Carbon accounting in European agroforestry systems – Key research gaps and data needs

Golicz, Karolina; Bellingrath-Kimura, Sonoko Dorothea; Wartenberg, Ariani C.

doi:10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100134

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“…In cooperation with the local farmer and the university, the "Ackerbaum" study site aims to test methods for transformation toward a more sustainable agriculture. It further contributes to existing research gaps regarding place-based knowledge of temperate agroforestry systems [12] through the establishment of permanent field experiments.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At present, the implementation of agroforestry practices across Central Europe remains limited despite growing recognition of their potential benefits in the context of climate change and land degradation [11,12]. This may be driven by interacting socioeconomic and political factors and is likely compounded by limitations of supporting scientific knowledge [13] and biases or gaps in training curricula [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Innovative Teaching and Learning Formats for the Implementation of Agroforestry Systems—An Impact Analysis after Five Years of Experience with the Real-World Laboratory “Ackerbaum”

Lorenz

Gerster

Wodzinowski

et al. 2022

Forests

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Since 2017, the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) offers transformative learning modules in their curricula, which are called ITL—Innovative Teaching and Learning formats. Student tutors change into the role of teachers and organize lectures, excursions, and assignments at the Real-World Laboratory “Ackerbaum”—an agroforestry system in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany. Students can learn about agroforestry systems, participate in research, and take practical action. The examination of the module is a scientific report linked to the experimental area. In this study, an attempt was made to verify the quality and impact of teaching formats in the ITL via the analysis of 53 reports created by 170 students as well as surveys among participants. For this purpose, indicators were formulated that capture the quality of scientific methods and the contribution to higher education for sustainable development. Students and tutors appreciate the open working atmosphere and the possibility to actively participate in the course; many leave the module motivated. Some even move toward transformation in agriculture professionally as, e.g., consultants in the field of agroforestry. As a transformative institution, HNEE offers with ITL a rare opportunity for practical application, scientific methods, and transdisciplinary collaboration with different stakeholders to work on future models to change today’s agriculture.

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Section: Agroforestry In a Real-world Laboratorymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Innovative Teaching and Learning Formats for the Implementation of Agroforestry Systems—An Impact Analysis after Five Years of Experience with the Real-World Laboratory “Ackerbaum”

Lorenz

Gerster

Wodzinowski

et al. 2022

Forests

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“…A significant part of the climate change mitigation potential of the LULUCF sector is inherent in agroforestry systems [2]. Political and societal interest in the climate change mitigation potential of tree-based solutions for more sustainable and climate-friendly land use pathways has recently increased [3]. This has led to increased interest in the quantification of tree-cover extent [4] and the area occupied by trees outside forests [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Political and societal interest in the climate change mitigation potential of tree-based solutions for more sustainable and climate-friendly land use pathways has recently increased [3]. This has led to increased interest in the quantification of tree-cover extent [4] and the area occupied by trees outside forests [3]. Agroforestry has come into focus due to its potential for carbon sequestration and a broad range of other ecosystem services [5,6].…”

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“…The specific effects of temperate agroforestry systems on long-term carbon sequestration are often system dependent [3,19]. According to the global analysis of Chapman et al [20], the maximum technical climate mitigation potential of agroforestry systems worldwide is 9.4 GtCO 2 eq/year, which is a conservative estimate as the authors take only aboveground biomass into account.…”

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Carbon Sequestration in the Aboveground Living Biomass of Windbreaks—Climate Change Mitigation by Means of Agroforestry in Hungary

Király,

Keserű,

Molnár

et al. 2023

Forests

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The land use sector is a crucial pillar in achieving the EU climate goals set for 2050. A significant part of the climate change mitigation potential of the land use sector is inherent to agroforestry. Windbreaks are important agroforestry elements of Hungarian agricultural landscapes. The new and improved agroforestry subsidy system may positively affect the extension of windbreaks in Hungary, making it relevant to assess their carbon sequestration potential. In our study, we examined the carbon sequestration of windbreaks at the country level and in two sample areas of 24,000 hectares based on National Forestry Database volume stock data, as well as information collected from the Hungarian Forest Cover Map using orthophoto interpretation. We estimated the total annual carbon sequestration realized in the aboveground biomass pool of Hungarian windbreaks to be −33.1 ktCO2/year, which is 0.67% of the total annual carbon sequestration of the aboveground biomass pool of all Hungarian forests, as reported by the Hungarian Greenhouse Gas Inventory. On the other hand, according to our estimate, the weighted mean annual carbon sequestration in the aboveground biomass of windbreaks was −2.4 tCO2/ha/year in the 2010–2020 period. This value is very close to the average mean annual carbon sequestration per hectare value of all forests, as reported by the Hungarian Greenhouse Gas Inventory. This means that planting a given area of windbreaks in between agricultural fields can have similar climate change mitigation effects as planting forests in the same given area.

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Agroforestry systems, adaptation and resilience in agricultural landscapes: a bibliometric analysis

Gallo,

Gervazio,

Christofoletti

et al. 2024

Agroforest Syst

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Carbon accounting in European agroforestry systems – Key research gaps and data needs

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Innovative Teaching and Learning Formats for the Implementation of Agroforestry Systems—An Impact Analysis after Five Years of Experience with the Real-World Laboratory “Ackerbaum”

Innovative Teaching and Learning Formats for the Implementation of Agroforestry Systems—An Impact Analysis after Five Years of Experience with the Real-World Laboratory “Ackerbaum”

Carbon Sequestration in the Aboveground Living Biomass of Windbreaks—Climate Change Mitigation by Means of Agroforestry in Hungary

Agroforestry systems, adaptation and resilience in agricultural landscapes: a bibliometric analysis

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