Changing impact of import and export on agricultural land use: The case of Finland 1961–2007

Sandström, Vilma; Saikku, Laura; Antikainen, Riina; Sokka, Laura; Kauppi, Pekka E.

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.009

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“…This is different from, for instance, an analysis for Finland showing both increasing imports and exports of embodied land, resulting in increasing net displacement of land for food for the period 1991-2007 [38].…”

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Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of UK food supply are increasingly located overseas

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Macdiarmid

Matthews

et al. 2016

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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Producing sufficient, healthy food for a growing world population amid a changing climate is a major challenge for the twenty-first century. Agricultural trade could help alleviate this challenge by using comparative productivity advantages between countries. However, agricultural trade has implications for national food security and could displace environmental impacts from developed to developing countries. This study illustrates the global effects resulting from the agricultural trade of a single country, by analysing the global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of the UK's food and feed supply. The global cropland footprint associated with the UK food and feed supply increased by 2022 kha (þ23%) from 1986 to 2009. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) associated with fertilizer and manure application, and rice cultivation remained relatively constant at 7.9 Mt CO 2 e between 1987 and 2008. Including GHGE from land-use change, however, leads to an increase from 19.1 in 1987 to 21.9 Mt CO 2 e in 2008. The UK is currently importing over 50% of its food and feed, whereas 70% and 64% of the associated cropland and GHGE impacts, respectively, are located abroad. These results imply that the UK is increasingly reliant on external resources and that the environmental impact of its food supply is increasingly displaced overseas.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of UK food supply are increasingly located overseas

Ruiter

Macdiarmid

Matthews

et al. 2016

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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“…Major agricultural land use change trajectories relate to population increase, globalization of commodity markets, agricultural policy reforms, and societal developments such as migration and remittances [76,77]. Especially in smallholder systems, sustainable intensification of agriculture is a crucial component of a more pro-poor and pro-environment strategy.…”

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Soils, agriculture and food security: the interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being

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Giger

Liniger

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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“…From the perspective of driving forces of landscape change, urbanization and ecological restoration policy were most important in Baota District (Bai et al 2009;Tian et al 2013). With much lower human population pressures and their increase rates (Table 5), the landscape change in Vanajavesi of southern Finland was mainly driven by the integrative effects of forest use (Levers et al 2014) and conservation (Elbakidze et al 2013;Bouget et al 2014) as well as agricultural production (Sandström et al 2014) and set-aside obligation under the common agricultural policy (CAP) (Herzon et al 2011). The clustering approach used in this research managed the differences listed above quite well and resulted in landscape clusters (Fig.…”

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Managing landscape heterogeneity in different socio-ecological contexts: contrasting cases from central Loess Plateau of China and southern Finland

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Context Landscape transition drives environmental change across the globe. However, landscape and its change are complex with high spatial heterogeneity, which challenges strategic decision-making. Objectives This paper aims to derive management meaningful units based on landscape status and change analysis and the generalization of landscape spatial heterogeneity. Methods Based on contrasting cases from Finland (Vanajavesi) and China (Baota District), this paper analyzed the landscape attributes and change since 2000. A k-means clustering approach was used to generalize the landscape types based on indicators of landscape composition and its change, spatial pattern, population, and income. Results Most significant change in land covers was the expansion of artificial surfaces, and the bidirectional transitions between agricultural areas and forests and semi-natural areas in Vanajavesi, while the expansion of artificial land and shrinkage of cropland were most significant in Baota District. Larger changes in landscape metrics were also observed in Baota District. Finally, three landscape clusters were generalized in both of the case areas. For each cluster, the landscapes and their change characteristics were interpreted as pertinent to the average land cover pattern and its change and socioeconomic conditions. Brief landscape management recommendations were also given for the resulting clusters. Conclusions This paper contributes to enriching the understanding of the analysis and management of landscape spatial heterogeneity based on the information from both landscape status and change. The contrasting case analyses from an international perspective indicate the usefulness of clustering approach in accommodating spatial heterogeneity, which imply a regionalized need for landscape monitoring, assessment, and management.

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Changing impact of import and export on agricultural land use: The case of Finland 1961–2007

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of UK food supply are increasingly located overseas

Global cropland and greenhouse gas impacts of UK food supply are increasingly located overseas

Soils, agriculture and food security: the interplay between ecosystem functioning and human well-being

Managing landscape heterogeneity in different socio-ecological contexts: contrasting cases from central Loess Plateau of China and southern Finland

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