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Permanent Pastures and Meadows under the CAP: SWEDEN

Sweden has a tradition of managing semi-natural pastures with a relatively high amount of trees and bushes. Some of the typical habitats also have low fodder value, but it is often not correlated with tree density. These pastures are mainly alvar grazing (habitat type 6280, Nordic alvar and Pre-Cambrian calcareous flatrocks) as well as forest pasture (partly habitat type 9070, Fennoscandian wooded pastures) and mountain pasture. These pastures cover a total of over 50 000 ha, approximately 10 % of all semi-natural pasture in Sweden. 

Title of publication: Permanent Pastures and Meadows under the CAP: the situation in 6 countries
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Page range: 59-66
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Author: Gwyn Jones, Sofia Blom, Jörgen Wissman
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Organization: Europe Forum on nature conservation and pastoralism
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Year: 2009
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Country/ies: Sweden
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Journal article
Content language: English
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