Formation of a New Agroforestry Paradigm

Рулев, А. С.; Pugacheva, А. М.

doi:10.1134/s1019331619050071

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“…The priority to achieve the ameliorative impact of protective plantings on the environment is to control wind flow. The large role of agroforestry in the fight against wind erosion on arable land has been demonstrated [14] and reinforced in recent years [15][16][17]. The use of wind protection by forest plantations (PFPs) of various designs in the fight against deflation has been shown in scientific works on the south of the Russian Plain [14,18], Ukraine [19]), and Bulgaria [20].…”

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Functionality of Zonal Agroforestry Systems on Agricultural Land of Dry Territories

Pugacheva

2023

Forests

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In this study, agroforestry systems (AFSs) are represented by zonal type using the example of agricultural lands of the administrative districts of the Volgograd region for the first time. The average percentage of forest cover in the territories for these categories of land was 0.9%, with the following distribution by zone: real steppe—1.3%; dry steppe—0.97%; and semidesert—0.6%. Cartographic analysis of the spatial distribution of areas of artificial forest plantations, presented in the form of background cartograms, showed the greatest spatial asymmetry and variability in the forest cover index in the semidesert zone (As = 1.68; Ex = −4.08). This is due to the large variation in indicators by occupied space, namely AFS, agricultural land, and arable land. The calculated area of arable land under AFS protection averaged 35% for the region, with the following distribution by zone: real steppe—47% of the area of the zone; dry steppe—22%; and semidesert—82%. The author’s methodological approach presents the exposed AFS area of arable land as open and closed territories. The open territory of the spring period (March) is land at risk of deflation since it is completely free of plants (black fallows, areas covered by spring crops, and tilled crops). It makes up 67% of the exposed area of AFSs. The annual removal of soil from this area of the region was calculated via mathematical analysis. It amounted to 3.08 × 107 tons. Analysis of the AFS species composition showed the following distribution of species: deciduous species—86%; mixed species—8%; and coniferous—6%. This model can be applied to many arid areas to calculate deflationary losses and the amount of additional AFSs needed.

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Functionality of Zonal Agroforestry Systems on Agricultural Land of Dry Territories

Pugacheva

2023

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“…Understanding the importance of agroforestry for modern agricultural landscapes has led to the formation of sustainable and durable agroforestry systems based on a combination of agricultural and landscape-ecological ideologies [4,21]. It was previously suggested [22,23] that small watersheds and river ecosystems should be used as key monitoring sites for land monitoring at various levels.…”

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“…The methodology for assessing the state of agricultural landscapes is based on remote sensing data and multivariate cartographic analysis using geoinformation technologies [56]. This provides qualitatively new cartographic and geographic information support for experimental and design work on the anti-erosion arrangement of agricultural landscapes based on electronic thematic maps and landscape models [22,57,58].…”

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Basin-Scale Approach to Integration of Agro- and Hydroecological Monitoring for Sustainable Environmental Management: A Case Study of Belgorod Oblast, European Russia

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The quantitative and qualitative depletion of water resources (both surface and groundwater) is closely related to the need to protect soils against degradation, rationalization of land use, and regulation of surface water runoff within the watershed area. Belgorod Oblast (27,100 km2), one of the administrative regions of European Russia, was chosen as the study area. It is characterized by a high activity of soil erosion (the share of eroded soils is about 48% of the total area of arable land). The development phase of the River Basin Environmental Management Projects (217 river basins from the fourth to seventh order) allowed for the proceeding of the development of an integrated monitoring system for river systems and river basin systems. The methods used to establish a geoecological network for regional monitoring include the selection and application of GIS techniques to quantify the main indicators of ecological state and predisposition of river basins to soil erosion (the share of cropland and forestland, the share of the south-oriented slopes, soil erodibility, Slope Length and Steepness (LS) factor, erosion index of precipitation, and the river network density) and the method of a hierarchical classification of cluster analysis for the grouping of river basins. An approach considering the typology of river basins is also used to expand the regional network of hydrological gauging stations to rationalize the national hydrological monitoring network. By establishing 16 additional gauging stations on rivers from the fourth to seventh order, this approach allows for an increase in the area of hydro-agroecological monitoring by 1.26 times (i.e., up to 77.5% of the total area of Belgorod Oblast). Some integrated indicators of agroecological (on the watershed surface) and hydroecological (in river water flow) monitoring are proposed to improve basin environmental management projects. Six-year monitoring showed the effectiveness of water quality control measures on an example of a decrease in the concentrations of five major pollutants in river waters.

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“…According to research by the Scientific Centre for Agroecology, Integrated Reclamation and Protective Afforestation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, degradation of agricultural land in the Astrakhan region has reached almost 50% (1.4 million hectares) [9]. The problem is exacerbated by the increasing open sands area.…”

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Why the area of degraded soils and desertification is increasing in the Volga delta

Федотова¹,

Yakovleva²,

Maslova³

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The Caspian in the Digital Age

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The article discusses the causes of increasing areas of degraded soils and desertification in the Volga delta, as well as the more frequent occurrence of natural hazards in the form of dust storms. Significant attention is paid to the causes and characteristics of zonal soil degradation in typical delta landscapes. Key areas of zonal soil complexes (ZSC) with visible changes in soil cover (lack of vegetation, changes in salinity, degradation) were under study. It is shown that regular systemic changes related to natural and anthropogenic factors occur in the soil cover. The main mechanisms of soil degradation have been identified: destruction, surface layer deflation, halohydrogenic transformation. A protective shrub shelterbelt and perennial grasses are recommended.

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Formation of a New Agroforestry Paradigm

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Functionality of Zonal Agroforestry Systems on Agricultural Land of Dry Territories

Functionality of Zonal Agroforestry Systems on Agricultural Land of Dry Territories

Basin-Scale Approach to Integration of Agro- and Hydroecological Monitoring for Sustainable Environmental Management: A Case Study of Belgorod Oblast, European Russia

Why the area of degraded soils and desertification is increasing in the Volga delta

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