Gloria Pungetti

Sacred Species and Sites: Advances in Biocultural Conservation

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Anthropological approach to agricultural landscape history in Sardinia

Abstract In southern Europe the link between agricultural activities and changes in the landscape is greatly evident. An investigation of the past landscape is necessary to understand why these changes occurred and what they mean. In Sardinia the plains, once covered by the Mediterranean forest, have been used for agricultural purposes since Roman times. Notable landscape variation, however, occurred between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries when Sardinia was under the domain of the House of Savoy. Following the Second World War, the agricultural landscape has been modified not only in land use, but also in the pattern of the fields, which have been subdivided as a result of land inheritance. In recent years, the spread of urbanisation and quarry activity, as well as damage from agricultural mechanisation and excessive use of pesticides, have led to the deterioration of the Sardinian agricultural landscapes. This study shows that there is a clear correlation between society, land use and site development. The methodology used in landscape history, therefore, has moved from a biological and physical focus to include a human focus. Special attention has been paid to past land use policies, with the aim of understanding the reasons for positive and negative impacts on landscape.

Introduction: ecological networks and greenways

Brief review of the workshop contributions, which are all built around the different aspects of the presentday landscapes

Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach

The interactions between natural, cultural and spiritual components of landscape, and the values that people associate with them, are key elements to landscape research based on both ecological and cultural principles. The understanding of these interactions and values is an essential prerequisite for the healthy and sustainable management of our planet. Such understanding can be achieved through research on biocultural diversity, meant as the diversity of life on earth in both nature and culture. This paper explores recent developments in ecological landscape research to support biocultural diversity, and offers a new approach based on biocultural landscape.

Sacred Species and Sites: Sacred Sites and People

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Sacred Species and Sites: Sacred Landscapes

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Sacred Species and Sites: List of Contributors

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Sacred Species and Sites: Acknowledgements

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Sacred Species and Sites: Contents

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.

Sacred Species and Sites: Concepts and Knowledge

Part I. Concepts and Knowledge Part II. Sacred Landscapes Part III. Sacred Sites and People Part IV. Sacred Species Part V. Sacred Animals Part VI. Sacred Groves and Plants Part VII. Implementation and Conclusions.