Mountain pastoralists are among the communities most affected by climate change, rendering empowerment of mountain communities and supportive policies essential.
Mountain pastoralists are among the communities most affected by climate change, rendering empowerment of mountain communities and supportive policies essential.
Pastoralists are among the most vulnerable groups to climate change and variability, as they depend on bioclimatic conditions for livestock forage biodiversity and production. In the complex socio-ecological system of the mountainous area of Montesinho Natural Park (north-east Portugal, Western Europe), traditional pastoralists are impacted by climate change in their rangelands (e.g. average monthly temperature...
Instituídas como Parque Natural, as serras de Coroa e Montesinho (nordeste de Portugal) são palco de grandes transformações sociais, económicas, políticas e ecológicas. Materializadas a diferentes escalas, temporais e espaciais, estes processos de mudança permanecem ainda hoje como memória, individual e coletiva. No seu contexto agro-silvo-pastoril, pastores e comunidades são a chave para a compreensão de como ...
O pastoreio extensivo, particularmente de pequenos ruminantes, é uma atividade histórica no Parque Natural de Montesinho (PNM) no nordeste de Portugal. Na continuidade e herança da organização económica camponesa, esta atividade toma contornos de resistência, adequando-se a uma economia agrária marcada, entre outros, pelas diretivas europeias da política agrícola comum, pelo subsídio dependência e pelas oscilaç...
Biophysical, ecological and sociocultural local adaptative responses of pastoralism (small ruminant indigenous breeds) to climate change. Understanding the place of local ecological knowledge and climate perceptions in adaptive responses. Engaged Researech Building on the dialogue between different types of knowledge (herders, state service technicians, zootechnical and forestry scientists, anthropologists/ethn...
Cork oak woodlands are socio-ecosystems recognized as biodiversity hotspots, a fundamental economic source for companies and local communities as well as an identitarian landscape for residents and visitors. Cork oak woodlands, however, are facing tree mortality and lack of regeneration. Considering the oak decline scenario, we present Iberian cork oak montado/dehesa as a socio-ecosystem facing climate change, ...
a sofrer transformações em consequência de alterações populacionais e socioeconómicas que se revelam no abandono do sistema agropecuário tradicional. Por outro lado, as previsões das mudanças de clima apontam para a substituição, nesta região, do bioclima temperado húmido por um bioclima sub-húmido mesomediterrânico até ao final do século. As alterações climáticas, em concreto a diminuição dos recursos hídricos...
Climate change and resulting are significantly impacting the livelihoods of pastoralists in Trás-os-Montes (Portugal)
Food distribution and abundance can affect intra- and inter-dietary variation in non-human primates, influencing feeding ecology and altering behaviour. Natural and/or human-induced actions can influence the dynamics between primates and the environment, with associated impacts on socio-ecology and demography. This relationship in anthropogenic landscapes, however, is poorly understood. Here, we use DNA metabar...