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Bosnia & Herzegovina | Field diagnosis by collective internship – 2023

AIDA is taking part in a collective internship organised by AgroParisTech Montpellier as part of the specialised Master’s degree ‘Forest, Nature & Society’ . 16 French students, accompanied by four Bosnian students from the University of Sarajevo, had the task, during three weeks in the field (from 27 February to 17 March 2023), of drawing up a territorial-environmental diagnosis of the “poljes” (closed plains) of district 10 in southern BiH. They were also asked to make a suggestion on the most effective ‘label’ for protecting this hydrographic system of plains in a karstic region that make up a single watershed tiered from 1500 to 700 metres above sea level; and also to highlight possible elements of a management plan for the protection and development of this area.

This project is being carried out in partnership with a Bosnian NGO, the CZZS (Bosnian Centre for the Environment), and in particular its programme entitled “A sustainable future for the freshwater ecosystem of the Livansko polje in Bosnia & Herzegovina”. This programme is funded by the Donors’ Association for Freshwater Ecosystems and implemented jointly with the German grassroots environmental NGO EuroNatur.

Brief description of the internship (EN)

Internship report 2023 :

Environmental-territorial diagnosis of polje’s watershed systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)

Case study of four karst poljes in Canton 10 (Duvanjsko, Glamočko, Kupreško
and Livanjsko )

This collective course was preceded by similar experiences in the region:

  • In the Peljsac peninsula and the islands of Mljet and Korcula, diagnosis of High Natural Value (HNV) agriculture (March 2017) : Internship Croatia (2017)

Photo (banner) : Glamočko Polje (Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2023 / François Lerin.

Activités

Symposium | Pastoralism, a story of the future, Paris 2023

On March 2, 2023, the French Association of Pastoralism (AFP) organized in Paris in the premises of the National Assembly the symposium “Pastoralism, a story of the future” on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the implementing decrees of the Pastoral Law in France.

More about the symposium (in French sorry!)

Agenda of the symposium (in french)

Alice Garnier presented the recent work of the AIDA association on pastoral and land issues in Albania. The return to three pastoral areas (the Has, Rrungaja and Dukat massifs) made it possible to underline that under the apparent unity of the pastoral systems hides a great diversity of situations and dynamics, and varied land issues. It is also an opportunity to present courses of action resulting from European reflections and which could/should be discussed in Albania and throughout the Balkans.

Find the slideshow of the presentation below:

Pastoral situations in Albania, news and challenges (in French!!! but with very nice photos and graphs – perfectly understandable for an English locutor)

(Publication of the conference proceedings to come)

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Just Published | Study about land tenure and pastoralism in Albania (in French)

As part of the study entitled “Pastoral land in Albania: From the inherited mosaic to contemporary Mediterranean socio-environmental issues” financed by the AFD French Development Agency) (in partnership with the CTFD (Comité Technique Foncier et Développement), Orianne Crouteix (member of association AIDA) had the opportunity to carry out 6 weeks of fieldwork in Albania on three breeding territories previously worked by members of AIDA (Alice Garnier, Simon Gontard and Besmira Medolli): Mount Pasthiku and its plateau (Has), the Rrungaja (Korça) and Dukat massif and the Karaburun peninsula (Vlora).

The objective of this study is to analyze the land tenure systems of pastoral lands by identifying both the institutional management issues and the local logics of the use of fodder and pastoral resources. This research work assumes an entry through the commons to be understood in their diversity and constant evolution.

During the first field phase (from June 12 to July 5, 2021), a week was spent in each territory in order to carry out 37 semi-structured interviews with managers of forest and pastoral areas and livestock breeders. The second field phase (from October 27 to November 12) was an opportunity to carry out a day of restitution in each territory (Krumë in Has, Vithkuq in the foothills of Rrungaja and Orikum near Dukat) in order to discuss with the local actors of the various elements of the study and to refine the results. This second field period ended in Tirana with a presentation to national actors. See the article (sorry in French!): Albanie, journée d’échange sur le pastoralisme “Albania | Day of exchanges on pastoralism” on this same Website.

Le foncier pastoral en Albanie : de la mosaïque héritée aux enjeux sociaux-environnementaux méditerranéens contemporains – Étude de trois territoires ruraux : le Has, la Rrungaja (Korça) et Dukat-Karaburun (Vlora)

Orianne Crouteix, 2023

Collection Recherche. Paris, Comité technique « Foncier & développement » (AFD-MEAE). 119p.

This research report is also available on the CTFD website: Le foncier pastoral en Albanie : de la mosaïque héritée aux enjeux sociaux-environnementaux méditerranéens contemporains – Étude de trois territoires ruraux : le Has, la Rrungaja (Korça) et Dukat-Karaburun (Vlora)

Photo (banner): Breeders in Dukat Fushë (Albania), 2016/ Alice Garnier

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Just published | High Nature Agriculture farming in Europe – the strategic approach of innovation brokers

This article is the result of theEuropean H2020 HNV Link programme conceived in 2016 and coordinate (2016-2018) by François Lerin & Claire Bernard – who were working at the CIHEAM-IAM in Montpellier at the time.

Bernard C., Poux X., Herzon I., Moran J., Pinto-Correia T., Dumitras D.E., Ferraz-de-Oliveira M.I., Gouriveau F., Goussios D., Jitea M.I., Kazakova Y., Koivuranta R., Lerin F., Ljung M., Lomba A., Mihai V.C., Puig de Morales Fusté M., Vlahos G.. 2023. Innovation brokers in High Nature Value farming areas: A strategic approach to engage effective socioeconomic and agroecological dynamics. Ecology and Society, 28 (1) : 35 p.

More about HNV Link :

This leaflet presents the programme and the network gathering 13 partners and 10 “learning areas” from Sweeden to Greece (HNV territories)

HNV Link leaflet

Photo (banner) : Flock of sheep under an olive grove in Epirus (Greece), 2021/ François Lerin.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina | Territorial diagnosis of two municipalities

The documents in open access below are the result of research conducted in Bosnia & Herzegovina from May 2022 to March 2023. This action was organized by the CZZS (Centar za životnu sredinu – Center for the Environment).

This research was entilted: Climate change, biodiversity and agroenvironnement nexus – Building a strategical approach for a territorial sustainable and inclusive development.

The objective was to draw up a strategic diagnosis – for an environmental mobilization – of two B&H north-west municipalities, in Sanski Most and Mrkonjić Grad – therefore both in territories of entities Republika Srpska and Federation of BiH.

The choosen scale of analysis for the diagnosis was to investigate a “territory” that makes sense from the nexus point of view: Climate Change / Biodiversity / Agrienvironment and thus make it possible to converge mobilizations and environmental concerns with a territorial comprehensive strategy.

The result was to strengthen advocacy actions, interpellation of public authorities (at the various levels), encouraging nature-based solutions, and bundling climate change challenges with biodiversity and High Nature Value farming protection.

Documents :

Research Report (in BHS): Teritorijalna djagnoza opstinaa opština. Merkonjić Grad I Sanski Most. (= Territorial diagnosis of Mrkonjić Grad and Sanski Most. Authors: Zoé Siegel et Borka Malešević – under the supervision/edition of: Majda Ibrakovic & Marko Ivanesevic (CZZS 1 University of Banja Luka) and Orianne Crouteix et François Lerin (AIDA). 2023.

(A venir)

Zoé Siegel, 2022. Master thesis: Identification et compréhension des principaux enjeux environnemataux à l’échelle du territoire en Bosnie-Herzegovine. Defended 19/01/2022. AgroParisTech.

François Lerin, Orianne Crouteix, Majda Ibrakovic, 2023. Strategic Report. Territorial approach and the Climate Change/Biodiversity/agri-environmental nexus. Lessons learned from the diagnostic of two municipalities of Bosnia & Herzegovina. CZZS/AIDA

Photo (banner) : Water intake for a micro-hydroelectric power station in the Municipality of Mrkonjić Grad (Bosnia & Herzegovina), 2022 / François Lerin.