Motivations for implementation of ecological compensation areas on Swiss lowland farms

Home, Robert; Balmer, Oliver; Jahrl, Ingrid; Stolze, Matthias; Pfiffner, Lukas

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.12.007

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“…Providing information about species diversity on farms is one essential step to promote biodiversity on farmland (Home et al, 2014). However, delivering information alone is not sufficient for a fundamental shift in farmland management priorities.…”

Section: Contribution To Biodiversity Promotion On Farms By Providingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This can be the expected market price, cost of machinery and labour, which farmers combine with their personal experience and spatial and climatic constraints to decide on farm structure and management practices (Ahnstrom et al, 2009;Brady et al, 2012;Kelemen et al, 2013). We assume that if better quantitative information about biodiversity, its underlying drivers and its benefits was provided to farmers, they would integrate such information into their management decisions (Home et al, 2014). Therefore, we explore ways of summarizing this quantitative information by appropriate metrics of species diversity.…”

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Appropriate metrics to inform farmers about species diversity

Lüscher

Schneider

Turnbull

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Environmental Science & Policy

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Farmers are key players in actions to halt biodiversity loss from farmland. However, if farmers are to sustain biodiversity, they must first be adequately informed about biodiversity and understand its drivers. Measuring biodiversity at the farm scale is difficult because of the structural complexity of many farms, and because different aspects of diversity can be considered desirable, e.g. species richness or rarity. In this study we examined 19 grassland farms in Central Switzerland, and sampled plants, earthworms, spiders and bees using a stratified sampling design. We considered several metrics of species diversity, but found two particularly useful at farm scale: average richness (area-weighted) and farm uniqueness in terms of species identity. Average richness reflects the expected species richness in a random sample taken on the farm, and farm uniqueness is the contribution of a farm to the total species richness of all farms under study. Average richness and farm uniqueness are complementary and reflect different aspects of biodiversity. We demonstrate how combining these metrics enables tailored recommendations for enhancing species diversity on the farm. AbstractFarmers are key players in actions to halt biodiversity loss from farmland. However, if farmers are to sustain biodiversity, they must first be adequately informed about biodiversity and understand its drivers. Measuring biodiversity at the farm scale is difficult because of the structural complexity of many farms, and because different aspects of diversity can be considered desirable, e.g. species richness or rarity. In this study we examined 19 grassland farms in Central Switzerland, and sampled plants, earthworms, spiders and bees using a stratified sampling design. We considered several metrics of species diversity, but found two particularly useful at farm scale: average richness (area-weighted) and farm uniqueness in terms of species identity. Average richness reflects the expected species richness in a random sample taken on the farm, and farm uniqueness is the contribution of a farm to the total 2 species richness of all farms under study. Average richness and farm uniqueness are complementary and reflect different aspects of biodiversity. We demonstrate how combining these metrics enables tailored recommendations for enhancing species diversity on the farm.

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Section: Contribution To Biodiversity Promotion On Farms By Providingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Appropriate metrics to inform farmers about species diversity

Lüscher

Schneider

Turnbull

et al. 2014

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…Onfarm experience shows that many farmers are in fact interested in biodiversity, but a general lack of information about ecology, biodiversity and agri-environmental issues (Jahrl et al, 2012) seems to hinder them from managing their land in a more sustainable and wildlife-friendly manner (Home et al, 2014). Even farmers who are attentive to biodiversity matters are usually uncertain about the contribution they (could) make to enhancing biodiversity on their own farms.…”

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Biodiversity at the farm scale: A novel credit point system

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Zellweger-Fischer²,

Stoeckli³

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“…Current researches on issues of ecological compensation research mainly focused on land, forests, rivers, mines, etc [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Also some scholars studied the legal basis for the ecological compensation [9].…”

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Rural Energy Eco-compensation Policy Design in China

Ren¹,

Gu²

2014

Advances in Intelligent Systems Research

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Abstract. Analyzed the status quo of rural energy use, pointed out the direction of sustainable development of rural energy, constructed a preliminary system of rural energy eco-compensation framework based on the significant social and ecological benefits of the rural sustainable energy system, and pointed out that the rural energy eco-compensation should be gradually transformed from the administrative compensation to market compensation. The findings enriched the connotation of eco-compensation, and can provide a useful reference for rural energy planning and construction.

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Motivations for implementation of ecological compensation areas on Swiss lowland farms

Cited by 96 publications

References 37 publications

Appropriate metrics to inform farmers about species diversity

Appropriate metrics to inform farmers about species diversity

Biodiversity at the farm scale: A novel credit point system

Rural Energy Eco-compensation Policy Design in China

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