Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe
Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and multiple environmental benefits
Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe
2021-207-1-1
https://doi.org/10.5878/yz9j-q902
Swedish National Data Service
Svensk nationell datatjänst
Landing page
Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe
Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and multiple environmental benefits
Environmental benefits and biomass production from riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe
2021-207-1-1
https://doi.org/10.5878/yz9j-q902
Englund, Oskar
Englund, Oskar
Swedish National Data Service
Svensk nationell datatjänst
2021-07-09
Landing page
Energy resources
Energiresurser
Hydrography
Hydrografi
Land cover
Landtäcke
Land use
Markanvändning
Soil
Mark
Environmental Sciences
Miljövetenskap
Environmental Management
Miljöledning
Agricultural Science
Jordbruksvetenskap
Renewable Bioenergy Research
Förnyelsebar bioenergi
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Farming
Areella näringar
Environment
Miljö
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap
Environmental Engineering
Naturresursteknik
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske
Other Agricultural Sciences
Annan lantbruksvetenskap
Engineering and Technology
Teknik
Natural Sciences
Naturvetenskap
Agricultural and Veterinary sciences
Lantbruksvetenskap och veterinärmedicin
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 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.
Tre scenarier för storskalig etablering av buffertzoner och lähägn, över fler än 81,000 landskap i Europa, med kvantifierad areal, biomassaproduktion, och miljönytta.
Se engelsk beskrivning för information om studien.
Access to data through SND. Data are freely accessible.
Åtkomst till data via SND. Data är fritt tillgängliga.