Photos
Flickr Album: Kunisaki Peninsula Usa Integrated Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries Systems, Japan
09/08/2020
The GIAHS in the Kunisaki Peninsula Usa area is a system where forestry and agricultural production are made possible and are sustain by the connected system of Sawtooth Oak forests and multiple interlinked irrigation ponds.
Flickr Album: Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
09/08/2020
For more than 10,000 years, Chagusaba areas have been maintained through human activity. However, the area of the semi-natural grasslands has been reduced with the modernization of agriculture. This disuse has led to a serious and rapid decline in the biodiversity of Chagusaba.
Flickr Album: Ayu of the Nagara River System
06/08/2020
The landscapes of the Nagara River and ayu are not just the pride and joy of the local people, but essential to their daily lives as a source of drinking and irrigation water as well. The locals seek to conserve them by nurturing forests and water sources so that the quality of the water, as well as the habitat for ayu and many other rare species of fish, can be conserved.
Flickr Album: Managing Aso Grasslands for Sustainable Agriculture, Japan
06/08/2020
The Aso Grasslands are located in Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, which situates in the middle of the Kyushu Island in Japan. Aso region spreads around active volcanic craters and huge caldera. The Aso volcano has one of the world’s largest caldera stretching 18 km from east to west and 25 km from north to south.
Flickr Album: Kuttanad Below Sea Level Farming System, India
05/08/2020
The Kuttanad system is a complex mosaic of fragmented agricultural landscapes divided in three structures: wetlands used for paddy activities and fish catching, garden lands used for coconut, tubers and food crops plantation and water areas used as inland fishing and shells. Wetlands are created thanks to the construction of polders with bunds and its dewatering.
Flickr Album: Saffron Heritage of Kashmir
05/08/2020
Saffron is part of the cultural heritage of the Region, associated with the famous Kashmiri cuisine, its medicinal values and the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir. Looking at the social organization, Kashmiri women are behind the whole saffron story being the custodian of the knowledge.
Flickr Album: Qanat-based Saffron Farming System in Gonabad, Iran
05/08/2020
Iran is the largest producer of Saffron in the world and has over 90% Saffron production worldwide.
Flickr Album: Floating Garden Agricultural Practices, Bangladesh
15/07/2020
Floating gardens are age-old practice of crop cultivation in the Southern floodplains of Bangladesh.
Flickr Album: Damyang Bamboo Field Agriculture System, Republic of Korea
21/06/2020
The Damyang bamboo fields started over a thousand years ago and signs the very beginning of management and cultivation was bamboo crafts.
Flickr Album: Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System in Shizuoka
11/05/2020
Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System is a rain-fed agricultural system located on the mountains and developed thank to local communities’ adaptation with the harsh environment.
Flickr Album: Kuancheng Traditional Chestnut Eco-Planting System in Hebei Province, China
17/08/2019
The chestnut, an important nut tree species in the world, falls into four categories by region: European chestnut, American chestnut, Japanese chestnut, and Chinese chestnut. The Chinese chestnut is divided into the northern chestnut and the southern chestnut.
Flickr Album: Ancient Traditional Gardens of Qazvin Bāghestān, Iran
14/05/2019
It is based on common lands and shared pastures, with the animals’ owners paying a shepherd or taking turns to protect herds from predators, freeing the rest of the farmers for other tasks.
Flickr Album: Soave Traditional Vineyards, Italy
31/12/2017
Soave traditional vineyards are an agro-economic system that provide income to more than 3,000 families for 200 years. This system has kept traditional ways to train the vines and succeeded in distributing an income and security to the various stakeholders involved in the production chain, such as grapes producers, wine producers and bottlers, even during the most difficult periods.
Flickr Album: Jeju Haenyeo Fisheries System, Republic of Korea
03/06/2017
The history of Jeju haenyeo dates back approximately 1,000 years and has continued until today through 103 villages still actively involved in this activity. The diving skills of Jeju haenyeo and their wisdom in running a community represent a living heritage that has been listed as an intangible world heritage by UNESCO.
Flickr Album: Tongling White Ginger Plantation System in Anhui Province, China
28/03/2017
©Tongling municipal bureau of agriculture and rural affairs
Flickr Album: Dates production System in Siwa Oasis, Egypt
08/09/2016
Siwa oasis is one of the best illustrations of farmers’ ingenuity to adapt agriculture to very harsh climatic conditions.
Flickr Album: Anxi Tieguanyin Tea Culture System, China
23/02/2016
As the place of origin of Oolong tea craftsmanship, and as the place where the variety of Tieguanyin tea tree was discovered, Anxi Tieguanyin Tea Culture System is of an evident global importance.
Flickr Album: Minabe-Tanabe Ume System, Japan
23/02/2016
As both food and medicine, Ume (Japanese apricots) has been a highly valued crop in Japan from about 1300 years ago. Minabe-Tanabe Ume System allows for the production of high-quality Ume and various kinds of fruits on nutrient-poor slopes.
Flickr Album: Qingyuan Forest-Mushroom Co-culture System in Zhejiang Province, China
23/02/2016
As the place of origin of Oolong tea craftsmanship, and as the place where the variety of Tieguanyin tea tree was discovered, Anxi Tieguanyin Tea Culture System is of an evident global importance.
Flickr Album: Ar Horqin Grassland Nomadic System in Inner Mongolia, China
23/02/2016
As the place of origin of Oolong tea craftsmanship, and as the place where the variety of Tieguanyin tea tree was discovered, Anxi Tieguanyin Tea Culture System is of an evident global importance.