Interactions Among Agricultural Production and Other Ecosystem Services Delivered from European Temperate Grassland Systems

Pilgrim, E. S.; Macleod, Christopher; Blackwell, Martin; Bol, Roland; Hogan, David; Chadwick, David R.; Cardenas, L. M.; Misselbrook, Tom; Haygarth, Philip M.; Brazier, Richard E.; Hobbs, P. J.; Hodgson, C. J.; Jarvis, S. C.; Dungait, Jennifer A. J.; Murray, P. J.; Firbank, L. G.

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“…Such policy initiatives are useful, but raise questions about our ability to manage and restore ecosystems to supply multiple ecosystem services and biodiversity (Bullock et al 2011). For instance, there is often a trade-off between agricultural production that meets societal needs for food and fiber vs. other services and conservation of biodiversity (Pilgrim et al 2010).…”

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Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes

Benayas

Bullock

2015

Rewilding European Landscapes

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Intensive farming practices are a major cause of destruction and degradation of natural vegetation throughout the world. However, in some regions including Europe, semi-natural vegetation and farmland systems harbour wildlife of conservation concern and other values. We propose widespread strategic revegetation-a type of restoration related to wildlife-friendly farming or land sharing with little competition for land-by planting woodland islets and hedgerows for ecological restoration in extensive agricultural landscapes. This approach allows wildlife enhancement, provision of a range of ecosystem services, maintenance of farmland production, and conservation of values linked to cultural landscapes. In contrast, vegetation restoration by land separation, namely secondary succession following farmland abandonment and tree planting, would provide all these benefits only at the landscape or regional scales as this restoration type is at the expense of fieldlevel agricultural production. Furthermore, seed dispersal from revegetated elements favours passive restoration of nearby abandoned farmland and, consequently, rewilding. Revegetation of riparian systems and other actions that do not compete for land use such as introduction of bird perches, refuges for wildlife or creation of ponds would provide similar benefits. Revegetation of roadsides and roundabouts may support dispersal and spread of species but may function as ecological traps for wildlife. We provide a practioner's perspective related to land-sharing restoration actions in central Spain. We conclude that practical restoration projects-particularly strategic revegetation-are essential if we want to halt biodiversity loss and encourage the return of wildlife in agricultural landscapes.

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Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes

Benayas

Bullock

2015

Rewilding European Landscapes

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“…For this to make a difference to the state of the environment, it needs to influence decision making and alter the ways people use and manage ecosystems. In particular, it is imperative to understand how different ways of managing any given aspect of the environment may influence net changes in the provision of multiple, but potentially competing and/or synergistic services (e.g., Pilgrim et al 2010, Posthumus et al 2010, including within multifunctional landscapes (Reyers et al 2012). A first and very practical step toward developing such an understanding is to generate a simple list of potential "solutions", or interventions (Jacquet et al 2011) that could deliver favorable outcomes for ecosystem service conservation.…”

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Solution Scanning as a Key Policy Tool: Identifying Management Interventions to Help Maintain and Enhance Regulating Ecosystem Services

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Bogich³

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ABSTRACT. The major task of policy makers and practitioners when confronted with a resource management problem is to decide on the potential solution(s) to adopt from a range of available options. However, this process is unlikely to be successful and cost effective without access to an independently verified and comprehensive available list of options. There is currently burgeoning interest in ecosystem services and quantitative assessments of their importance and value. Recognition of the value of ecosystem services to human well-being represents an increasingly important argument for protecting and restoring the natural environment, alongside the moral and ethical justifications for conservation. As well as understanding the benefits of ecosystem services, it is also important to synthesize the practical interventions that are capable of maintaining and/or enhancing these services. Apart from pest regulation, pollination, and global climate regulation, this type of exercise has attracted relatively little attention. Through a systematic consultation exercise, we identify a candidate list of 296 possible interventions across the main regulating services of air quality regulation, climate regulation, water flow regulation, erosion regulation, water purification and waste treatment, disease regulation, pest regulation, pollination and natural hazard regulation. The range of interventions differs greatly between habitats and services depending upon the ease of manipulation and the level of research intensity. Some interventions have the potential to deliver benefits across a range of regulating services, especially those that reduce soil loss and maintain forest cover. Synthesis and applications: Solution scanning is important for questioning existing knowledge and identifying the range of options available to researchers and practitioners, as well as serving as the necessary basis for assessing cost effectiveness and guiding implementation strategies. We recommend that it become a routine part of decision making in all environmental policy areas.

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“…Field-to farmscale research within a catchment may give insight into (i) the likely contribution of a single type of agricultural land use on overall water pollution and therefore improvement of pollution source apportionment within catchments, (ii) the effects of individual soil and nutrient management practices, and (iii) the effectiveness of mitigation measures. The usefulness of farmscale experiments has been reviewed previously (Pilgrim et al, 2010), but few comprehensive field-to farm-scale monitoring experiments are underway, especially in intensively managed grasslands.…”

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Intensive Management in Grasslands Causes Diffuse Water Pollution at the Farm Scale

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Arable land use is generally assumed to be the largest contributor to agricultural diffuse pollution. This study adds to the growing evidence that conventional temperate intensively managed lowland grasslands contribute significantly to soil erosion and diffuse pollution rates. This is the first grassland study to monitor hydrological characteristics and multiple pollutant fluxes ), suggesting that intensively managed grasslands pose a significant threat to receiving surface waters. Such sediment and nutrient losses from intensively managed grasslands should be acknowledged in land management guidelines and advice for future compliance with surface water quality standards.

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Interactions Among Agricultural Production and Other Ecosystem Services Delivered from European Temperate Grassland Systems

Cited by 71 publications

References 146 publications

Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes

Vegetation Restoration and Other Actions to Enhance Wildlife in European Agricultural Landscapes

Solution Scanning as a Key Policy Tool: Identifying Management Interventions to Help Maintain and Enhance Regulating Ecosystem Services

Intensive Management in Grasslands Causes Diffuse Water Pollution at the Farm Scale

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