Objective
Now that the agri-environment Regulation has entered into force in Sweden, there is an opportunity for Öland's farmers to regain part of their livelihoods whilst preserving this unique habitat. However, the invading scrub must first be removed. In an attempt to bring about benefits both for the local farming community and nature conservation, the County of Kalmar will, through the present project, restore 15 sites of high conservation potential to a level where they will be again attractive for grazing and eligible for agri-environment support.
This will involve, amongst others, clearing 1500ha of scrub, using local labour as part of a job creation scheme, establishing grazing management regimes that will ensure the conservation of the habitats and species, erecting fences and raising awareness amongst locals and visitors alike.
Located on the Baltic island of Öland, the area known as Stora Alvaret is a vast (25,000 ha) open alvar grassland on a limestone plateau. This habitat type is found only in two Baltic islands in Sweden and in a few small areas on the mainland. It is characterised by its high density of different habitat types many of which are priority under the Habitats Directive. It also hosts a remarkable number of species for which the area constitutes the limit of their geographical range and others that are quite isolated from their normal distributions (eg the alpine species Poa alpina) as well as species that occur nowhere else. Stora Alvaret has in fact one of the most species rich grasslands in the world.
In areas with shallow soils, the open landscape is largely the result of edaphic and climatic factors regulating plant cover. Where the soil is deeper, however, humans and their grazing animals have been the most important influencing factors over the last thousand years. Until recently, the spread of scrub and woodland was kept in check by the constant grazing activities of cattle, sheep and horses as well as firewood cutting. However, in the last 30-40 years, faced with increasing competition from intensive farming, many of Öland's small scale farmers have had to abandon these and other practices.
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39186 Kalmar
Sweden
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