Land abandonment in Poland after the collapse of socialism: Over a quarter of a century of increasing tree cover on agricultural land

Janus, Jarosław; Bożek, Piotr

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.06.017

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“…These analyses capture the environmental process that describes the species and biodiversity distribution associated with land use/land cover (LULC) [19], forest cover [20], vegetation structure and productivity [21,22], precipitation [23], and temperature [24]. Remote sensing data associated with continuous time-series data resolves the problem of data sparsity concerning spatial and temporal resolution and improves the transferability of model projections [17].One of the most essential impact factors affecting the habitat quality is the land-use change [25]. It modifies the composition and structure of habitats and ultimately influences the circulation of material and flow of energy between habitat patches [26,27].…”

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The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

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The contribution of biodiversity to the global economy, human survival, and welfare has been increasing significantly, but the anthropogenic pressure as a threat to the pristine habitat has followed. This study aims to identify habitat suitability, analyze the change in habitat quality from 1988 to 2018, and to investigate the correlation between impact factors and habitat quality. The InVEST habitat quality model was used to analyze the spatiotemporal change in habitat quality in individual land-use types in the Winike watershed. Remote sensing data were used to analyze the land use/land cover changes. Nine threat sources, their maximum distance of impact, mode of decay, and sensitivity to threats were also estimated for each land-use cover type. The analysis illustrates that habitat degradation in the watershed was continuously increasing over the last three decades (1988 to 2018). Each threat impact factor and habitat sensitivity have increased for the last 30 years. The most contributing factor of habitat degradation was the 25.41% agricultural expansion in 2018. Population density, land-use intensity, elevation, and slope were significantly correlated with the distribution of habitat quality. Habitat quality degradation in the watershed during the past three decades suggested that the conservation strategies applied in the watershed ecosystem were not effective. Therefore, this study helps decision makers, particularly regarding the lack of data on biodiversity. It further looks into the conflict between economic development and conservation of biodiversity.

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“…One of the most essential impact factors affecting the habitat quality is the land-use change [25]. It modifies the composition and structure of habitats and ultimately influences the circulation of material and flow of energy between habitat patches [26,27].…”

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The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

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“…Cultivated land is an essential material basis for human survival and development. However, previous studies on cultivated land are concentrated on abandonment, protection, conversion, consolidation, quality, and fragmentation [5][6][7][8][9]. Additionally, studies related to land use efficiency are limited to urban and industrial lands [10,11].…”

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Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Cultivated Land Use Efficiency in Major Function-Oriented Zones: A Case Study of Zhejiang Province, China

Zhang

Gang-qiao

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Promoting cultivated land use efficiency (CLUE) coordinated development in various major function-oriented zones is a measure to deal with unbalanced development of territorial space in China. Taking the optimized development, key development, agricultural production, ecological function, and ecological economic zones of Zhejiang province as research objects, this study incorporated agricultural carbon emission into the measurement framework of CLUE and analyzed the regional disparity and the convergence of CLUE from 2008 to 2017, using slack-based measure model (SBM), the Theil index, and convergence theory. The main results are as follows: (1) The CLUE value that considered agricultural carbon emissions was lower than the CLUE value that did not consider agricultural carbon emissions; thus, agricultural carbon emissions had a negative effect on CLUE. (2) The CLUE value of the five major function-oriented zones showed an increasing trend; after ranking the CLUE value, the CLUE of the optimized development zones was the highest, followed by the ecological function, ecological economic, and key development zones, and that of the agricultural production zones was the lowest, indicating significant regional disparity. (3) The overall disparity of CLUE presented an upward trend, and the within-regional disparity is the main source of the overall disparity. (4) Neither σ convergence nor absolute β convergence occurred in the CLUE of the five major function-oriented zones, but conditional β convergence occurred among the optimized development and ecological economic zones. Although the planning of major function-oriented zones reflects the regional disparity and convergence of CLUE to some extent, the CLUE under the control of major function-oriented zones is not consistent with the function positioning.

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“…Globalization processes have significant social and economic consequences, including restrictions on local producers' agricultural activity, land use changes, decreasing food security and sovereignty in the countries where investments are made, and degradation of the natural environment [14][15][16]. At the same time, it is noteworthy that the land is not used evenly, as the world is witnessing both deforestation for crops [17] and land abandonment [18]. The need for efficient and sustainable use of agricultural land resources seems all the more urgent given the future diminishing of these resources as a result of progressing climate change [19,20].…”

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National Land Use Policy against the Misuse of the Agricultural Land—Causes and Effects. Evidence from Poland

Źróbek-Różańska

Zielińska-Szczepkowska

2019

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Land suitable for agricultural production is limited and should be used in a sustainable manner and protected. Countries of the former communist bloc, where the majority of the agricultural land was dynamically privatized, are in a special situation. Land has been used there also to serve the needs of growing cities, for investment speculation and as entitlement to subsidies. Therefore, legal regulations protecting agricultural land were introduced. In the case of Poland, particular attention should be paid to the radical act of 2016, which completely stopped the sale of Treasury resources and strongly limited sales on the private market. However, the new act caused a number of side effects and various pathologies. This article examines the real effects of policy aimed at combating the misuse of agricultural land. It was assumed that most of the side effects will be observed around big cities, defined as Functional Urban Areas. The following methods were used: a survey in Polish FUAs, analysis of transactions on the real estate market in 2015–2018 and in-depth interviews with representatives of local governments and relevant institutions. The study revealed a number of pathologies, such as ways of circumventing new restrictions or searching for legal loopholes.

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Land abandonment in Poland after the collapse of socialism: Over a quarter of a century of increasing tree cover on agricultural land

Cited by 44 publications

References 51 publications

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

The InVEST Habitat Quality Model Associated with Land Use/Cover Changes: A Qualitative Case Study of the Winike Watershed in the Omo-Gibe Basin, Southwest Ethiopia

Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Cultivated Land Use Efficiency in Major Function-Oriented Zones: A Case Study of Zhejiang Province, China

National Land Use Policy against the Misuse of the Agricultural Land—Causes and Effects. Evidence from Poland

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