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Brand, Fridolin Simon; Natural and Social Science Interface, Institute for Environmental Decisions, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; fridolin.brand@env.ethz.ch; Seidl, Roman; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; roman.seidl@env.ethz.ch; Le, Quang Bao; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; quang.le@env.ethz.ch; Scholz, Roland Werner; Natural and Social Science Interface; Institute for Environmental Decisions; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich; roland.scholz@env.ethz.ch. |
Alpine regions in Europe, in particular, face demanding local challenges, e.g., the decline in the agriculture and timber industries, and are also prone to global changes, such as in climate, with potentially severe impacts on tourism. We focus on the Visp region in the Upper Valais, Switzerland, and ask how the process of stakeholder involvement in research practice can contribute to a better understanding of the specific challenges and future development of mountainous regions under global change. Based on a coupled human-environment system (HES) perspective, we carried out a formative scenario analysis to develop a set of scenarios for the future directions of the Visp region. In addition, we linked these regional scenarios to context scenarios... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Global change; Human-environment systems; Mountain regions; Scenario analysis; Sustainability science; Switzerland; Transdisciplinarity. |
Ano: 2013 |
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Hirschi, Christian; ETH Zurich; christian.hirschi@env.ethz.ch. |
This paper makes both a theoretical and empirical contribution to a better understanding of how specific forms of network governance play a crucial role in enhancing sustainable development in rural areas. Drawing on the literature on social capital and social networks, I argue that a region has to achieve a certain level of cohesion in the network structure among actors from different societal sectors and governmental levels to strengthen rural sustainable development. However, to sustain positive regional development in the longer term, network structures also need to guarantee fragmentation and flexibility by including actors with varying views and interests. Empirically, the paper looks at the new policy of regional nature parks in Switzerland. The... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cohesion; Regional nature parks; Social network analysis; Sustainable regional development; Switzerland. |
Ano: 2010 |
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Hirschi, Christian; Professorship of Environmental Policy and Economics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); christian.hirschi@env.ethz.ch; Widmer, Alexander; Professorship of Environmental Policy and Economics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); widmeale@env.ethz.ch; Briner, Simon; Agri-food and Agri-environmental Economics Group, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); briners@ethz.ch; Huber, Robert; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; robert.huber@wsl.ch. |
We argue that the often-proclaimed disregard of ex-ante assessments of the provision of ecosystem goods and services in policy-making processes is not only due to a neglect or a misinterpretation of the results of such assessments in the relevant political processes, but also due to an inaccurate inclusion of political variables into those assessments. To address this weakness, we combine a model-based scenario analysis with a policy network analysis. Analyzing the structure of the policy network and taking into account the policy preferences of the individual network actors allows us to assess the feasibility and likelihood of policy developments as derived from scenario-based modeling assessments. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach in an... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Ecosystem goods and services; Ex-ante assessments; Model-based scenario analysis; Mountain regions; Policy network analysis; Switzerland. |
Ano: 2013 |
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Gonseth, Y.; Monnerat, C.. |
Recent changes in distribution of dragonflies in Switzerland (Odonata) In 1998 the Swiss Centre for the Cartography of Fauna (CSCF) initiated ‘Odonata 2000’. This project aimed at testing a method for periodical reassessment of Red Lists in Switzerland. The study was carried out on Odonata and consisted of the resampling of known localities of threatened species and the sampling of new localities. Based on the number of sites where a given species has been found in the periods 1970-1998 and 1999-2000, trends were calculated for each species. The results show that since 1994 three species have disappeared from Switzerland, nine species have declined, two species have increased and 64 species have remained stable. Crocothemis erythraea, Lestes virens,... |
Tipo: Article in monograph or in proceedings |
Palavras-chave: Odonata; Switzerland; Faunistics; Red list; Conservation; Trends; 42.75. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219850 |
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Bollinger, SB; Moakes, Simon; Stolze, Matthias; Werne, S.. |
To determine the current control measures for strointestinal nematodes (GIN) on Swiss organic small ruminant farms, a phone questionnaire was developed and conducted. The survey also aimed to assess the understanding and implementation of possible alternative GIN control options. In total, 52 meat sheep and 58 dairy goat farm questionnaires were completed, and it was found that in general, farmers were aware of the potential benefit of an adequate grazing management to reduce GIN infection. However, practical realisation was often limiting. On average it was stated that adult meat sheep and dairy goats were drenched 1.5 and 1.3 times per animal and year, respectively, whilst lambs and kids were treated 1.6 and 1.3 times per animal and year, respectively.... |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats; Health and welfare; Switzerland. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31601/1/Eine%20Erhebung%20zur%20Parasitenkontrolle%20auf%20biologisch.pdf |
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Ferré, Marie; Müller, Adrian; Leifeld, Jens; Bader, Cédric; Müller, Moritz; Engel, Stefanie; Wichmann, Sabine. |
Major common production activities on organic soils require drainage, which results in the loss of important ecosystem services such as carbon storage. This paper provides an overview of the farming situation on organic soils in a western region of Switzerland characterized by intensive vegetable farming and therefore by high opportunity costs of adopting sustainable practices on these soils. Based on a review of the academic and grey literature and interviews with regional experts, we find that the main challenges to a change in management practices include the profitability of the current land use, the difficult economic environment of farmers, the cultural background associated with the region, and the absence of systematic data on soil properties. We... |
Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Soil; Switzerland. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/35588/1/Ferre-etal-2019-LUP-Vol87-p104019.pdf |
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CORE Organic is a 3-year Coordination Action in organic food and farming. The overall objective is to gather a critical mass and enhance quality, relevance and utilisation of resources in European research in organic food and farming. The final goal is to establish a joint research programme. As part of work package 3 FiBL is in charge of editing the Swiss Organic Eprints as well as providing a country report about Switzerland. |
Tipo: Project description |
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Research communication and quality. |
Ano: 2023 |
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Paull, John. |
Two members of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle were the first to establish a Demeter Farm in Australia. In 1934 Ileen Macpherson (1898-1984) and Ernesto Genoni (1885-1964) founded their ‘Demeter Biological Farm’ on the Princes Highway in Dandenong, Victoria. They were guided by Steiner’s book of his Agriculture Course (1924). They managed their 40 acre farm using biodynamic (BD) practices for the next two decades. Ileen and Ernesto pioneered biodynamic and thereby organic farming in Australia. They were the first to adopt the name ‘Demeter’ for an Australian BD enterprise. This was before the terms ‘biodynamic farming’ and ‘organic farming’ had any currency (which date from 1938 and 1940 respectively). They worked their BD farm for two decades until... |
Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32143/1/Paull2017.Demeter.JBDT.pdf |
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Strasser, F.; Alföldi, T.; Baumann, D.; Charles, R.; Dubois, D.; Fried, P.M.; Gallmann, P.; Kaufmann, R.. |
To optimize the spreading of knowledge in different fields of organic farming and to support its transfer to the different stakeholders, Agroscope (the 6 Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Stations) and FiBL (the Research Institute of Organic Farming) meet at a regular bases to coordinate their research. The main task is to identify research needs together with farmers and other interested groups and to help with the implementation of research projects. Knowledge transfer is done mainly by annual meetings in cooperation with local organic farmer organisations and once a year a specific workshop/meeting is organized for researchers. |
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Technology transfer. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/3451/1/3451.pdf |
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Tschudi, Fridolin; Stamer, Andreas. |
Die Bedeutung der Aquakultur nimmt in den letzten Jahren stetig zu. Mit einer durchschnittlichen, weltweiten Wachstumsrate von 6-8 % pro Jahr ist die Aquakultur der zur Zeit am schnellsten wachsende Sektor tierischer Nahrungsprodukte (CIWF 2009). Durch die massive Überfischung der Weltmeere und das dadurch sinkende Angebot an hochwertigem Wildfang (Worm et al. 2006) kann zudem mit einem weiteren Wachstum der Aquakultur gerechnet werden. Aquakulturbetriebe erhalten somit einen immer wichtigeren wirtschaftlichen Stellenwert und gelangen stärker in den Fokus der Öffentlichkeit. Weltweit, speziell auch in der Schweiz, entstanden in den letzten Jahren neue Betriebe mit neuen Betriebsformen. Technisch anspruchsvolle Kreislaufanlagen unterscheiden sich dabei in... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Switzerland; Regulation. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21717/1/20120621_Fischwohl_Finalisierung_Stamer_vers_VI-hw.pdf |
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Paull, John. |
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) pioneered biodynamic agriculture in Australia. In 1928 he was the first of (ultimately) twelve Australians to join Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners (ECAFG) which was based at the Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland. Ernesto trained as an artist for five years at Milan’s prestigious Brera Academy. He visited his brothers in Australia, broad-acre immigrant farmers in Western Australia, in 1912 and 1914 and during these visits he worked on their, and other’s, farms. In 1916 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a stretcher bearer on the battlefields of the Somme, France, before being conscripted into the Italian Army and serving jail-time in Italy as a draft... |
Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Australia; France; Italy; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/27514/18/27514.pdf |
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