Environmental impacts and mitigation effectiveness of strategic perennialization
type: Dataset
distribution: Landing page for the dataset
description: Society faces the double challenge of increasing biomass production to meet the future demands for food, materials and bioenergy, while addressing negative impacts of current (and future) land use. In the discourse, land use change (LUC) has often been considered as negative, referring to impacts of deforestation and expansion of biomass plantations. However, strategic establishment of suitable perennial production systems in agricultural landscapes can mitigate environmental impacts of current crop production, while providing biomass for the bioeconomy. Here, we explore the potential for such “beneficial LUC” in EU28. First, we map and quantify the degree of accumulated soil organic carbon losses, soil loss by wind and water erosion, nitrogen emissions to water, and recurring floods, in ∼81.000 individual landscapes in EU28. We then estimate the effectiveness in mitigating these impacts through establishment of perennial plants, in each landscape. The results indicate that there is a substantial potential for effective impact mitigation. Depending on criteria selection, 10–46% of the land used for annual crop production in EU28 is located in landscapes that could be considered priority areas for beneficial LUC. These areas are scattered all over Europe, but there are notable “hot-spots” where priority areas are concentrated, e.g., large parts of Denmark, western UK, The Po valley in Italy, and the Danube basin. While some policy developments support beneficial LUC, implementation could benefit from attempts to realize synergies between different Sustainable Development Goals, e.g., “Zero hunger”, “Clean water and sanitation”, “Affordable and Clean Energy”, “Climate Action”, and “Life on Land”.
description: I studien har vi utforskat potentialen för fördelaktig markanvändningsförändring genom strategisk perennialisering i Europa. Miljöproblematiken i fler än 81,000 individuella landskap har kvantifierats och potentialen att lindra miljöproblematik med hjälp av strategisk etablering av perenna grödor har uppskattats i varje enskilt landskap. För mer information, se engelsk beskrivning. @sv
modified: 2021-07-08T06:17:48.825226Z
issued: 2021-07-08T06:17:48.825226Z
publisher: Mid Sweden University
theme: ENVI
theme: TECH
access rights: PUBLIC
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: Oskar Englund
    type: Agent
    account: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-6951
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
contact point: Individual
  fn: Oskar Englund
keyword: Hydrography
keyword: Hydrografi @sv
keyword: Land cover
keyword: Landtäcke @sv
keyword: Land use
keyword: Markanvändning @sv
keyword: Soil
keyword: Mark @sv
keyword: Nitrogen emissions
keyword: Kväveläckage @sv
keyword: Perennial crops
keyword: Perenna grödor @sv
keyword: Soil carbon
keyword: Markkol @sv
keyword: Erosion
keyword: Flooding
keyword: Översvämningar @sv
keyword: Environmental impacts
keyword: Miljöproblem @sv
keyword: Biomass
keyword: Biomassa @sv
keyword: LUC
keyword: Ecosystem services
keyword: Ekosystemtjänster @sv
temporal: PeriodOfTime
  start date: 2000
  end date: 2018
language: ENG

Landing page for the dataset
type: Distribution
title: Landningssida för datasetet @sv
access URL: Environmental impacts and mitigation effectiveness of strategic perennialization
availability: stable

Mid Sweden University
type: Agent
name: Mittuniversitetet @sv
type: Academia-ScientificOrganisation
source: 019k1pd13