Showing papers by "Andreas Muhar published in 2008"
01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: The European Common Agricultural Polcy (CAP) aims at a redaction of classical agr:c.. tural s. as discussed by the authors, which is not only beneficial for the agricultural sector but also an important part of a nation's clrltrain.
Abstract: For decades, in most European countries agricultural production was highly subsidized by national and European Union funds. Even today two thirds of the total budeet of the EU are spent on agricultural subsidies. Forced both by the rules of the GATT agreement and by national ~ ~~ ~ . deregulation programs tnc new European Common Agricultural Pol cy (CAP) aims at a redaction of classical agr:c.. tural s.bsidies, whlch L5.a ly favored inlensivc or0d~cr;on methoos witn tne known sideeffects on nat.ral resources. As most EL governments see agrculr.re not only (or maybe no longer) as a proo~ct~on sector. O L ~ also as an important part of a naton's clrlt~ra. laentity, agric..tural s~osidies are now more and more oeing redirected into programs for the conservation of the c~.tural landscape (urnlch are compatble with tne rules of GAmI. These programs mostly aim at meas-res in less prod~ctivc rcglons (alpine areas, ~et lands) or at environmentally compat.ble production s)stems (organic farming). Tn's paper dlscdsses me m a and long.term effects of s.ch programs from the point of vicw of s~sta;naoilty. Docs t make sense to spend f ~ n 0 S in order to preserve historica. c~ l t ra l ,anascapes &h:ch no longer reflect actual social and economic conditions? What are tne goals of nature conservation n today's CL tura landscape? .s :t possible to define me Image of a sstainable cult-ral landscape of the future from hlstor.cal Situations?
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