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Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits

AbstractWithin 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.
- Lund University Sweden
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
- Joint Research Centre Italy
- Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
- Joint Research Centre Italy
Förnyelsebar bioenergi, 333, 630, Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap, Bioenergy, GE1-350, QE1-996.5, Other Environmental Engineering, Bioenergi, Geology, Miljövetenskap, Environmental sciences, Renewable Bioenergy Research, Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use, Annan naturresursteknik, Environmental Sciences
Förnyelsebar bioenergi, 333, 630, Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap, Bioenergy, GE1-350, QE1-996.5, Other Environmental Engineering, Bioenergi, Geology, Miljövetenskap, Environmental sciences, Renewable Bioenergy Research, Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use, Annan naturresursteknik, Environmental Sciences
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