Is climate-smart conservation feasible in Europe? Spatial relations of protected areas, soil carbon, and land values

Jantke, Kerstin; Müller, J; Trapp, Natalie; Blanz, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.11.013

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“…In the EU indicative examples are the Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy and the EU tourism policy. But the most important alignment should be with climate change tackling strategies ( Jantke et al, 2016 ) as it is now widely accepted that nature-based solutions are the way forward for climate change adaptation. Current propositions for a new EU Green Deal could offer a unique opportunity for such cross-cutting policies to be developed in the next decade.…”

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Social impacts of European Protected Areas and policy recommendations

Jones

Graziano

Dimitrakopoulos

2020

Environmental Science & Policy

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Highlights Seven categories of social impacts were identified in the literature review. Most important negative impacts are on human rights and social equity. Most important positive impacts are on wellbeing and livelihoods. There is need to increase subjective assessment of impacts in protected areas. Coordination of policies across sectors is needed to meet future biodiversity targets.

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“…Europe has one of the most well-established networks of PAs ( Jantke et al, 2016 ). These protected landscapes are expected to be further expanded in Europe in the next decade following the recent publication of the EU biodiversity strategy aiming to protect 30 % of land and 30 % of water by 2030 ( European Commission, 2020 ).…”

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Social impacts of European Protected Areas and policy recommendations

Jones

Graziano

Dimitrakopoulos

2020

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…In this regard, Natura 2000 sites can play a role in improving biodiversity and assisting with climate regulation. Jantke et al (2016) made the same suggestion, as they found significant overlap between Natura 2000 sites and regions with high soil carbon content across Europe.…”

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The impact of environmental policy on soil quality: Organic carbon and phosphorus levels in croplands and grasslands of the European Natura 2000 network

Hagyó

Tóth

2018

Journal of Environmental Management

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In this study, the Natura 2000 nature protection network of the European Union is assessed in the context of soil quality management. We explore the hypothesis that the soil quality of croplands and grasslands — as indicated by soil organic carbon and phosphorus levels — is better in terms of environmental parameters within the Natura 2000 network than outside it.The soil organic carbon and phosphorus content of 479 cropland and 450 grassland sites within Natura 2000 were compared with their nearest neighbours outside the network. The comparisons were repeated for pairs of both cropland and grassland sites by soil texture groups.The study revealed that organic carbon content was significantly higher in Natura 2000 sites than in non-protected areas for both croplands and grasslands. For croplands, this was true only for those with signs of ploughing, whereas for croplands without signs of ploughing there were no significant differences between Natura 2000 and non-protected areas.Areas with sand and loamy sand soils had significantly higher soil organic carbon content within the Natura 2000 network than outside it, for both croplands and grasslands. This was the only texture class that showed a significant difference in the case of croplands, whereas three further texture groups had higher soil organic carbon content in Natura 2000 grassland sites than on grassland sites outside this network.There was no significant difference in soil phosphorus content between areas within the Natura 2000 network and non-protected areas, except for grasslands with light textured soils, where soil phosphorus levels were significantly lower within Natura 2000 sites than outside them.The results suggest that the management of croplands and grasslands of Natura 2000 sites tends to perform better than that of adjacent areas with similar land cover in terms of soil carbon conservation. The difference is more evident for sites with certain soil characteristics. On the other hand, the nutrient input - as determined by phosphorus levels - of Natura 2000 croplands and grasslands generally does not appear to be less intensive than that of surrounding areas outside the network.

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“…Predictive models indicate that habitats will dramatically lose range in the future, also within N2K (Barredo et al, 2016;Bittner, Jaeschke, Reineking, & Beierkuhnlein, 2011), with drastic consequences for the provision of services (Essl, Dullinger, Moser, Rabitsch, & Kleinbauer, 2012;Jantke, Müller, Trapp, & Blanz, 2016;Marchetti et al, 2012). Eastwood et al (2016) reported that protected sites deliver higher levels of ecosystem services compared to non-protected sites.…”

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A low-cost and repeatable procedure for modelling the regional distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats

2018

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The present paper describes a procedure for mapping the distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC) at the regional scale (Lombardy, Northern Italy) by means of open-source software (QGIS and R). The habitat map within Natura 2000 sites was used for modelling the regional distribution of three selected habitats, by applying classification trees on freely available and fine-scale resolution environmental layers. Land use and forest type maps were combined to refine the regional distribution of selected habitats. The statistical validation showed a fairly substantial overall accuracy of predicted habitat distribution, which was used to determine the regional extent of the habitats and to evaluate the regional effectiveness of Natura 2000 network. We provide an easy and inexpensive procedure, replicable in other contexts in which just basic information on Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats are available, and usable for habitats monitoring according to the Habitats Directive.

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Is climate-smart conservation feasible in Europe? Spatial relations of protected areas, soil carbon, and land values

Cited by 8 publications

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Social impacts of European Protected Areas and policy recommendations

Social impacts of European Protected Areas and policy recommendations

The impact of environmental policy on soil quality: Organic carbon and phosphorus levels in croplands and grasslands of the European Natura 2000 network

A low-cost and repeatable procedure for modelling the regional distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats

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