Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach
AbstractBiodiversity loss is a global problem, with agriculture being a major driver. Every agricultural operation, including management, has an impact on biodiversity because it interferes with nature. It is challenging to assess these impacts. Correspondingly, it can be difficult to support farmer...
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| author | Rolf Weber Marius Kuhlmann Jan Lask Jürgen Braun Markus Frank |
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| description | AbstractBiodiversity loss is a global problem, with agriculture being a major driver. Every agricultural operation, including management, has an impact on biodiversity because it interferes with nature. It is challenging to assess these impacts. Correspondingly, it can be difficult to support farmers to work in a more biodiversity-friendly way. This paper presents a conceptual framework for farmers to predictively assess their biodiversity potential and compare it over several years. On the one hand, parameters at field level (“on-crop”) are taken into account and, on the other hand, the landscape level (“off-crop”) with corresponding parameters is also included. The simple application and the easy integration in field record systems through data already collected by the farmer allows widespread use.In conclusion, the framework is a recommendation for biodiversity assessment. It should be further developed and validated so that new scientific findings can be incorporated into the assessment of biodiversity in order to be able to calculate and predict it even more accurately. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-138fe992ede045eb8503d01f4806172b2023-12-01T08:31:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322023-12-019110.1080/23311932.2023.2234153Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approachRolf Weber0Marius Kuhlmann1Jan Lask2Jürgen Braun3Markus Frank4Institute for Applied Agricultural Research, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Nuertingen, GermanyInstitute for Applied Agricultural Research, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Nuertingen, GermanyDepartment Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, GermanyInstitute for Applied Agricultural Research, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Nuertingen, GermanyInstitute for Applied Agricultural Research, Nuertingen-Geislingen University, Nuertingen, GermanyAbstractBiodiversity loss is a global problem, with agriculture being a major driver. Every agricultural operation, including management, has an impact on biodiversity because it interferes with nature. It is challenging to assess these impacts. Correspondingly, it can be difficult to support farmers to work in a more biodiversity-friendly way. This paper presents a conceptual framework for farmers to predictively assess their biodiversity potential and compare it over several years. On the one hand, parameters at field level (“on-crop”) are taken into account and, on the other hand, the landscape level (“off-crop”) with corresponding parameters is also included. The simple application and the easy integration in field record systems through data already collected by the farmer allows widespread use.In conclusion, the framework is a recommendation for biodiversity assessment. It should be further developed and validated so that new scientific findings can be incorporated into the assessment of biodiversity in order to be able to calculate and predict it even more accurately.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2234153Biodiversity assessmentagricultural management indicatorlandscape indicatorsustainable agricultureexpert interviewslogistic growth |
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| title | Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach |
| title_full | Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach |
| title_fullStr | Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach |
| title_short | Assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms – A conceptual approach |
| title_sort | assessing biodiversity potential of arable farms a conceptual approach |
| topic | Biodiversity assessment agricultural management indicator landscape indicator sustainable agriculture expert interviews logistic growth |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2023.2234153 |
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