Entwicklung eines regionalen Ausbildungsmodells „Ökolandbau und Vermarktung“ an der Fachhochschule Eberswalde im Rahmen des Bundesförderprogramms Regionen Aktiv

In September 2004 a new B. Sc. study course for Organic Farming and Marketing started at the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde. Supported by the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture program “Regionen Aktiv” an innovative education model was established. Focussing on rural development farmers, processors and trading partners were involved in the development of topics for the study programme

European agricultural landscapes, common agricultural policy and ecosystem services: a review

Since the 1950s, intensification and scale enlargement of agriculture have changed agricultural landscapes across Europe. The intensification and scale enlargement of farming was initially driven by the large-scale application of synthetic fertilizers, mechanization and subsidies of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Then, after the 1990s, a further intensification and scale enlargement, and land abandonment in less favored areas was caused by globalization of commodity markets and CAP reforms. The landscape changes during the past six decades have changed the flows and values of ecosystem services. Here, we have reviewed the literature on agricultural policies and management, landscape structure and composition, and the contribution of ecosystem services to regional competitiveness. The objective was to define an analytical framework to determine and assess ecosystem services at the landscape scale. In contrast to natural ecosystems, ecosystem service flows and values in agricultural landscapes are often a result of interactions between agricultural management and ecological structures. We describe how land management by farmers and other land managers relates to landscape structure and composition. We also examine the influence of commodity markets and policies on the behavior of land managers. Additionally, we studied the influence of consumer demand on flows and values of the ecosystem services that originate from the agricultural landscape

Veraenderung akustischer Kenngroessen infolge der naechtlichen Abschaltung von Lichtsignalanlagen

TIB: RN 6729 (35) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Spatial Dimension of the CAP: Territorial Congruence, Supposed and Explicit Territoriality

The management of rural landscapes in the perspective of multifunctionality must look both at rural policies (and their relevant financial programs) and at landscape planning (which addresses quality objectives without financial provisions). An alliance between the two has to be explored in terms of technical tools. In this chapter the authors will make use of some of the most recent studies conducted in Piedmont (Italy) to describe methodological issues of CAP spatialisation, as well as the results of an assessment of the territorial and landscape contribution of both pillars