Invasive Species and Land-Use: The Effect of Land Management Practices on Bracken Fern Invasion in the Region of Calakmul, Mexico

To understand how various factors influence phenological patterns like fruit production and the extent of phenological variability as survival strategy in different environments, fruit production of shea trees was studied in different agroclimatic zones (North Sudanian, South Sudanian and North Guinean) in Mali. Three sites were selected for this study and in each site; two stands (field and fallow) were concerned. For each stand, three “land use history or land management" i.e. new fields/fallows (1-5 years), medium (6-10 years) and old (10 years) were considered and permanent plots of 0.25 ha were established. 60 adult shea trees (DBH) ≥ 10 cm) were selected by site and monitored for fruit production assessment. The nested analysis of variance on the yield showed a significant site effect and significant effect of land use history within stand. However, stand effect within site was not significant. Factors like site and land management (land use history) appear to be determinant for fruit production of V. paradoxa. The site of Mperesso in the South Sudanian zone showed the highest fruit mean yield (11 kg/tree), significantly higher than the fruit mean yield observed at Daelan (7 kg/tree) in the North Sudanian zone and that observed at Nafégué (6 kg/tree) in the North Guinean zone. For field stand, old fields showed highest mean yield in all sites. For fallow stand, old fallows showed the lowest mean yield in most of cases. Different pattern was observed between field and fallow stands regarding the effect of land management. More fields are aged, more they influence positively fruit production whereas more fallows are aged, and more they influence negatively fruit production. This study highlighted the importance of land management practices and therefore, any domestication program to be successful should consider the potential effect of management practices.

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Effects of land use and sustainable land management practices on runoff and soil loss in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.273 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 648 ◽

pp. 1462-1475 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Kindiye Ebabu ◽

Atsushi Tsunekawa ◽

Nigussie Haregeweyn ◽

Enyew Adgo ◽

Derege Tsegaye Meshesha ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Soil Loss ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sustainable Land Management ◽

Nile Basin ◽

Blue Nile ◽

Blue Nile Basin ◽

Runoff And Soil Loss ◽

Effects Of Land Use

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The future of soil biochemistry and services in the UK under plausible climate, land use and land management scenarios

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18699 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dmitry Yumashev ◽

Victoria Janes-Bassett ◽

Jess Davies

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Crop Yields ◽

Grassland Restoration ◽

Climate Scenarios ◽

Management Scenarios ◽

Nitrogen Emissions ◽

Soil Biochemistry ◽

The Uk

<p>In this study, we explore plausible future states of soil organic matter, biomass, food production and soil greenhouse gas emissions across the UK under a range of climate, land use and land management scenarios. We use state-of-the-art soil biochemistry model, N14CP-Ag, combined with UKCP18 climate scenarios and ASSET land cover change and crop scenarios mapped onto a UK-wide grid with around 100,000 land parcels. Historic runs cover the period from the start of the Holocene interglacial (-12 kyr BP) to 2015; scenarios run from 2016 out to 2100. The results show variations of soil organic carbon (SOC) of around 10% between 2016 and 2100 relative to the simulated starting value of 1.4 Gton in 2015, with reductions of up to 7% under arable expansion scenarios and increases of up to 3% under grassland restoration scenarios. The effect of changing cropping patterns on UK-wide SOC is comparatively small. As climate scenarios move from lower to higher global emissions, the SOC reductions under arable expansion become more pronounced, while the SOC increases under grassland restoration diminish and eventually turn into losses. UK-wide crop yields show resilience to climate change and are maximised for the arable expansion scenario with protected sites of special scientific interest. Soil CO2 and nitrogen emissions get progressively higher in warmer climates. The results of this study are expected to contribute to a future UK agricultural policy aimed at rewarding farmers for sustainable land management practices.</p>

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Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India

Environmental Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7033-2.ch046 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1026-1064

Author(s):

Ashis Sarkar ◽

Priyank Pravin Patel

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Principal Component ◽

Land Use Land Cover ◽

Terrain Attributes ◽

Gis Environment ◽

Basin Area ◽

Insight Into

The Dulung River flows across West Bengal and Jharkhand in India. The geographical variables present within the basin area are categorised into groups like Physiographic, Morphometric and Land Use-Land Cover (LULC) attributes. These facets are mapped and overlain in a GIS environment and correlations drawn between them. Factor Scores obtained through Principal Component Analysis are further compared and correlated. The different variables are fused to obtain a comprehensive grouping of the above three facets that is reflective of the overall terrain attributes and its overlying LULC classes. Through this, within the Dulung River Basin, three broad Physiographic-Soil-Land Use Units (PSLUs) are identified, which comprise of the structural ridges and residual hills, piedmont plains and floodplains. For further insight into existing LULC-landform relations, select villages across the basin landscape are examined in detail. The relations derived help in suggesting possible land management practices in this region.

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LAND USE AND LAND DEGRADATION ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNESCO “MAN & BIOSPHERE” PROGRAMME

Problems of Geography ◽

10.24057/probl.geogr.152.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

G.S. KUST ◽

◽

O.V. ANDREEVA ◽

V.A. LOBKOVSKIY ◽

V.D. SLAVKO

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Land Management ◽

Land Degradation ◽

Management Practices ◽

Action Plan ◽

Biosphere Reserve ◽

Sustainable Land Management ◽

Biosphere Reserves ◽

Aichi Biodiversity Targets

A brief historical overview of approaches to study the problem of land use and land degradation in the MAB UNESCO program is provided. Over the past 50 years these issues remain important although the general strategic approach to their research and solving has changed from a multilateral study of land management and land degradation in different geographic and socio-economic conditions with an emphasis on natural diversity, to practices and approaches of sustainable land management in biosphere reserves, as reflected in MAB Strategy (2015-2025) and Lima Action Plan (2016-2025). Many of the MAB initiatives in the field of sustainable land management and combating land degradation have been further reflected and revised in different international programs and conventions. The development of these approaches and the integration of the MAB program with other modern activities can significantly increase the effectiveness of the results of Strategic Direction “A” of the Lima Action Plan on the use of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as models for sustainable development. Five objectives are proposed for closer cooperation of the MAB program and its network of biosphere reserves with other international and national measures for promoting sustainable land management practices and combating land degradation: 1) using biosphere reserves as priority sites and observatories for comparative assessments of indicators of land degradation neutrality (LDN) for protected areas and adjacent territories in similar bioclimatic conditions; 2) use of data obtained through the series of observations in the territory of protected areas as the most important additional or alternative indicators and measures for the LDN interpretation; 3) biosphere reserves as models for selecting effective solutions reflecting the triad of adaptive actions to avoid degradation, reduce the rate of degradation and restore previously degraded lands; 4) achieving LDN on the territory of biosphere reserves through the implementation of the Aichi biodiversity targets; 5) the use of LDN as a criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of the activities of biosphere reserves. Preliminary results of the LDN assessment for Central Chernozem State Natural Biosphere Reserve and Middle Volga Integrated Biosphere Reserve and their adjacent territories provided to demonstrate the possibility of performing some of the objectives listed.

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Canadian agricultural land-use and land management data for Kyoto reporting

Canadian Journal of Soil Science ◽

10.4141/s05-103 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 86 (3) ◽

pp. 431-439 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

T. Huffman ◽

R. Ogston ◽

T. Fisette ◽

B. Daneshfar ◽

P-Y. Gasser, L. White ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Satellite Image ◽

Data Sources ◽

Land Use And Management ◽

National Analysis ◽

The Impact

The land use and management data requirements for assessing, monitoring and reporting on the impact of agricultural production practices on the environment, especially in a country as large as Canada, are considerable. In view of the fact that environmental assessments are a relatively new phenomenon, data collection activities targeted toward these needs are not widespread. As a result, we find it necessary to acquire and integrate a variety of data sources with differing time lines, spatial scales and sampling frameworks. This paper uses our current activities with respect to Kyoto reporting as a focus to present and discuss the types of data required and the spatial analysis and integration procedures being developed to provide them. The essential data for this activity include the area of crop and land use types, land use changes since 1990, farm and land management practices and biomass production. The spatial framework selected for national analysis is the Soil Landscapes of Canada, and the primary existing data sources are the Census of Agriculture, sample-derived yield estimates and satellite-based land cover products. These are supplemented with detailed, multi-season, multi-year satellite image interpretations conducted at an ecologically and statistically stratified sample of sites across the country. The use of these data in preparing an account of greenhouse gas sources and sinks identified a number of gaps and problems, and a brief outline of future work designed to improve the data inputs is presented. Key words: Kyoto reporting, data integration, land use and management, greenhouse gases, carbon sequestration

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Reviews and syntheses: influences of landscape structure and land uses on local to regional climate and air quality

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-16-2369-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (11) ◽

pp. 2369-2408 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Raia Silvia Massad ◽

Juliette Lathière ◽

Susanna Strada ◽

Mathieu Perrin ◽

Erwan Personne ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Air Quality ◽

Land Management ◽

Land Surface ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Management Practices ◽

Regional Climate ◽

Radiative Energy ◽

Regulatory Policies ◽

Physical Chemical

Abstract. The atmosphere and the land surface interact in multiple ways, for instance through the radiative-energy balance, the water cycle or the emission and deposition of natural and anthropogenic compounds. By modifying the land surface, land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) and land management changes (LMCs) alter the physical, chemical, and biological processes of the biosphere and therefore all land–atmosphere interactions, from local to global scales. Through socio-economic drivers and regulatory policies adopted at different levels (local, regional, national, or supranational), human activities strongly interfere in the land–atmosphere interactions, and those activities lead to a patchwork of natural, semi-natural, agricultural, urban, and semi-urban areas. In this context, urban and peri-urban areas, which have a high population density, are of particular attention since land transformation can lead to important environmental impacts and affect the health and life of millions of people. The objectives of this review are to synthesize the existing experimental and modelling works that investigate physical, chemical, and/or biogeochemical interactions between land surfaces and the atmosphere, therefore potentially impacting local/regional climate and air quality, mainly in urban or peri-urban landscapes at regional and local scales. The conclusions we draw from our synthesis are the following. (1) The adequate temporal and spatial description of land use and land management practices (e.g. areas concerned, type of crops, whether or not they are irrigated, quantity of fertilizers used and actual seasonality of application) necessary for including the effects of LMC in global and even more in regional climate models is inexistent (or very poor). Not taking into account these characteristics may bias the regional projections used for impact studies. (2) Land–atmosphere interactions are often specific to the case study analysed; therefore, one can hardly propose general solutions or recommendations. (3) Adaptation strategies, proposed after climatic impacts on the targeted resource have been derived, are often biased as they do not account for feedbacks on local/regional climate. (4) There is space for considering atmospheric chemistry, through land–atmosphere interactions, as a factor for land management, helping to maintain air quality and supporting ecosystem functioning. (5) There is a lack of an integrated tool, which includes the many different processes of importance in an operational model, to test different land use or land management scenarios at the scale of a territory.

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Issues and pressures facing the future of soil carbon stocks with particular emphasis on Scottish soils

The Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.1017/s0021859613000300 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 152 (5) ◽

pp. 699-715 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. BUCKINGHAM ◽

R. M. REES ◽

C. A. WATSON

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Organic Soils ◽

Productive Capacity ◽

Soil C ◽

C Stocks ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Future

SUMMARYSoil organic carbon (C) plays a critical role in supporting the productive capacity of soils and their ability to provide a wide range of ecologically important functions including the storage of atmospherically derived carbon dioxide (CO2). The present paper collates available information on Scottish soil C stocks and C losses and reviews the potential pressures on terrestrial C, which may threaten future C stocks. Past, present and possible future land use, land management practices and land use changes (LUCs) including forestry, agriculture, nitrogen (N) additions, elevated CO2 and climate change for Scotland are discussed and evaluated in relation to the anthropogenic pressures on soil C.The review deduces that current available data show little suggestion of significant changes in C stocks of Scottish soils, although this may be due to a lack of long-term trend data. However, it can be concluded that there are many pressures, such as climate change, intensity of land use practices, scale of LUC, soil erosion and pollution, which may pose significant threats to the future of Scottish soil C if these factors are not taken into consideration in future land management decisions. In particular, this is due to the land area covered by vulnerable peats and highly organic soils in Scotland compared with other areas in the UK. It is therefore imperative that soil C stocks for different land use, management practices and LUCs are monitored in more detail to provide further insight into the potential changes in sequestered C and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions, as advised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Modeling the Production of Multiple Ecosystem Services from Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Rhode Island

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review ◽

10.1017/s1068280500007711 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 251-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Tingting Liu ◽

Nathaniel H. Merrill ◽

Arthur J. Gold ◽

Dorothy Q. Kellogg ◽

Emi Uchida

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Rhode Island ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Watershed Scale ◽

River Watershed ◽

Change Climate

This study spatially quantifies hydrological ecosystem services and the production of ecosystem services at the watershed scale. We also investigate the effects of stressors such as land use change, climate change, and choices in land management practices on production of ecosystem services and their values. We demonstrate the approach in the Beaver River watershed in Rhode Island. Our key finding is that choices in land use and land management practices create tradeoffs across multiple ecosystem services and the extent of these tradeoffs depends considerably on the scenarios and ecosystem services being compared.

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Impact of land use and land use history on fruits production of Vitellaria paradoxa (Shea tree) according to agroclimatic zones in Mali (West Africa)

Current Botany ◽

10.25081/cb.2019.v10.3835 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 01-07

Author(s):

Bokary Allaye Kelly ◽

Mahesh Poudyal ◽

Jean-Marc Bouvet

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Site Effect ◽

Fruit Production ◽

Permanent Plots ◽

Land Use History ◽

The North ◽

Sudanian Zone ◽

Agroclimatic Zones

To understand how various factors influence phenological patterns like fruit production and the extent of phenological variability as survival strategy in different environments, fruit production of shea trees was studied in different agroclimatic zones (North Sudanian, South Sudanian and North Guinean) in Mali. Three sites were selected for this study and in each site; two stands (field and fallow) were concerned. For each stand, three “land use history or land management" i.e. new fields/fallows (1-5 years), medium (6-10 years) and old (10 years) were considered and permanent plots of 0.25 ha were established. 60 adult shea trees (DBH) ? 10 cm) were selected by site and monitored for fruit production assessment. The nested analysis of variance on the yield showed a significant site effect and significant effect of land use history within stand. However, stand effect within site was not significant. Factors like site and land management (land use history) appear to be determinant for fruit production of V. paradoxa. The site of Mperesso in the South Sudanian zone showed the highest fruit mean yield (11 kg/tree), significantly higher than the fruit mean yield observed at Daelan (7 kg/tree) in the North Sudanian zone and that observed at Nafégué (6 kg/tree) in the North Guinean zone. For field stand, old fields showed highest mean yield in all sites. For fallow stand, old fallows showed the lowest mean yield in most of cases. Different pattern was observed between field and fallow stands regarding the effect of land management. More fields are aged, more they influence positively fruit production whereas more fallows are aged, and more they influence negatively fruit production. This study highlighted the importance of land management practices and therefore, any domestication program to be successful should consider the potential effect of management practices.

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