The Anthropocene and the Anthroscape: point of view and activities of the WG-LD, IUSS

The Anthropocene is the epoch when impact of human activities on ecosystems has exceeded that resulting from natural forces while the term Anthroscape designates a new contextual approach of integrated land management. Different workshops related to those concepts have taken place, held in Adana, Marrakech, Alexandria and Bari, and have shown anthroscapes from the anthropocene in Mediterranean environments. The Working Group LDD since the first meeting in 1996 at Adana, Turkey to the last one held, in Bari, in 2008 has been very active dealing with the main problems related to Anthropocene and Anthroscape.