El paisaje atlántico vasco ante la marginalización ganadera: claves para su conservación

The research is based on the premise that abandonment of livestock functions originates a similar reaction in land use, with the Atlantic landscape being the main affected. The methodology focuses on local cases and interviews, as means to complete and qualify official information. The results show that livestock abandonment is more important than expected, but, apparently, the land uses are barely altered. The causes that lead to this situation are analyzed (especially non productive causes) and it is concluded that it is a transitory situation. Again this scenery the proposed actions will only cushion the foreseen situation, the loss of the Atlantic landscape in non machinery areas of the Basque Country.