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Cultural landcape dynamics
Daniel Bwanika
The ancient cultural landscape
• “Old-growth” components
• A rescue for forest species
Örebro county
• Forest
• Mixed
• Agriculture
Örebro county over 1000 years
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urbant
åker
trädakulturbete
naturbete
äng
storskogsbruk
småskogsbruk
naturskogvåtmark
vatten
Cultural landscape
• The ancient cultural landscape is disappearing due socio-economic changes– urbanisation– abandonment of rural areas
• There is a need to identify the last remnants - fast, and at a low cost
The farm/village as a unit
Periphery
Crop BCrop A
Centre
Before
Forest
FieldsPasture, meadow
The village
Now
Forest
SpruceDeciduous forest
Ruin
The project
• Compiled information about the history of colonisation and abandonment of small farm islands in the forest sea
• Major reference source (Helge Nelson 1913 in En Bergslagsbygd Ymer)
• Study location Kloten in northern Örebro län
Study area
• Kloten in N Örebro county
• Petri Palkki at Grimsö (0581-697300)
• Maria Ströman (0581-Gammelbo) has contact with local experts
Socio-economic changes
Time scale from 1600-2000
Modern Sweden came in the 1950s
Iron industrycollapsed around
1880
Active colonisationpolicy (finns) after 1600
Iron industryboom
1700-1850
Land cover trends
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meadows
field
forest
The work
• Data Sources
• Compiled the information
– changes in the number of farms over time (1600-present)
– discuss positive and negative aspects
Discussion
• Deciduous forest (boreal forests)
• Different kinds of biodiversity
– cultural is disappearing (vascular plants)
– natural is appearing, and later disappearing
• ”Wilderness” comes back
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