Checklist for Sustainable Landscape Management

Preface. Summary. 1. Introduction.Background and problem statement.Objectives.Approach.Structure of the report.2. Research Methods.Outline of a unifying concept.On the complementarity of interdisciplinary Holism and disciplinary reductionism.Dissemination of results.3. Results.Introduction.Explanation of the checklist.Criteria for the (a)biotic realm: (a)biotic realm (J.D. van Mansvelt, D. Znaor).Environment. Clean environment.Fertile and resilient soil.Water quality.Air quality.Wild fire control.Food and fibre sufficiency and quality.Nationally sufficient and regionally sustainable levels of food and fibre production.Good food and fibre quality to match sufficient quantities.Regional carrying capacity.Economic and efficient use of resources.Sustainable, site-adapted and regionally specific production system.Ecology.Bio-diversity.Flora and fauna species diversity.Bio-tope diversity. Ecosystems' diversity.Ecological coherence.Vertical coherence: onsite.Horizontal coherence: in the landscape.Cyclical coherence: in time.Eco-regulation.Animal welfare.Criteria for the social realm: economy and sociology (J.D. van Mansvelt, M.J. van der Lubbe).Economy.Good farming should pay-off.Greening the economy.Regional autonomy.Sociology.Well-being in the area.Permanent education of farmers.Access to participation.Farmers' involvement in activities outside the farm. Outsiders' involvement in farm activities. Accessibility of the landscape. Criteria for the humanity realm: psychology and physiognomyand cultural heritage (J.D. van Mansvelt, J. Kuiper).Psychology.Compliance to the natural environment. Good use of the landscape's potential utility.Presence of naturalness.A rich and fair offer of sensory qualities.Experiences of unity.Experienced historicity.Presence of cyclical developments.Careful management of the landscape.Physiognomy/cultural geography.Diversity of landscape components.Coherence of the landscape elements. Continuity of land-use and spatial arrangements.Conclusions.4. Performances of organic agriculture. Theory and literature. Features of modern strategies.Basic concepts of organic types of agriculture.Concluding remarks.Empirical data collected from literature.Comparison of farming systems in the concerted action.Concluding remarks.5. Uses and users.Overview of possible uses and users.Indicative links with funding.6. References.Annex 1: Participants.Annex 2: Checklist's compliance with other standards for sustainable and organic agriculture (D. Znaor).