The potential of European abandoned agricultural lands to contribute to the Green Deal objectives: Policy perspectives

Fayet, Catherine M.J.; Reilly, Kate; Ham, Chantal van; Verburg, Peter H.

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2022.03.007

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“…The local transformation type is similar to previously identified alternative practices in other regions (e.g., in agriculture worldwide), known as bottom-up approaches implemented by local stakeholders themselves, independent of institutional support (70,72), and involving experimental knowledge, relational values and informal rules (36). The green deal type is in line with the current European Green Deal policy strategy, resulting in a gradual change of practices towards sustainability through awarenessraising activities and revision of regulations and incentives (73). This type is similar to initiatives involving technical knowledge and instrumental values in the typology by Topp et al (2021).…”

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confidence: 59%

Levers for transformative nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps

Dubo¹,

Palomo²,

Zingraff‐Hamed³

et al. 2023

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Transformative adaptation is essential to face the unprecedented biodiversity and climate change crises. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) could accelerate the transformation of social-ecological systems to address climate change and biodiversity and Nature&rsquor;s Contribution to People (NCP) loss. However, they are not widely implemented. Understanding the drivers of decision-making context that support NbS implementation is crucial to address potential bottlenecks and barriers. Here, we conducted semi-structured interviews with managers of twenty NbS implemented in the Alps. We investigated their decision-making contexts using the values-rules-knowledge framework and their transformative characteristics. Using a clustering analysis we identified three types of initiatives sharing similar groups of levers and barriers: the local transformation type implemented self-sufficient initiatives motivated by relational values to nature, supporting the adaptive capacity of nature through informal governance and experiential knowledge sharing; the green deal type implemented gradual change in practices using funding opportunities or regulations to experiment with new approaches fostering instrumental values of nature;  the multi-scale co-production type implemented socially accepted NbS through wide participatory process with local practitioners, and the inclusion of diverse values in initiatives designed to be persistent even when challenged by the instability of funding opportunities. Based on these results we recommend that NbS related policies should: i) foster NbS implementation by local communities who faced economic constraints when implementing new practices; ii) support transdisciplinary programmes to create an inclusive network around NbS practices; and iii) adapt incentives to enable transformative adaptation through NbS. A macro-regional strategy may have the potential to face these challenges.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 59%

Levers for transformative nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps

Dubo¹,

Palomo²,

Zingraff‐Hamed³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…In most cases, it is indicated that the direction of change is correct. It should be emphasised that considerations related to climate problems dominate (Rivas et al, 2021), but other issues are also addressed, i.a., the importance of soil condition (Montanarella & Panagos, 2021;Heuser, 2022;Fayet et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Challenges for agriculture in Poland resulting from the implementation of the strategic objectives of the European Green Deal

Prandecki

Wrzaszcz

2023

EiS

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The aim of the paper is to indicate the most important challenges for agriculture in Poland in the context of the implementation of the European Green Deal and the Polish Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy for the years 2023-2027. The primary tool used in the study was a comparative analysis of legal EU and Polish documents. This comparison was supplemented by an analysis of statistical data on agriculture in Poland, mainly covering 2005-2020, obtained from the Agricultural Census 2020, Statistics Poland, the National Centre for Emissions Management, the Agricultural and Food Commercial Quality Inspection and the European Medicines Agency. The results show that the Polish national targets for 2030 are significantly lower than the European ones but have been set, taking into account the feasibility of their implementation, which means that meeting each of the primary national targets in the agricultural sector will be very challenging.

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“…These hot‐spot areas of abandonment could be targeted by policymakers to prevent or minimize such negative consequences, as well as potentially be reconverted to productive land when economically viable and sustainable (Perpiña Castillo, Jacobs‐Crisioni, et al, 2021b). Increasing the visibility of abandoned lands in policies under an integrated approach, and developing spatial planning to account for biophysical, socio‐economic and cultural particularities across regions, could help realize the potential of these areas (Fayet et al, 2022). Integrating multilevel governance and strong functional regions with the focus on strengthening urban–rural linkages (UN‐Habitat, 2019).…”

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Urban–rural continuum: an overview of their interactions and territorial disparities

Castillo

Heerden

Barranco

et al. 2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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This study provides a quantitative analisis of the interactions between urban and rural areas and related territorial disparities in the European Union (EU). Relevant societal themes such as population changes, access to services, broadband internet connectivity, house prices, tourism and land‐use/cover flows are examined by mean of indicators computed with the most recent data at the highest spatial resolution. The degree of urbanization (cities, towns and suburbs, rural areas) is used to identify territorial differences and to compare EU regions. Results show that rural and remote areas are lagging in terms of relevant territorial assets compared with more urbanized typologies, with strong variations from region to region depending on the analysed theme. The study provides quantitative and graphical information by applying a descriptive statistical analysis of the indicators and a spatial multicriteria assessment to help with decision‐making processes. It concludes by summarizing the most important outcomes with a set of policy recommendations.

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The potential of European abandoned agricultural lands to contribute to the Green Deal objectives: Policy perspectives

Cited by 43 publications

References 37 publications

Levers for transformative nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps

Levers for transformative nature-based adaptation initiatives in the Alps

Challenges for agriculture in Poland resulting from the implementation of the strategic objectives of the European Green Deal

Urban–rural continuum: an overview of their interactions and territorial disparities

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