Past and Current Land use and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in an Ancient Settlement from Maramures, Romania

The aim of this seminar is to establish and discuss a cross comparative analysis of the traditional land use system in the region of Maramureș. We will provide an overview on the historical changes that have had an impact on the subsistence of the communities living in this region. However, we will also discuss some aspects related to the living traditional knowledge behind land use systems and subsistence. Traditional ecological knowledge is not recorded in historical documents, but it is the key element behind land use systems.

Cosmin Marius Ivașcu defended his doctoral thesis, Traditional ecological knowledge and bio-cultural adaptations in Ieud village, an ancient settlement from the land of Maramureș, at the Faculty of Biology, Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania in 2018. » An English summary of the thesis (the thesis is written i Romanian)