Essays about: "a study on farmland"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 109 essays containing the words a study on farmland.

  1. 6. The importance of forest forage resources and a landscape perspective, managing bumblebees (Bombus) in Swedish forest-farmland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Linda Dimrå; [2022]
    Keywords : Bombus; Forest; Vaccinium Myrtillus; Landcover change;

    Abstract : The Swedish forest has been transformed during the last hundred years, from semi-open forest of multiple tree species to dense production forest of mainly spruce and pine. This has led to alterations of species composition in the forest floor, reducing coverage of dwarf shrubs like Vaccinium myrtillus (European blueberry). READ MORE

  3. 7. Produktiva grönytor i periferin : en studie i att introducera mångbruk på kommunala grönytor i stadens ytterkant

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Anna Schön; [2022]
    Keywords : mångbruk; multifunktionalitet; förvaltning; urbant skogsbruk; skogsträdgård; betesdjur; slåtteräng; stadsodling; peri-urban; stadsranden; Växjö; Lund;

    Abstract : I mötet mellan staden och jordbruket finns möjlighet att skapa en god levnadsmiljö med närhet till service och natur. Men i stadens periferi kan det även uppstå väldigt hårda gränser där underutnyttjade gräsytor möter ett otillgängligt, exkluderande odlingslandskap och där jordbrukets hantverksmässiga skötselmetoder känns avlägsna. READ MORE

  4. 8. The future of farm succession : how alternative financial solutions could facilitate Swedish farm successions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ebba Sundström; Joel Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Farm succession; capital structure; information asymmetry; alternative financial solutions;

    Abstract : This thesis develops an understanding of how Swedish beginning farmers choose between different sources of financing and examine how these preferences could be used in assessing a new alternative financial solution to facilitate farm successions. This has been done through a qualitative case study were six young farmers in the region of Mälardalen, facing a generational renewal, have been interviewed. READ MORE

  5. 9. “Pretty much just ‘fluffing’ around” : The complexity of safeguarding farmland biodiversity in Scania through the Greening

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Desiree Goldring; Ingrid Petersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Common Agricultural Policy; Common Pool Resources; Diversity of institutions; Farmland biodiversity; Governance; Greening; Landscape perspective; Projectification; Scanian farmland; Biologisk mångfald inom jordbruk; Common Pool Resources; EU:s gemensamma jordbrukspolitik; Förgröningsstödet; Governance; Landskapsperspektiv; Mångfald av institutioner; Projektifiering; skånskt jordbrukslandskap;

    Abstract : Intensified agriculture has led to a dramatic decline of farmland biodiversity in Europe during the 20th century, making farmland policies of utmost importance within the European Union [EU]. The Greening, which is a part of the Common Agricultural Policy [CAP] was created to combat the negative effects of intensified agriculture. READ MORE

  6. 10. Exploateringen av Mekongfloden : en litteraturstudie om vattenkraftens påverkan på ekosystem och samhälle i Mekongregionen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emma Litsmark; [2021]
    Keywords : Mekongfloden; vattenkraft; reservoarer; socioekologiska förändringar;

    Abstract : Vattenkraften i Mekongfloden har stor påverkan på ekosystem, samhälle och ekonomi. Mekongregionen genomgår just nu en snabb socioekonomisk utveckling och har dessutom en ökande befolkning som kräver allt mer elektricitet, jordbruksmark och andra naturresurser. READ MORE