Forcing Germany's renewable energy targets by increased energy crop production: A challenge for regulation to secure sustainable land use practices

Lupp, Gerd; Steinhäußer, Reimund; Starick, Anja; Gies, Moritz; Bastian, Olaf; Albrecht, Juliane

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.012

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“…In consequence, in this sub-region the proportion of maize area is clearly higher than the average for Hesse. Similar developments concerning maize area were also reported for other parts of Germany (Kandziora et al 2014;Lupp et al 2014). In TLPD B, grassland is also a part of this conversion.…”

Section: Discussion Of Types Of Agricultural Land Use Patterns and Dysupporting

confidence: 81%

“…One result of these modified conditions was the abolition of the compulsory set-aside fields in the European Union (EU) in the year 2008. In Germany, it is the Renewable Energy Act (German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz -EEG) which regulates the paying of high incentives for energy production from biomass (Lupp et al 2014). In 2013, bioenergy crops were cultivated on 2.1 million ha which represented 12.6% of the total agricultural land in Germany (FNR 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Often it is claimed, that the cultivation of bioenergy maize might have negative impacts like reduced landscape aesthetics, increasing soil erosion and decreasing biodiversity. These effects are particularly relevant if permanent grassland is converted to bioenergy maize fields since permanent grassland is important for manifold ecological functions and processes (Lupp et al 2014). Although the proportion of bioenergy crops differs significantly by region, it was reported in several studies that in recent years the cultivation of bioenergy crops generated an increasing pressure on natural resources.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although the proportion of bioenergy crops differs significantly by region, it was reported in several studies that in recent years the cultivation of bioenergy crops generated an increasing pressure on natural resources. However, as a consequence of European and national energy policies, it is expected that the proportion of bioenergy crops will continue to increase in the coming years (Kovacs-Hostyanszki & Baldi 2012;Nitsch et al 2012;Lupp et al 2014). …”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysing Data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) to Detect Patterns of Agricultural Land-Use Change at Municipality Level

Lüker-Jans

Simmering²,

Otte

2016

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European landscapes have featured considerable changes towards intensification and marginalisation. These major trends are expected to continue in the future. Besides, the cultivation of bioenergy crops has become an important factor in agricultural land use. A thorough understanding of land-use processes for management purposes is needed. In this study, the spatial and temporal pattern of agricultural land use and land-use change was classified at the scale of municipalities from 2005 to 2010. The study region was the German federal state Hesse. By using data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) of the European Union and with the help of k-means cluster analysis, five types of agricultural land-use patterns and dynamics (TLPDs) were detected. These TLPDs represent different sub-regions. Sub-regions with favourable physical conditions for cultivation are dominated by arable land. A progressive land-use change occurred by conversion of grassland to arable land. In sub-regions, where physical conditions are rather unfavourable, especially in mountainous areas, grassland is the predominant land use. But on the remaining arable land, there is a slight change in favour of maize. The knowledge of sub-regions with spatially and temporally different agricultural land use could be utilised to develop land management instruments like site-specific agri-environmental schemes.

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Section: Discussion Of Types Of Agricultural Land Use Patterns and Dysupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysing Data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) to Detect Patterns of Agricultural Land-Use Change at Municipality Level

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Simmering²,

Otte

2016

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“…The complexity of the topic may also require a strategic, spatially explicit landscape planning or landscape design [84]. This in turn would often require a strengthening of planning systems, of legal instruments, the implementation of certification schemes or the refinement of existing subsidy systems [95]. When thinking towards such landscape-design approaches, the administrative burdens associated with them should not be out of proportion to the achievable benefits.…”

Section: C3: Biomass From (Semi-)natural Vegetationmentioning

confidence: 99%

To integrate or to segregate food crop and energy crop cultivation at the landscape scale? Perspectives on biodiversity conservation in agriculture in Europe

Dauber

Miyake

2016

Energ Sustain Soc

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Biodiversity is severely declining in intensively managed agriculture worldwide. In response, land-management strategies for biodiversity conservation on farmland are in debate, namely ecological intensification and land sparing vs. land sharing. In parallel, there is a recent food vs. energy debate stimulated by an increasing competition for land resources. Despite clear overlaps between these two debates, they were rarely connected in previous research. This paper aims to stimulate a discussion by providing a contextual link between biodiversity conservation strategies and options for future energy crop deployment. Therefore, nine conceptual land-use scenarios are developed, and then, the potential biodiversity implications are discussed based on the findings from past and ongoing research. These scenarios include the integration and segregation of both food and energy crops on lands with a range of productivity and suitability for agricultural production. We assume that the clear segregation between food crops on productive land and energy crops on marginal land is less likely to be a solution of mitigating the problems related to the biodiversity decline, especially in the European agricultural landscape context. In contrast, the integration of food and energy crop production systems at the farm to landscape scale has greater potential for ecological intensification, although conflicts with traditional nature conservation targets may arise. We conclude that broadening the perspectives of biodiversity conservation in agriculture is crucial, and the inclusion of energy crop production into the recent debates on biodiversity conservation strategies is helpful.

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Agricultural Bioenergy Production

Heinsoo

Melts

Kull

2015

Sustainable Agriculture Reviews

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Forcing Germany's renewable energy targets by increased energy crop production: A challenge for regulation to secure sustainable land use practices

Cited by 51 publications

References 20 publications

Analysing Data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) to Detect Patterns of Agricultural Land-Use Change at Municipality Level

Analysing Data of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) to Detect Patterns of Agricultural Land-Use Change at Municipality Level

To integrate or to segregate food crop and energy crop cultivation at the landscape scale? Perspectives on biodiversity conservation in agriculture in Europe

Agricultural Bioenergy Production

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