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Heroic viticulture: Environmental and socioeconomic challenges of unique heritage landscapes

Steep-slope agricultural landscapes cover a small fraction of global agricultural areas.(1) Despite the limited coverage, they are relevant for high-quality food and wine production, history, and landscape value. On steep slopes, centuries of effort and tradition have created a unique cultural herit...

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Autores principales: Tarolli, Paolo, Wang, Wendi, Pijl, Anton, Cucchiaro, Sara, Straffelini, Eugenio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10391923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37534174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107125
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Sumario:Steep-slope agricultural landscapes cover a small fraction of global agricultural areas.(1) Despite the limited coverage, they are relevant for high-quality food and wine production, history, and landscape value. On steep slopes, centuries of effort and tradition have created a unique cultural heritage to be preserved. Here, peculiar traditional local knowledge of soil and water conservation combined with agronomic practices (e.g., dry-stone wall terracing) has been handed down for generations. However, such landscapes are fragile and under threat.