Abstract

Landscapes rich in biocultural heritage are declining en masse across Europe. This is due to the effects of countryside depopulation and to large-scale, industrial agriculture. Landscape heritage and its associated biodiversity largely depend on pre-industrial agrarian management. Because authoritative conservation cares only for minor, more spectacular, landscape segments, other forms of everyday management of the more mundane biocultural heritage are needed. Herein, innovative, alternative food producers (i.e. environmentally and animal-friendly farmers) are investigated as potential stewards of biocultural heritage. The results show that alternative food producers contribute to new ways of reproducing the biocultural heritage, albeit with greater emphasis on its ‘green’ side (e.g. biodiversity) than that of cultural heritage. They also face numerous challenges that threaten their businesses.

摘要

欧洲各地富含生物文化遗产的景观正在集体消失。这是由于农村人口减少和大规模工业化农业的影响。景观遗产及其相关的生物多样性在很大程度上取决于工业化前的土地管理。由于权威保护只关心较小的、更壮观的景观部分，因此需要对更平凡的生物文化遗产进行其他形式的日常管理。在此，创新型替代食品生产商（即对环境和动物友好的农民）被视为生物文化遗产的潜在管理者。结果表明，替代食品生产者为复制生物文化遗产的新方式做出了贡献，尽管他们比文化遗产更强调其“绿色”方面（例如生物多样性）。