- Lyudmila Shumilovskikh
Palaeoecologist, Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Georg-August-Univesität, Göttingen

- Monika Schmidt and Ekaterina Lukanina

How natural is nature ? Palaeoecological investigations to the formation of cultural landscapes

Modern landscapes are the product of natural processes and human land-use. Many currently protected biotopes and nature reserves have a history of human influence and some owe their existence to particular land-use practice. Only a palaeoecological perspective can shed light on the origin and evolution of supposedly natural ecosystems and provide a guideline for nature conservation under current climate change.

Responsable : Anca Dan