Sustainable governance of the agriculture and the Baltic Sea — Agricultural reforms, food production and curbed eutrophication

Larsson, Markus; Granstedt, Artur

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.003

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“…In Schleswig-Holstein, the anthropogenic transformation of the nutrient cycle primarily leads to nutrient oversupply, as excess nutrients are introduced into the environment by means of agricultural practices (Trepel 2016, Kreins and Henseler 2015, Taube et al 2015, Larsson and Granstedt 2010. At these locations, there is a significant demand for the ecosystem service nutrient regulation.…”

Section: Demand For Nutrient Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More precisely, the excess of nutrients on agricultural land leads to increasing nutrient losses from the soil and consequently enrichment of nutrients in groundwater, lakes, rivers and eventually the ocean (Chapin et al 2002, Vitousek et al 1997, Tivy 1987. Therefore, the eutrophication of ecosystems has been recognised as a severe issue by society as well as research, whereby agriculture has been defined as the major diffuse source of nutrient inputs into the environment (Trepel 2016, TEEB 2015, Taube et al 2013, Larsson and Granstedt 2010, HELCOM 2004. On the political level of the European Union, there are different directives aiming to decrease nutrient inputs, such as the Nitrate Directive (European Council 1991), Water Framework Directive (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2000) and Groundwater Directive (European Parliament and Council of the European Union 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Much of recent literature deals with nutrient oversupply and its consequences for the environment (e.g. Taube et al 2015, Wendland et al 2014, Withers et al 2014, Larsson and Granstedt 2010, Tilman 1999.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mapping of nutrient regulating ecosystem service supply and demand on different scales in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Bicking¹,

Burkhard²,

Kruse³

et al. 2018

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This study deals with one of the regulating ecosystem services, nutrient regulation. In order to guarantee sustainable land management, it is of great relevance to gain spatial information on this ecosystem service. Unsustainable land management with regard to nutrient regulation may, for example, result in eutrophication which has been identified as a major threat for the environmental state of our water bodies. In the first step of research, the potential supplies and demands of/for nutrient regulation were assessed and mapped at two different spatial scales: The German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein (regional scale) and the Bornhöved Lakes District (local scale). The assessment was undertaken for nitrogen, as an exemplary nutrient. Subsequently, potential supply and demand, combined with the nitrate leaching potential and the groundwater nitrate concentration, were incorporated into a correlation analysis. The data was statistically analysed with varying pre-processing and spatial resolutions. The statistical analysis reveals that large scale data with low resolution leads to more uncertain results. Decreasing the spatial scale and increasing the resolution of the data through a spatially more explicit assessment, leads to more explicit results. It is striking that the study reveals a spatial mismatch between the potential supply and demand for the ecosystem service nutrient regulation, which denotes unsustainable land management in the study areas.

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Section: Demand For Nutrient Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mapping of nutrient regulating ecosystem service supply and demand on different scales in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Bicking¹,

Burkhard²,

Kruse³

et al. 2018

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“…Agricultural pollution constitutes on average 30 to 35% of N leaching (Klaushal et al, 2011). Due to particular agricultural operations in Lithuania, 36,000 tonnes of N per year reach the Baltic Sea waterborne load (Larsson & Granstedt, 2010). Previous research has shown that leaching of elements and compounds from the soil is essentially determined by the hydrothermal regime, the amount of these element in the soil and their fertilisation (Beeston et al, 2010;Komonweeraket et al, 2011).…”

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Nitrogen migration in crop rotations differing in fertilisation

Gužys

Misevičienė

2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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Inappropriate use of nitrogen fertilisers is becoming a global problem; however, continuous fertilisation with N fertiliser ensures large and constant harvests. To evaluate the relationships of differently fertilised cultivated plant rotation with N metabolism in the agroecosystem the research was conducted between 2006 and 2013 at Lipliūnai, Lithuania, in fields with calcareous gley brown soil, i.e. Endocalcari Endohypogleyic Cambisol (CMg-n-w-can). The research area covered three drained plots where crop rotation of differently fertilised cereals and perennial grasses were applied. The greatest productivity was found in a higher fertilisation (TII, 843 kg N/ha) cereals crop rotation. With less fertilisation (TI, 540 kg N/ha) crop rotation productivity of cereals and perennial grasses (TIII, 218 kg N/ha) was 11-35% lower. The highest amount of mineral soil N (average 76 kg/ha) was found in TI. It was influenced by fertilisation (r=0.71) and crop productivity (r=0.39). TIII tended to reduce N min (12.1 mg/L) and N total (12.8 mg/L) concentrations in drainage water and leaching of these elements (7 and 8 kg/ha). N min and N total concentrations in the water depended on crop productivity respectively (r=0.48; r=0.36), quantity of mineral soil N (r=0.65; r=0.59), fertilisation (r=0.59; r=0.52), and N balance (r=0.26; r=0.35). Cereal crop rotation increased N leaching by 12-42%. The use of all crop rotations resulted in a negative N balance. Nitrogen balance depended on fertilisation with N fertiliser (r=0.55). The application of perennial grasses crop rotation in agricultural fields was the best environmental tool, reducing N migration to drainage.

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“…The method for calculating nutrient balances follows those described in Granstedt (2000) and Larsson and Granstedt (2010). The potential emissions of nitrogen were defined as the difference between total input of nitrogen to the farm and the export from the farm in form of agricultural products (meat, milk, grain and horticultural products) (Granstedt et al, 2004).…”

Section: Nutrient Surplusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Food System – Targeting Production Methods, Distribution or Food Basket Content?

Larsson¹,

Granstedt²,

Thomsson³

2012

Organic Food and Agriculture - New Trends and Developments in the Social Sciences

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Sustainable governance of the agriculture and the Baltic Sea — Agricultural reforms, food production and curbed eutrophication

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

Mapping of nutrient regulating ecosystem service supply and demand on different scales in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mapping of nutrient regulating ecosystem service supply and demand on different scales in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Nitrogen migration in crop rotations differing in fertilisation

Sustainable Food System – Targeting Production Methods, Distribution or Food Basket Content?

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