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National Meadow and Pasture Inventory (TUVA)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Telenius A, Nordberg A (2021). National Meadow and Pasture Inventory (TUVA). GBIF-Sweden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jamhmk accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-22.

Description

The Meadow and Pasture Inventory is a Swedish national inventory of biologically valuable meadows and pastures. The inventory collects information about a number of natural and cultural environments containing flora and other organisms that are highly dependent on hay-making or grazing animals. In the inventory only nature values connected to hay-making or grazing are assessed. The information from the inventory is open to all and collected in the Swedish Board of Agriculture database TUVA (www.jordbruksverket.se/tuva). The TUVA database contains information about: 1. Fully inventoried pastures and meadows (classified as mown meadow, open pasture, forest pasture and mountain pasture), 2. Meadows and pastures that are restorable, 3. Non-applicable meadows and pastures. A sub-classification of the types of meadows and pastures treated was also made using the Habitat Directive; Council Directive 92/43/EEC, or they were classified as developmental- or other types of fields. Inventories of indicator species (vascular plants), meadow fungi, trees and shrubs, cultural elements, water bodies and status of present management was also performed. The majority of the meadows and pastures in TUVA were inventoried between the years 2002 and 2004. Inventories have since then and up until 2012 been performed on a smaller scale. From 2016 and onwards, the national inventory has been reopened with a focus on performing repeated monitoring of already inventoried meadows and pastures. The information from the Meadow and Pasture Inventory is used for monitoring the environmental quality objective set up by the Swedish government; ‘a rich farming landscape’. It is also used for evaluating rural programs and for reporting to the EU Habitat Directive. The inventory is also used as a basis for national, regional and local strategies and programs for environmental management, spatial planning and case management. Data from the inventory have also been used for research.

Taxonomic Coverages

Mainly vascular plants and fungi, but also bryophytes, lichens and some fauna.
  1. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  2. Fungi
    rank: kingdom
  3. Bryophyta
    rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Sweden

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Anders Telenius
originator
position: Node manager
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: anders.telenius@nrm.se
Anna Nordberg
metadata author
position: Curator
Swedish Board of Agriculture
Jönköping
SE
email: Anna.Nordberg@jordbruksverket.se
Veronika Johansson
administrative point of contact
position: Data manager
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: veronika.johansson@nrm.se
Anders Telenius
administrative point of contact
position: Node manager
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm
SE
email: anders.telenius@nrm.se
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