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In the European Union (EU) context, regulatory instruments and incentive schemes targeting individual farms remain the main policy instruments implemented to control diffuse pollution from agriculture. Yet, collective approaches to policy implem[...]![]()
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Common asset trusts to effectively steward natural capital and ecosystem services at multiple scales
Ecosystems (natural capital) produce a range of benefits to humans. Natural capital is best thought of as common property since many of the ecosystem services it helps produce are non-rival and/or non-excludable. Private property regimes and mar[...]![]()
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Agroecosystems are the largest human-natural coupled production system covering ~40% of the planet earth and provide essential ecosystem services for a good quality of life and human wellbeing. The sustainable management of agroecosystems are th[...]![]()
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Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city a[...]![]()
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G. Bussi ; S.E. Darby ; P.G. Whitehead ; L. Jin ; S.J. Dadson ; H.E. Voepel ; G. Vasilopoulos ; C.R. Hackney ; C. Hutton ; T. Berchoux ; D.R. Parsons ; A. Nicholas |The livelihoods of millions of people living in the world's deltas are deeply interconnected with the sediment dynamics of these deltas. In particular a sustainable supply of fluvial sediments from upstream is critical for ensuring the fertility[...]![]()
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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU sector) cover the 24% of global emissions, representing the second hot spot in the contribution to climate change after the energy sector. Thus, the land sector[...]![]()
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The Anti-Atlas is subject to an intense rural exodus. The agricultural terraces built for several centuries have been abandoned. They are gradually deteriorating. The risks of runoff and erosion are becoming significant. The objective was to stu[...]![]()
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A. Lyra ; A. Loukas ; P. Sidiropoulos ; G. Tziatzios ; N. Mylopoulos |This study presents an integrated modeling system for the evaluation of the quantity and quality of water resources of coastal agricultural watersheds. The modeling system consists of coupled and interrelated models, including (i) a surface hydr[...]![]()
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Drought is among the highest-impact natural hazards affecting drylands around the world in a warming climate. The Mediterranean region, including Tunisia, is projected to experience the most predominant drying trends worldwide. However, a detail[...]![]()
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Calabria is a region of southern Italy characterized by several natural and heritage sites located on seaboard areas, within a distance of 300 m from the coast. In fact, 58 Natura 2000 sites and 63 cultural heritage sites (42.9% of which overlap[...]![]()
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This article presents an initial attempt to investigate the issue of climate migration in Tunisia. Precipitation and temperature are used as climate-representative variables. Indeed, using a new analysis on spatial modeling, this work demonstrat[...]![]()
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H. Zeng ; H. Zeng ; B. Wu ; M. Zhang ; N. Zhang ; A. Elnashar ; L. Zhu ; W. Zhu ; F. Wu ; N. Yan ; W. Liu |This review describes the latest progress of dryland ecosystem dynamic change in the Mediterranean region. Recent findings indicate that extent of dryland in the Mediterranean region has been expanding in the past decades and will continue to ex[...]![]()
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I. Daghari ; M.R. El Zarroug ; C. Muanda ; J.R. Kompany ; S. Kanzari ; A.B. Mimoun |Irrigation in Tunisia is threatened all over the country. The irrigated coastal area of Dyiar-Al-Hujjej has observed a drop in agricultural activity following a seawater intrusion. Thus, yields have become disrupted in direct relation to the qua[...]![]()
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Framework for climate change adaptation of agriculture and forestry in Mediterranean climate regions
A. Vizinho ; D. Avelar ; C. Branquinho ; T. Capela Lourenço ; S. Carvalho ; A. Nunes ; L. Sucena-Paiva ; H. Oliveira ; A.L. Fonseca ; F. Duarte Santos ; M.J. Roxo ; G. Penha-Lopes |Planning the adaptation of agriculture and forestry landscapes to climate change remains challenging due to the need for integrating substantial amounts of information. This information ranges from climate scenarios, geographical site informatio[...]![]()
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Recent years have seen growing calls to govern land resources as global environmental commons, delivering benefits to all of humanity in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. Applying this call to drylands almost half of the worlds la[...]![]()
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The Siwa region located in the Western Desert of Egypt has 30,000 acres available for reclamation as a part of a national project to increase agricultural production. This study addressed the climate change-driven long-term concerns of developin[...]![]()
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Climate change is a global threat to the food and nutritional security of the world. As greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere are increasing, the temperature is also rising due to the greenhouse effect. The average global temperature is inc[...]![]()
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Curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to combat climate change is a major global challenge. Although irrigated agriculture consumes considerable energy that generates GHG emissions, the biomass produced also represents an important CO2 sink, wh[...]![]()
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According to previous research, in several countries, the achievement of the objectives for tourism development and the better functioning of protected areas is affected by bad governance activities. This paper provides a framework based on the [...]![]()
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Increasing anthropogenic pressures such as pollution, climate change or invasive species can have multiple impacts on ecosystems and the services (ES) they provide. To address the potential effects on ES provision, we propose a geospatial framew[...]![]()
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O. Farahy ; M. Laghfiri ; M. Bourioug ; L. Aleya |The cultivation of apple trees needs to use phytosanitary products, which are used in an irrational way by certain farmers. The harmful effects of pesticides result mainly from their persistence in the environment. Several studies have been carr[...]![]()
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R. Cortignani ; D. Dell'Unto ; G. Dono |Climate change requires Mediterranean farms to maintain adequate profitability, while adapting to the increase in water needs of crops, the growth of water demand for non-agricultural users and the reduction of resource availability. We use disc[...]![]()
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S. Er-Raki ; J. Ezzahar ; O. Merlin ; A. Amazirh ; B. Ait Hssaine ; M.H. Kharrou ; S. Khabba ; A. Chehbouni |The main goal of this research was to evaluate the potential of the HYDRUS-1D numerical model for estimating the soil moisture (θ) at different depths, actual crop evapotranspiration (ETa) and its components (crop transpiration, Ta and soil[...]![]()
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Trouver des moyens déconomiser leau en agriculture est un enjeu crucial. En Europe, lagriculture est le principal utilisateur deau, avec plus de 50 % des prélèvements totaux. Dans de larges portions du territoire européen, les utilisations d[...]![]()
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S. Ouda ; T. Noreldin ; J.J. Alarcon ; R. Ragab ; G. Caruso ; A. Sekara ; M.T. Abdelhamid |In many areas of the world, water shortages prevail and threaten food production. Deficit irrigation was commonly investigated in dry areas as a precious and sustainable production approach. Using the CropSyst model to simulate the effects of di[...]![]()
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G. Sneegas ; S. Beckner ; C. Brannstrom ; W. Jepson ; K. Lee ; L. Seghezzo |Q-methodology is a mixed qualitative-quantitative method used to measure social perspectives on issues relating to sustainability and environmental governance in a systematic, replicable manner. Although its use grown over the past two decades, [...]