The Importance of Engaging Local People in Landscape Management : Experiences from an EU Project
Raatikainen, K. (2018). The Importance of Engaging Local People in Landscape Management : Experiences from an EU Project. Landscape Online, 57, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3097/LO.201857
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“Bull by the Horns” -project initiated landscape management and promoted biodiversity associated with
diminishing High Nature Value farmland habitats in Finland. A specific focus was on grazed semi-natural
grasslands and wood-pastures which are collectively referred to as traditional rural biotopes (TRBs).
Collaboration among project workers, non-farming landowners, and cattle owners reintroduced grazing to
abandoned pastures, and management was financed through agri-environmental payments. Using adaptive
co-management principles, the project enabled collective definition of integrated site-specific management
objectives. A better understanding of contemporary challenges and opportunities to advance TRB management
cumulated through incorporation of local actors into collaborative management planning. Authority-driven
measures failed to engage locals, but supporting existing networks among landowners and cattle farmers
was successful. The project gave insight into good practices on collaborative landscape management, and it
proved to be efficient in directing management actions to biologically valuable sites. Due to a short operative
period and lack of follow-up procedures, the actual environmental outcomes of established management
could not be verified. Concernedly, environmental administration is becoming heavily reliant on projects,
which creates further risks because of their short time frames and narrow focus. Functional governance
practices that are tested in projects should be consolidated through more permanent resources.
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