Prepojenie tradičných agrárnych krajín s pamiatkovo hodnotnými sídelnými štruktúrami – príklady a možnosti zachovania biokultúrneho dedičstva/Interconnection of Traditional Agrarian Landscapes with Protected Monument Territories in Slovakia – Examples and Possibilities of Preserving the Bio-Cultural Heritage

Abstract

Traditional Slovak agrarian landscapes currently attract major interest for their protection and enhancement because they are an integral part of our natural and cultural heritage. While some traditional agrarian landscapes are located in protected nature and monument areas, current nature and monument conservation does not provide traditional agrarian landscapes due attention and targeted protection. This paper therefore focuses on the territorial and content relationship of the Slovak traditional agrarian landscapes and protected monument areas. Herein, we address the possibilities of protecting those traditional agrarian landscapes linked spatially and in content to protected monument areas. Our results proved the necessity to increase awareness of the importance of traditional agrarian landscapes, and the Slovak bio-cultural heritage in general. Herein, we list examples of traditional European agrarian landscape conservation which UNESCO has declared world cultural heritage sites.

Keywords

• traditional agricultural landscapes
• protected monument territories
• UNESCO world heritage