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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126939 |
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| Title (Primary) | Minimizing trade-offs in agricultural landscapes through optimal spatial allocation of agri-environmental practices |
| Author | Bonato, M.; Burian, A.; Equihua, J.A.; Cord, A.F.; Bartkowski, B.; Strauch, M.
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| Source Titel | Journal of Environmental Management |
| Year | 2025 |
| Department | OEKON; CLE |
| Volume | 393 |
| Page From | art. 126939 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Data and Software links | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15739237 |
| Supplements | https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0301479725029159-mmc1.docx |
| Abstract | The
implementation of agri-environmental practices (AEPs) is a key strategy
to reach biodiversity and environmental objectives in agricultural
landscapes, but their widespread application is often hampered by
perceived trade-offs with crop production. However, the extent of these
trade-offs remains poorly understood and has rarely been quantified in
real-world case studies. Hence, our aim was to analyze trade-offs between crop yield, water quality and farmland biodiversity using an optimization approach for the spatial allocation of AEPs for a catchment in Eastern Germany. Potential AEPs were selected based on a co design approach with local stakeholders (stakeholder-based scenario) and were complemented by additional AEPs to reach current EU policies targets (policy-based scenarios). Consequences for crop production and environmental objectives were evaluated through spatially-explicit crop, water and biodiversity models. Contrary to common perception, we found that crop losses required to increase environmental objectives were marginal (maximum loss of 1.1% in the stakeholder based scenario). The implementation of AEPs even led to win-win outcomes for crop production and environmental objectives in over 20% of the Pareto-optimal solutions as compared to the status quo. These win-win outcomes resulted merely from biophysical effects as positive biodiversity feedbacks to agriculture were not included in our model. Spatial optimization of AEPs allocation was key to mediating trade-offs across scenarios, highlighting the large potential of spatially explicit approaches for the management of agricultural landscapes. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=30858 |
| Bonato, M., Burian, A., Equihua, J.A., Cord, A.F., Bartkowski, B., Strauch, M. (2025): Minimizing trade-offs in agricultural landscapes through optimal spatial allocation of agri-environmental practices J. Environ. Manage. 393 , art. 126939 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126939 |
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