Effects of active and passive land use management after cropland abandonment on water and vegetation dynamics in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

Khorchani, Makki; Nadal‐Romero, Estela; Tague, Christina; Lasanta, T.; Zabalza, J.; Lana-Renault, Noemí; Domínguez‐Castro, Fernando; Choate, J.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137160

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“…Empirical studies have elucidated that the industrialization process and the end of World War II were the main causes of farmland abandonment in the 19th century [36]. Currently, the driving factors are eco-environmental and socioeconomic, including the climate, topography, soil conditions, urbanization, and physical infrastructure development [37]. In particular, the rough terrain associated with steep slopes, poor soil conditions, harsh climates, and long commuting distance from settlements makes the use of machinery more difficult or prevents the adoption of market-oriented farming practices, resulting in a low-intensity farming system [38].…”

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A Synopsis of Farmland Abandonment and Its Driving Factors in Nepal

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Farmland abandonment is considered as an important phenomenon for changing eco-environmental and sociocultural landscapes of mountainous rural landscape. Many studies have analyzed farmland abandonment, its driving factors, geophysical processes and consequences at landscape: however, very few have focused on mountainous developing countries such as in Nepal, which is a rapidly urbanizing country suffering from serious farmland abandonment. Therefore, our study was an attempt to (i) assess the spatiotemporal extent of farmland abandonment in Nepal, (ii) explore driving factors of farmland abandonment, and (iii) discuss on the eco-environmental and sociocultural consequences in Nepal. We reviewed various literature, documents, and national reports to obtain a dataset pertaining to the overall status of farmland use and changes along with political and socioeconomic changes, economic development processes, and policy and governance in Nepal. Our results showed that farmland abandonment is widespread; however, it is more prevalent in the hilly and mountainous regions of Nepal. A total of 9,706,000 ha, accounting for 23.9% of the total cultivated farmland in Nepal, was abandoned during the period of 2001 to 2010. The driving factors included population growth, scattered distribution of settlements, urbanization, socio-economic development, poor access to physical services, and poor implementation of agriculture development policies. Furthermore, the increasing extent of natural disasters, malaria eradication, land reform and resettlement programs, the complex system of land ownership, land fragmentation, political instabilities, and the intensification of trading in agricultural products also acted as drivers of farmland abandonment in Nepal. Farmland abandonment generates negative effects on rural societies eco-environmentally and sociologically. Abandoned plots were subjected to different forms of geomorphic damage (e.g. landslide, debris flows, gully formation, sinkhole development etc.). Farmland landscape fragmented into a group of smaller interspersed patches. Such patches were opened for grassland. Furthermore, farmland abandonment also has effects on the local population and the whole society in terms of the production of goods (e.g., foods, feed, fiber), as well as services provided by the multi-functionality (e.g. sociocultural practices, values and norms) of the agricultural landscape. Therefore, this study plays an important role in planning and implementing eco-environmental management and social development processes in Nepal.

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A Synopsis of Farmland Abandonment and Its Driving Factors in Nepal

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Dixit

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“…Further, taking into account the proposals [10,11,12,13], actual data on the activities of the agricultural organization is entered into the software package:…”

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Automated substantiation of multivariate land use planning projects

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The intensification of the Russian economy determines the need for forecasting and planning agricultural production at the level of specific agricultural organizations and producers. In the context of an annually changing market, the most important factor in the innovative development of the agricultural sector is the system of land use planning measures. It creates the most favorable organizational and territorial prerequisites for agricultural production. The most optimal method of land use planning design is the multivariant method, which involves analyzing several options and selecting the best according to technical and economic indicators. It determines the need for improving the methodology for substantiating multivariate land use planning projects based on automated technologies. The above mentioned circumstances determined the goal of research, which is improving the Kolos software package. The approach involves clarifying the used regulatory and guidance information and updating the composition and relationships of software modules. An automated assessment of normative and actual indicators allows analyzing up to 10 options for organizing a crop rotation system and arranging their territory, choosing the optimal one and guaranteeing the rational use of each hectare of land that provides solutions to production, environmental and social problems. The considered software package ensures the high quality of land use planning decisions when planning and organizing the rational use of the country’s land resources. This allows reducing the cost of design and use planning work, increasing their reliability and accessibility for agricultural organizations in all regions of the Russian Federation.

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“…Este modelo de gestión ha sido aplicado durante los últimos 35 años en los valles riojanos del Sistema Ibérico, con el desbroce progresivo de casi un 30% de la superficie ocupada por matorral en 1986 (Lasanta et al 2019). Diversos estudios demuestran su éxito en reducir el riesgo de incendios (Lasanta et al 2018) e incrementar los recursos forrajeros (en cantidad y calidad, Lasanta et al 2019), la diversidad del paisaje (Lasanta et al 2013), la calidad del agua (Nadal-Romero et al 2019) y el caudal de los ríos (Khorchani et al 2020). La transformación de zonas colonizadas por matorral en pastos frena la erosión y contribuye a fijar carbono en profundidad (Nadal-Romero et al 2013, 2018.…”

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De la despoblación a la repoblación rural de las montañas

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La despoblación rural ha modificado profundamente los paisajes de montaña europeos, con importantes cambios en el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas, su biodiversidad y su dinámica. En ocasiones, estos cambios se traducen en importantes problemas ambientales. La recuperación de los usos tradicionales del territorio, apoyada en una repoblación del medio rural de montaña, podría ser una solución sostenible a estos problemas. De hecho, existe una creciente demanda social de retorno a la vida rural. En las últimas décadas, diversas iniciativas sociales se han abierto paso para lograr una lenta repoblación de los núcleos rurales de montaña en nuestro país. No obstante, los estudios ecológicos destinados a generar conocimiento que permita guiar una repoblación rural sostenible son escasos. Tampoco se conoce en qué medida el incipiente proceso de repoblación rural está impactando sobre los ecosistemas de montaña. Pero la repoblación rural es una realidad que merece ser estudiada y guiada desde el conocimiento ecológico. Esta contribución es una llamada para cubrir un vacío de conocimiento que, de seguir así, puede afectar más aún a esas zonas de montaña en las próximas décadas.

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Effects of active and passive land use management after cropland abandonment on water and vegetation dynamics in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

Cited by 28 publications

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A Synopsis of Farmland Abandonment and Its Driving Factors in Nepal

A Synopsis of Farmland Abandonment and Its Driving Factors in Nepal

Automated substantiation of multivariate land use planning projects

De la despoblación a la repoblación rural de las montañas

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