and four were positive. Of the 20 traditional management elements in Őrség, 11 elements were regulated, and five more were affected indirectly. Only two elements were affected positively. Our data show that for a more efficient support of traditional farming, more traditional elements must be encouraged, e.g. hayseed scattering, mowing with small machinery, manual cleaning of weeds and shrubs, manual hay gathering and extensive manuring. The role of increasing the spatial scale of regulations, considering the whole socio-ecological system and the need for region-specific regulations are discussed. We argue that in those landscapes where traditional small-scale farming is still actively practiced, decision-makers should understand local management practices and concepts first, instead of imposing requirements on farmers that are alien to the local landscape and society. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Agri-environmental schemes nationallicence Biocultural diversity nationallicence Hay meadows nationallicence EU agricultural policy nationallicence Nature conservation nationallicence Traditional ecological knowledge nationallicence Babai Dániel MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, 1014, Budapest, Hungary aut Tóth Antónia Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut Szentirmai István Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut Biró Marianna MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut Máté András Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, 6000, Kecskemet, Hungary aut Demeter László Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, 051371, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania aut Szépligeti Mátyás Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut Varga Anna MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut Molnár Ábel Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, 2100, Gödöllő, Hungary aut Kun Róbert Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, 2100, Gödöllő, Hungary aut Molnár Zsolt MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/13(2015-12-01), 3305-3327 0960-3115 24:13<3305 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0971-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0971-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Babai Dániel MTA Centre for the Humanities, Országház u. 30, 1014, Budapest, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tóth Antónia Őriszentpéter City Council, Városszer 106, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szentirmai István Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Biró Marianna MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Máté András Dorcadion Kft., Hársfa utca 7, 6000, Kecskemet, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Demeter László Misgurnus Association for Nature Protection, Str. Johannes Kájoni nr. 67, 051371, Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szépligeti Mátyás Őrség National Park Directorate, Siskaszer 26/a, 9941, Őriszentpéter, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Varga Anna MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molnár Ábel Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, 2100, Gödöllő, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kun Róbert Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Páter K. u. 1, 2100, Gödöllő, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molnár Zsolt MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163, Vácrátót, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/13(2015-12-01), 3305-3327 0960-3115 24:13<3305 2015 24 10531