Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe
SND-ID: 2021-207-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/yz9j-q902
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Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and multiple environmental benefits
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Oskar Englund
- Mid Sweden University, Dept. of Ecotechnology and sustainable building engineering
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Mid Sweden University
- Dept. of Ecotechnology and sustainable building engineering
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Three scenarios of large-scale deployment for riparian buffers and windbreaks, across over 81,000 landscapes in Europe, with quantified corresponding areas, biomass output, and environmental benefits.
Abstract:
Within the scope of the new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, in coherence with other EU policies, new incentives are developed for farmers to deploy practices that are beneficial for climate, water, soil, air, and biodiversity. Such practices include establishment of multifunctional biomass production systems, designed to reduce environmental impacts while providing biomass for food, feed, bioenergy, and other biobased products. Here, we model three scenarios of large-scale deployment for two such systems, riparian buffers and windbreaks, across over 81,000 landscapes in Europe, and quantify the corresponding areas, biomass output, and environmental benefits. The results show that these systems can effectively reduce nitrogen emissions to water and soil loss by wind erosion, while simultaneously providing substantial environmental co-benefits, having limited negative
Abstract:
Within the scope of the new Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, in coherence with other EU policies, new incentives are developed for farmers to deploy practices that are beneficial for climate, water, soil, air, and biodiversity. Such practices include establishment of multifunctional biomass production systems, designed to reduce environmental impacts while providing biomass for food, feed, bioenergy, and other biobased products. Here, we model three scenarios of large-scale deployment for two such systems, riparian buffers and windbreaks, across over 81,000 landscapes in Europe, and quantify the corresponding areas, biomass output, and environmental benefits. The results show that these systems can effectively reduce nitrogen emissions to water and soil loss by wind erosion, while simultaneously providing substantial environmental co-benefits, having limited negative effects on current agricultural production. This kind of beneficial land-use change using strategic perennialization is important for meeting environmental objectives while advancing towards a sustainable bioeconomy. Show less..
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2000 – 2018
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Dept. of Ecotechnology and sustainable building engineering
Research area
Environmental sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Environmental management (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Agricultural science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Renewable bioenergy research (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Environmental sciences related to agriculture and land-use (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
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Englund, O., Börjesson, P., Mola-Yudego, B., Berndes, G., Dimitriou, I., Cederberg, C., & Scarlat, N. (n.d.). Beneficial land-use change in Europe: deployment scenarios for multifunctional riparian buffers and windbreaks. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-128604/v1
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-128604/v1
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urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-42079
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