Bolette Bele
Research Scientist
(+47) 911 95 359
bolette.bele@nibio.no
Place
Trondheim
Visiting address
Klæbuveien 153, bygg C 1.etasje, 7031 Trondheim
Biography
I am a vegetation ecologist with a doctoral degree from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). My research focuses on interactions between nature and culture in agricultural landscapes, with a particular emphasis on summer farming systems and practices. I use intangible cultural heritage and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), as well as historical land use practices, to explore how biodiversity, habitats and other landscape values can be maintained. I also contribute to ecological monitoring programmes for semi-natural grasslands. Further, my work addresses local food production and “terroir” effects. In addition to ecological/botanical methods, I apply qualitative and ethnographic methods.
Abstract
This paper describes from a methodological point of view a recent attempt to test how Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) as developed with respect to the British landscape can be adapted and applied to the different and distinctive landscapes of a Norwegian upland territory, on the edges of the Hardangervidda plateau. This is an area characterised by mobility, close nature-culture interactions, and practices such as summer farming and short-distance transhumant practices. The research was carried out by two Norwegian agencies – NIKU and NIBIO – as part of a larger project known as PARKAS designed in the context of green transitions to promote better-integrated and publicly-responsible management and safeguarding of protected areas. We briefly describe the origins and principles of HLC in Britain, and then at greater length assess the suitability of HLC in Hardangervidda and key ways by which the approach would require modification and adaptation. A concrete method for a Hardangervidda HLC – and a suitable high-level classification – is identified and discussed.
Authors
Anaïs Zimmer Adrienne Grêt-Regamey Ignacio Palomo Carolina Adler Meryem Aakairi Marie Anière Fabien Anthelme Chloe Baruffa Bolette Bele Vincent Ralph Clark Aida Cuni-Sanchez Sebastian Eiter Richard Field WariNkwi Flores Katherine Hanly Jan Hartmann Amina Maharjan Sara Manuelli Dominic Andreas Martin Nelly Nambande Masayi Paula Mayer Graham McDowell Holly Moulton Anne Nolin Lydia Olaka Binaya Pasakhala Jorge Recharte Neema Robert Kinabo Luciana Rojas Hanne Sickel Lobzang Stanzen Peter John Taylor Irene Teixidor-Toneu Catherine Tucker Sabarnee Tuladhar Robert MarchantAbstract
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