Heroic viticulture: Environmental and socioeconomic challenges of unique heritage landscapes
Paolo Tarolli, Wendi Wang, Anton Pijl, Sara Cucchiaro, Eugenio Straffelini
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
ViticultureSocioeconomic statusGeographyEnvironmental ethicsEcologyBiologySociologyPhilosophyWinePopulationDemographyFood scienceHorticultural and Viticultural ResearchAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesAgroforestry and silvopastoral systems