Rico Hübner

Rico Hübner
Deutscher Fachverband für Agroforstwirtschaft (DeFAF) e.V.

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Introduction
My research focuses on sustainable agriculture, renewable energies and agricultural policy. Currently, I'm involved in a project on the governance of biomass utilisation. Before I developed agri-environmental indicators and conducted projects on the transfer of climate friendly farming trough stakeholder engagement and dialogue. I lecture Environmental Economics of Sustainable Landuse and a course within the NeXus of Water, Food and Energy besides working as an environmental consultant.
Additional affiliations
September 2017 - October 2017
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE)
Position
  • Researcher
September 2015 - September 2018
Technische Universität München
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  • Lecturer
Description
  • NEXUS Summer School 2015 - PART II - The economic rationale for a multifunctional land-use NEXUS Summer School 2015 - Part IV - Exercise: Planning task
November 2014 - present
Technische Universität München
Position
  • PostDoc Position

Publications

Publications (99)
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Climate change and stagnating crop yields may cause a decline of SOC stocks in agricultural soils leading to considerable CO2 emissions and reduced agricultural productivity. Regional model-based SOC projections are needed to evaluate these potential risks. In this study, we simulated the future SOC development in cropland and grassland soils of Ba...
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The handbook "Trees as an enrichment for agricultural land – an innovation concept for a broader implementation of agroforestry in Germany" comprehensively analyses the current situation of agroforestry in Germany and provides ideas and impulses for an improvement of the framework conditions. Its intention is to convey the essential possibilities a...
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Viele Fragen, eine Antwort – Agroforstwirtschaft wird zunehmend als nachhaltige Landnutzungsform anerkannt. Der DeFAF e.V hat eine Broschüre erarbeitet, die die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die Agroforstwirtschaft für die Landwirtschaft bietet, anschaulich darstellt. Neben den verschiedenen Systemen, historischen und modernen Formen der Agroforstwir...
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As part of the LUIGI project, this report contributes to one of the five specific objectives of the EUSALP AG7; to strengthen, improve and restore biodiversity, as well as Ecosystem Services (ESS) by Green Infrastructure (GI), by improving GI-governance approaches. To address participatory and governance approaches for spatial development of GI in...
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Agroforstwirtschaft, also die Anpflanzung von Gehölzen auf Acker- oder Grünland, ist eine alte Form der Landnutzung auch in Deutschland. Streuobstwiesen und Heckenlandschaften in Norddeutschland mit ihren sog. »Knicks« erinnern an eine gemischte Landnutzung, die der Modernisierung der Landwirtschaft und ihren immer größer werdenden Maschinen weitge...
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Ausgehend von der Analyse historischer Trends bei Ernteerträgen und Kohlenstoff-einträgen zeichnet sich die seit 1995 beobachtete Stagnation, insbesondere im Getreideanbau ab. Der Beitrag beleuchtet die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und Implikationen einer Reihe von Studien, die sich mit dem Potenzial der Agroforstwirtschaft als Mittel zur Anpassung an de...
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The Future Forum on Rural Development is the largest and most important national forum for rural development issues in Germany. It is organised by the BMEL annually in January as part of the International Green Week. In addition to the political opening event, expert forums are offered in cooperation with associations and institutions during the tw...
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In Deutschland hat die Agroforstwirtschaft großes Potenzial. Ab 2023 wird sie erstmals gefördert. Was kann sie bewirken und welche Erwartungen sind mit der Förderung verbunden?
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The carbon reduction potential and accounting principles in agroforestry outlined in this article cover four sectors – comparable to other land use-based strategies. 1) above-ground biomass, 2) below-ground biomass, 3) the soil, and 4) the up- and downstream sector. The recommendations cover ten frequently discussed topics and concerns, namely 1) a...
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by improved agricultural practices is an acclaimed strategy to combat climate change. Nevertheless, the aim of increasing of SOC encounters limitations, e.g. with regards to permanence of carbon storage or leakage effects in food production. Agroforestry systems (AFS) are a promising land use option that can...
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The current Deliverable 3.4.2 “Solution strategies for GI maintenance and development in the Alpine Space – Stakeholder specific recommendations” is the third report from WP3 and builds upon and completes the previous reports by Schrapp et al. (2020) and Hübner et al. (2021) and has two main foci: - Different factors of success in relation to chal...
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Orchards, forests, rivers, green paths… There is a great variety of spaces connecting mountain ecosystems and urban centres. Each of these natural or semi-natural spaces, also referred as green infrastructures, brings environmental, economical and societal benefits: supply of food, water, materials, recreation areas, pollination, climate regulation...
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As different governance approaches applied within the LUIGI case study areas, four of them are depicted as in-depth cases studies. The variety of governance structures, differences of involved stakeholders, their interaction, goals and the network between them are highlighted. The differing landscapes and the socio-economic contexts result in a dis...
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As different governance approaches applied within the LUIGI case study areas, four of them are depicted as in-depth cases studies. The variety of governance structures, differences of involved stakeholders, their interaction, goals and the network between them are highlighted. The differing landscapes and the socio-economic contexts result in a dis...
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This book stems ffrom the research activities carried out throughout the LUIGI project (EU Interreg Alpine Space). It thoroughly illustrates various ecological, economic, governance, political and educational challenges related to Green Infrastructure, paying particular attention to the geographic area of the Alpine Space. Being a collective effort...
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Agroforestry has long been seen as having great potential for increasing and, above all, permanently storing carbon in biomass and soil. The IPCC and the WBGU see agroforestry as a suitable option in the fight against the climate crisis and in adaptation to its impacts. The European Commission sees carbon farming as a suitable measure in its ambiti...
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Orchard meadows are traditional agroforestry systems in Europe and important elements of the biotope network, home to more than 5,000 animal and plant species, over 3,000 fruit varieties, which makes them rescue islands for the conservation of biological and genetic diversity. While being an actively used component of the cultural landscape, orchar...
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Agroforestry has long been seen as having great potential for increasing and, above all, permanently storing carbon in biomass and soil. The IPCC and the WBGU also see agroforestry as a suitable option in the fight against the climate crisis and in adaptation to its impacts. The European Commission sees carbon farming as a suitable measure in its a...
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Orchard meadows are traditional agroforestry systems in Europe and important elements of the biotope network, home to more than 5,000 animal and plant species, over 3,000 fruit varieties, which makes them rescue islands for the conservation of biological and genetic diversity. While being an actively used component of the cultural landscape, orchar...
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Agroforstsysteme können durch die Bindung von Kohlenstoff (C) in der Gehölzbiomasse sowie dem Aufbau von Bodenkohlenstoff (Corg) einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz leisten. Streuobstwiesen stellen dabei ein traditionelles Agroforstsystem in Deutschland dar und zeichnen sich durch eine hohe Diversität bezüglich Sorte, Art und Alter der Hoch...
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by improved agricultural practices is an acclaimed strategy to combat climate change. Nevertheless, the aim of increasing of SOC encounters limitations, e.g. with regards to permanence of carbon storage or leakage effects in food production. Agroforestry systems (AFS) are a promising land use option that is a...
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The opportunities and challenges associated with public food forest initiatives in small municipalities are understudied compared with large metropolitan counterparts. Research in small population centers is needed to identify and understand factors affecting the growth of public food forests where resources more commonly available in cities often...
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In order to understand the complex processes in land use on a regional level, integrative approaches or system-scientific approaches are required (Vester and v. Hesler, 1980). Modern agroforestry systems are a promising form of climate resilient land use practices and are currently explored by a number of research projects and promoted by grass roo...
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China has a rich historical heritage of agroforestry, but a quantitative analysis of the potential of agroforestry systems (AFS) for soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration is missing. A comprehensive meta-analysis of soil C sequestration rates derived from 43 studies was undertaken to determine its most influential parameters. Soil C sequestration...
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Die Modellregion AUFWERTEN befindet sich im östlichen Teil des brandenburgischen Landkreises Elbe-Elster und umfasst sechs Gemeinden. Die Region ist gekennzeichnet durch eine geringe Bevölkerungsdichte, verbunden mit einem Rückgang der Bevölkerungszahlen und schwachem Wirtschaftswachstum. Aufgrund des weit unter dem Bundesdurchschnitt liegenden Jah...
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Deutschland besitzt mit seinen verbliebenen Streuobstwiesen, den Windschutzhecken, den Knicks in Schleswig-Holstein bis zu den Haglandschaften in Bayern ein einzigartiges Erbe an traditionellen Agroforstsystemen. Viele dieser kulturell bedeutsamen Landnutzungsformen prägen die Landschaft. Die Nutzung der Vorteile von Bäumen in der Landwirtschaft ge...
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The first activity (Activity 3.1) will result in report DT3.1.1 to show-cast the potpourri of promising concepts across the Alpine countries. The scope of the first report DT3.1.1 covers three aspects: I. Put the selected pilot-regions from the six participating Alpine countries on display, summarize their characteristics, that gave reasoning for...
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Eine Verbesserung der rechtlichen und förderrechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für die Umsetzung der Agroforstwirtschaft ist dringend geboten. Die Komplexität rechtlicher und administrativer Schwierigkeiten erschwert derzeit die Etablierung von Agroforstsystemen (AFS) in Deutschland, sodass eine Systematisierung anhand der Dringlichkeit einer Änderung b...
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Der Prozess der Partizipation im Projekt AUFWERTEN verfolgte das Ziel, alle Akteure der Landnutzung aktiv in landnutzungsbetreffende Entscheidungsprozesse einzubinden, um diese sowohl ökologisch, sozial nachhaltig und wirtschaftlich attraktiv zu gestalten. Durch die Umsetzung von Agroforstwirtschaft werden landwirtschaftliche, wasserwirtschaftlich...
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An increase of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils does not only have positive effects on soil quality and soil resilience but may also contribute to climate change mitigation. The '4 per 1000′ (4p1000) initiative launched at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris aims at increasing global SOC stocks in 0-40 c...
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Overview of publications and documents of the Innovation Group AUFWERTEN in the project period
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Die Nutzung moderner Agroforstsysteme in städtischen Gebieten nimmt zu. Alternative Nutzungen des öffentlichen Raums durch städtische agroforstlich geprägte Projekte gibt es in Nordamerika mindestens seit den 1970er und 1990er Jahren in Europa. In jüngerer Zeit wurden einige Projekte begonnen, darunter Sträucher und Bäume zur Bereitstellung von Nah...
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In Abhängigkeit der Art der Flächennutzung werden abiotische und biotische Umweltfaktoren und damit verschiedene Schutzgüter unterschiedlich stark beeinflusst. Dies gilt auch für die Agroforstwirtschaft. Um bei jener – für die derzeitige Landwirtschaft – neuen Form der Flächenbewirtschaftung eine diesbezügliche Bewertungsgrundlage zu haben, wurde i...
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Zur Dokumentation des Einflusses moderner Agroforstsysteme (AFS) auf das Landschaftsbild wurde im Forschungsprojekt AUFWERTEN im Zeitraum von 2015 bis 2018 durch drei Begehungen das Bewertungsverfahren nach Wöbse (2002) angewandt. Dabei handelt es sich um eine etablierte Methode der Landschaftsbildbewertung, nach der verschiedene Sinneseindrücke in...
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In der Agrarlandschaft existieren zahlreiche Hecken und heckenähnliche Strukturen. Diese erfüllen vielfältige Funktionen und haben eine erhebliche Bedeutung für die Förderung der Biodiversität sowie für den Schutz von Boden und Wasser. Viele dieser Gehölzstrukturen befinden sich infolge Überalterung und mangelnder bzw. fehlender Pflege in einem sch...
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Die Innovationsgruppe AUFWERTEN greift einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz für verschiedene Handlungsebenen auf und gibt im Rahmen eines Innovationskonzeptes konkrete Lösungsvorschläge und Handlungsempfehlungen für eine verstärkte Einbindung agroforstlicher Landnutzungskonzepte in der landwirtschaftlichen Praxis. Die hier vorliegende Roadmap ist ein elemen...
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Um zu verstehen, inwiefern Gehölzflächen in Agroforstsystemen mit der reinen Nahrungs- und Futtermittelproduktion konkurrieren, wurde exemplarisch für die Untersuchungsregion AUFWERTEN ein umfangreicher Berechnungsansatz entwickelt. Dieser beruht im Wesentlichen aus einem Vergleich von Angebot aus der tatsächlichen Landnutzung und Nachfrage nach la...
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Urteile über das Landschaftsbild haben naturgemäß einen hohen subjektiven Anteil. Was liegt also näher als die Bürgerschaft vor Ort selbst zu befragen, wie sie die Landschaft wahrnehmen und wie sie Veränderungen beurteilen, die durch die Etablierung der Agroforstwirtschaft zu erwarten sind. Zwar konkretisieren sich die Vorstellungen, was für Landnu...
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Für eine Klassifizierung von landwirtschaftlich genutzten Flächen bezüglich ihrer Eignung für Agroforstsysteme finden die Erkenntnisse aus „Agroforst und Landschaftsbild – Teil 1“ und „Teil 2“ eine planerische Berücksichtigung sowie technische Umsetzung für die Ebenen Flurstück, Betrieb, Kommune und Landkreis. Als Möglichkeit zur Identifizierung ge...
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Modern agroforestry activities in Germany can draw on >15 years of research, albeit its implementation and diffusion into practice still lags behind. To realize agroforestry benefits at an impactful scale, it is necessary to analyze the factors promoting or hindering their adoption. One part in the puzzle to research these factors involves studyi...
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Research on agroforestry in China is tremendous. However, no systematic review of the soil carbon sequestration rates – as one of the most important ecosystem services to protect the climate – has been undertaken. A systematic search in English and Chinese initially returned 111 references, from which 43 were considered for analysis at 38 locations...
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Durch die IG AUFWERTEN wurde eine Akteursanalyse durchgeführt. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde die Teilnahme an der mittlerweile wichtigsten Veranstaltung zur Agroforstwirtschaft in Deutschland – das Forum Agroforstsysteme – ausgewertet. Hierbei war von Interesse, aus welchen Regionen Teilnehmer*Innen vertreten waren und welchen Akteursgruppen diese z...
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Zur Dokumentation des Einflusses moderner Agroforstsysteme auf das Landschaftsbild wurden im Forschungsprojekt AUFWERTEN drei unterschiedliche Methoden angewandt: 1) Expertenbasierte Landschaftsbildbewertung nach Wöbse (2002), eine etablierte Methode um verschiedene Sinneseindrücke in der Landschaft bezüglich der hierfür ursächlichen bzw. auslösen...
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Use of modern agroforestry systems in urban areas is on the rise. Alternative uses for public space through urban gardening projects have existed in North America since at least the 1970s and 1990s in Europe. More recently, some projects have started including shrubs and trees to provide food, environmental services, personal recreation, and bioene...
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Use of modern agroforestry systems in urban areas is on the rise. Alternative uses for public space through urban gardening projects have existed in North America since at least the 1970s and 1990s in Europe. More recently, some projects have started including shrubs and trees to provide food, environmental services, personal recreation, and bioene...
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Zur Dokumentation des Einflusses moderner Agroforstsysteme auf das Landschaftsbild wurde im Forschungsprojekt AUFWERTEN das Bewertungsverfahren nach Wöbse (2002) angewandt; eine etablierte Methode um verschiedene Sinneseindrücke in der Landschaft bezüglich der hierfür ursächlichen bzw. auslösenden Landschaftsqualität systematisch zu erfassen und zu...
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Based on the revealed preference for agricultural products in Germany (shopping basked), a so-called bottom-up-calculation approach was developed to calculate the area needed for food/feed and non-food production. This is applied in order to determine the potential area for the establishment of agroforestry systems (AFS)-the production of food, fee...
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Linear woody-features, such as hedgerows, windbreaks, and riparian buffer strips, composed of trees and/or shrubs are anthropogenic features, established in the past for different purposes, such as provision of field boundaries, protection from wind and supply of fuelwood. Today, they are primarily valued for their ecological benefit, while their p...
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Agroforestry is lagging behind its possibilities in Germany. In order to foster their establishment different formats of participation are employed to include stakeholders and understand their reasoning for or against this novel, thus largely unknown land-use system. A multi-method approach is carried out under the framework of regional governance....
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Long-term cultivation of steppe soils in a non-sustainable way caused severe soil degradation and reduced agricultural productivity in Eastern Europe, one of the world´s most important areas for cereal production. In order to combat soil erosion and maintain yields, a widespread system of tree windbreaks was introduced in the 1950s, accompanied by...
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The FAO considers around a quarter of global land to be degraded (FAO-ITPS, 2015). Of particular concern are threats to soils in water-limited regions, which are critical to food and economic security in countries across the globe but are under increasing pressure due to human use and climatic forcing. These soils have been used to feed and provide...
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Das Forum Agroforstsysteme bewegt sich zunehmend in die Umsetzungsebene und in die landwirtschaftliche Praxis. Die steigenden Teilnehmerzahlen zeigen, dass Agroforstwirtschaft in Deutschland stetig bekannter und populärer wird. Auch die mittlerweile sehr gemischte Zusammensetzung des Publikums mit Vertretern aus Kommunen, Verbänden und der Privatwi...
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Given the expanding pressures on the fragile soils of semiarid regions, there is an urgent need to implement climate-smart soil management in those regions. Climate-smart soil management promotes high vegetation cover, resulting in well-structured soils with greater carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, thereby minimizing the risks to soils in semiar...
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Agroforestry systems are appraised as ecologically and economically beneficiary within the German discourse about agriculture. Nevertheless, agroforestry systems are seldom adopted by farmers and viewed with skepticism by administration and the public. Therefore, the Innovation Group AUFWERTEN (Agroforestry for Environmental Services, Energy Produc...
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Proper placement of modern agroforestry systems (AFS) is a key to successful establishment of such innovative forms of land-use. Awareness of different objectives and expectations on AFS is essential for a broader acceptance by stakeholders in land-use. Therefore the idea arose, to develop a GIS-based decision support tool that incorporates the var...
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The definition of risk within agricultural production systems is summarised and an overview of different sources of risks in agriculture is provided. Focusing on risks associated with the soil, the influencing factors are analysed in detail. From this, a simple methodology for a probabilistic modelling approach to evaluate the effect of the differe...
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Moderne Agroforstsysteme sind neuartige Landnutzungssysteme, zu denen teils sehr unterschiedliche Auffassungen bestehen, welche Formen hierunter fallen. Daher ist neben einer allgemeinen Definition auch eine systematische Typisierung notwendig. Darüber hinaus ist es für die Zukunftschancen dieses Landnutzungssystems von Interesse wie die Bevölkerun...
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Idea Is it possible to avoid landscape aesthetics-related conflicts by taking possible changes into account beforehand? The idea is to develop and apply a method of estimating and evaluating the effects of agroforestry systems on landscape and their perception. The concept will be developed and tested exemplarily in southeast Brandenburg within the...
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In the Republic of Moldova, non-sustainable arable farming led to severe degradation and erosion of fertile steppe soils (Chernozems). As a result, the Chernozems lost about 40% of their initial amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC). The aim of this study was to remediate degraded arable soils and promote carbon sequestration by implementation of co...
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In agricultural soils, the formation of soil organic matter largely depends on the carbon (C) input by cropresidues and rhizodeposition, which is thus of decisive importance for the management and prediction ofsoil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in cropland and grassland. However, there is a remarkable lack of reliable,crop-specific C input data. We u...
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Ziel des aus dem Zweckvermögen des Bundes bei der Landwirtschaftlichen Rentenbank geförderten Projektes war es, für zwei neu errichtete innovative Pilotanlagen zur Biogaserzeugung eine detaillierte technische, ökonomische und ökologische Bewertung vorzunehmen, die unter anderem Risikoaspekte berücksichtigt. Bei den zwei Biogasanlagen, im Folgenden...
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Sequestration of atmospheric carbon (C) in soils through improved management of forest and agricultural land is considered to have high potential for global CO2 mitigation. However, the potential of soils to sequester soil organic carbon (SOC) in a stable form, which is limited by the stabilization of SOC against microbial mineralization, is largel...
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The use of renewable energy shows a significant upward trend in Bavaria. Especially the use of renewable raw materials from agriculture and forestry play a major role. Besides the increasing proliferation of wood heating systems in the private and municipal sectors and the cultivation of raw materials for biofuels, biogas production plays a central...
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Agriculture provides commodities and has an influence on the environment. However, even if the value of agricultural production is easy to evaluate, it is difficult to estimate the efficiency of agricultural production at site level. Furthermore, the valuation of environmental impact is complex. Non-parametric approaches such as DEA allow for an es...
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According to the concept of ecosystem services, agriculture not only provides commodities but also cultural and regulating services. While it is easy to value commodity production by market prices, the valuation of cultural and regulating services is complex because of their public good character. Non-parametric approaches such as the Data Envelopm...
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Das Bayerische Vertragsnaturschutzprogramm / Erschwernisausgleich (VNP / EA) und Zahlungen im Bereich von Natura 2000 haben die Neuschaffung und Wiederherstellung der naturschutzfachlichen Wertigkeit von ausgewählten agrarisch geprägten Lebensräumen sowie deren Sicherung und Entwicklung zum Ziel. Zusammen mit dem Bayerischen Kulturlandschaftsprogra...
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Our study introduces the prospects of climate change mitigation via adapted peatland management. Natural peatlands are the only ecosystems that durably absorb carbon dioxide. Because of this functional principle they store about 30 percent of the world’s soil carbon. Therefore, particularly on peatland sites, intensive agricultural use and the rela...
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This paper will draw on varied evidence to discuss the extent of public demand for goods and services provided by agriculture across Europe, with special emphasis on environmental services, such as landscape preservation and contributions to biodiversity. For this, a number of studies from European nations were analysed with reference to the follow...
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The aim of the project funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and the Federal Environment Agency (Research Code: 3508 88 0200) is to show the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on nature and landscape in Germany on the basis of nine typical agricultural landscape regions. Building on the established monitoring system on t...