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European rural landscapes contain high nature value farmlands that, in addition to being the main economic activity in many rural areas, host habitats and species of great conservation value. The maintenance of these farming systems largely depe[...]Article
Many assessments of ecosystem services (ESs; nature's contribution to people [...]Article
B. Grizzetti ; O. Vigiak ; A. Udias ; A. Aloe ; M. Zanni ; F. Bouraoui ; A. Pistocchi ; C. Dorati ; R. Friedland ; A. De Roo ; C. Benitez Sanz ; A. Leip ; M. Bielza |Intensive agriculture and densely populated areas represent major sources of nutrient pollution for European inland and coastal waters, altering the aquatic ecosystems and affecting their capacity to provide ecosystem services and support econom[...]Article
The Harran Basin is an important region where agricultural activities have been conducted for millennia. The agricultural water needs of the basin are largely met with surface irrigation through the GAP (South-Eastern Anatolian Project), while g[...]Article
À lheure où lété bat son plein et quune partie des vacanciers a rejoint les côtes pour profiter de la mer, Futuribles poursuit sa série consacrée aux océans, lancée il y a un an, en juillet-août 2020. Cette fois, cest la Méditerranée qui est[...]Article
Forests provide a number of ecological and hydrological services, for instance, contributing to decreased water and sediment yields through increased infiltration and reduced soil erosion. However, forest fires can turn positive forest services [...]Article
As recognized by the Paris Climate Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), local and subnational regions are crucial actors to achieve international mitigation and adaptation commitments. Scientific liter[...]Article
C.J. Brown ; M.F. Adame ; C.A. Buelow ; M.A. Frassl ; S.Y. Lee ; B. Mackey ; E.C. McClure ; R.M. Pearson ; A. Rajkaran ; T.S. Rayner ; M. Sievers ; C.A. Saint Ange ; A.I. Sousa ; V.J.D. Tulloch ; M.P. Turschwell ; R.M. Connolly |Vegetated coastal wetlands, including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves, are threatened globally, yet the need to avert these losses is poorly recognized in international policy, such as in the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United N[...]Article
L. Seguin ; F. Barataud ; L. Guichard ; M. Bonifazi ; V. Souchère ; S. Bouarfa ; J. Tournebize |Cet article propose danalyser la manière dont la construction transdisciplinaire dun projet de recherche, puis la mise en uvre dune démarche participative sur lenjeu des pollutions diffuses agricoles de leau (nitrates et pesticides), const[...]Article
Le lexique économique employé pour désigner des composantes de la nature est souvent accusé de biaiser nos représentations et nos modes de gestion de lenvironnement. Contribuant au processus de commodification de la nature, il aurait même sa pa[...]Article
La formulation des risques associés à lérosion de la biodiversité prend de lampleur dans les champs politique et scientifique. Plusieurs évènements nationaux et internationaux en 2020 et 2021 mettent en exergue limportance de cet [...]Article
International conservation and sustainability agendas (CBD, 2010, Union, 2011, IPBES, 2018, United Nations, 2018) have repeatedly called for conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biodiversity as well as the enhancement of ecosystem se[...]Article
This paper presents a methodological framework to conduct a water stress assessment of water resources through water stress index. A modified version of the water stress index was developed and applied for cereal grown in the Kebir Rhumel Basin,[...]Article
The management and protection of a country's water resources is a matter of high priority, ensuring the development and socio-economic stability of a country. Unquestionably, Greece is a characteristic example of this, as water distribution is h[...]Article
Pollinator biodiversity loss occurs at unprecedented rates globally, with particularly sharp declines documented in the North Temperate Zone. There is currently no consensus on the main drivers of the decline. Although climate change is expected[...]Article
A. Massot ; A. Pressurot ; M. Trouillet ; E. Hassenforder, intervieweur |De plus en plus de gestionnaires territoriaux mettent en place des démarches participatives dans le cadre de projets, plans ou programmes. Cet article apporte des éléments permettant de comprendre le contexte entourant les démarches de participa[...]Article
Cet article sintéresse aux difficultés dengagement des acteurs dans la planification de la gestion des eaux souterraines, notamment celle des grands aquifères captifs. En sappuyant sur un exemple dans le Sud-Ouest de la France, il montre comm[...]Article
V. Borrell Estupina ; F. Grelot ; A. Alix ; D. Badoga ; P. Balzergue ; P. Brémond ; M. Djangue ; J. Herreo Feran ; A. Fezeu ; C. Jourdan ; C. Llovel ; L. Luquot ; V. Marry ; S. Morardet ; R. Moussa ; D. Puigserver Cuerda ; S. Richard ; M. Rousseau ; D. Sebag ; E. Servat ; S. Van-Exter |Pénuries deau, inondations violentes, ruissellements intenses : face aux changements globaux, les territoires évoluent vers des trajectoires parfois en rupture avec celles du passé. Des informations fiables sont nécessaires pour le renouvelleme[...]Article
Cet article revient sur les origines de la notion dacceptabilité sociale avant de décrire des stratégies participatives qui y sont associées. Certaines sapparentent davantage à de la manipulation quà une volonté de co-construction. À travers [...]Article
This paper presents a comprehensive study to assess the impact of climate change on Egypt?s water resources, focusing on irrigation water for agricultural crops, considering that the agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water in Egypt. [...]Article
R. Sardaro ; N. Faccilongo ; F. Conto ; P. La Sala |The paper investigates the attitude of farmers to participate in an on-farm conservation programme based on the cultivation of vine landraces in Apulia, southern Italy, in place of the current commercial varieties, as an adaptation strategy to c[...]Article
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the European Green Deal and the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are legislative proposals counting on rural and agricultural landscapes to assist climate change mitigation, ecosystem servi[...]Article
To minimize the negative impacts of climate change, adaptation is key. There are, however, a range of factors that, unless recognized and dealt with effectively, can prevent or disrupt adaptation efforts by farmers. Barriers to climate change ad[...]Article
This paper briefly describes the contribution of the Foggara to the development of the oases of the Algerian Sahara during more than 20 centuries of exploitation. Over a 20-year period of study in the Touat and Gourara regions (2000-2020), we le[...]Article
Le changement climatique affecte considérablement la cédraie algérienne. Pas moins de trois épisodes de mortalité massive du cèdre de l'Atlas, principalement dus à des sécheresses récurrentes, ont été observés depuis la fin du XIX' siècle. L'imp[...]Article
Les tendances climatiques des cédraies se situent dans les fourchettes des projections climatiques 2016-2035 du GIEC pour le Maroc. Elles sont caractérisées par une augmentation de la fréquence des années sèches, une tendance à la baisse des pré[...]Article
La région méditerranéenne doit faire face aux conséquences du changement climatique. Ces conséquences sont exacerbées par les impacts d'une population en constante augmentation extirpant les ressources naturelles. Les changements climatiques mod[...]Article
Many approaches have been used to investigate climate change impacts on agriculture. However, several caveats remain in this field: (i) analyses focus only on a few major crops, (ii) large differences in yield impacts are observed between projec[...]Article
This study was designed to investigate how dairy farmers of AL-Dhulel cooperative Dairy Society (ACDS) perceive climate change, the adaptation strategies adopted by farmers to cope with the impact of climate change and the barriers to the adopti[...]Article
N. Borghino ; M. Corson ; L. Nitschelm ; A. Wilfart ; J. Fleuet ; M. Moraine ; T.A. Breland ; P. Lescoat ; O. Godinot |Territorial Life Cycle Assessment (TLCA) appears a promising method to support informed decision making of local actors in territorial agricultural production systems (TAPS), by assessing environmental impacts of agricultural activities and pote[...]Article
This commentary considers the challenges and trade-offs in using blockchain as the facilitating digital infrastructure for degrowth projects. A blockchain is simply a distributed database. The technology is being used for a wide range of applica[...]Article
This paper uses bibliometric mapping and network analysis to review decades of research on ecosystem services and life cycle assessment (LCA). The study reveals how these two academic fields evolved to become distinct fields with little interact[...]Article
Le bassin versant de lOued Guigou connait des facteurs dévolution généraux. Jusquà une époque récente, aucune menace significative na pesé sur la stabilité de ce bassin versant. Aujourdhui, cet équilibre est devenu précaire et on peut voir [...]Article
S. Taïbi ; F.Z.H. Anza ; S. Zeroual |Le réchauffement climatique est susceptible d'avoir de graves répercussions sur la disponibilité des ressources en eau à travers les changements dans les régimes de précipitations et l'augmentation des températures. Comprendre ces changements en[...]Article
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in the world. It provides food for the growing world populations while also creating employment opportunities. This sector, however, is greatly threatened by climate change, increased water scarci[...]Article
Le changement climatique concerne déjà l'île de Chypre et va affecter de manière significative les secteurs vulnérables de l'île. Il exerce une pression sur la survie et la répartition d'espèces sauvages, les soumettant à une sérieuse menace d'e[...]Article
The ecological footprint (EF) is an important tool for assessing ecological resource occupancy. The three-dimensional (3D) EF changes the EF from a plane to a column, and the bottom (EFsize) represents the human appropriation of the annual natur[...]Article
Agroecosystems are anthropised ecosystems where human activities, mainly agricultural practices, affect the innate functioning, leading to the provision of agroecosystem services (AES) and disservices (AEDS). This study presents a novel and inte[...]Article
The peri-urban areas of European metropolises offer a diversity of vegetated spaces forests, agricultural land, abandoned or preserved natural areas that receive ecological attention from city dwellers. This attention varies locally dependin[...]Article
The crop yield modeling remains a central input in the assessment of climate change risks. This study aims at investigating to what extent that rainfall, temperature and runoff could ably transmit significant information needed for analyzing and[...]Article
A. Montsant ; O. Baena ; L. Bernardez ; J. Puig |Aim of study : To assess the impacts of climate change on local agriculture with a high resolution in a Mediterranean region with a diversity of climates. Area of study : Catalonia (NE Spain). Material and methods : Based on historical meteorolo[...]Article
This paper is based on the results of an empirical study conducted on a sample of 103 employees of the Croatian Agricultural and Forestry Advisory Service in mid- 2018. The main goal of the study was to determine the opinions and attitudes of ag[...]Article
Ecosystem services and human well-being have received increasing scientific interest owing to their importance in influencing sustainability. Yet, quantitative and visual analyses of the scientific literature on ecosystem services and human well[...]Article
Environmental economic valuation allows to derive values from individuals' behaviour in hypothetical markets, but it is not exempt from certain biases. This work aims to evidence the existence of Social Desirability Bias (SDB) in the use of the [...]Article
Desertification is one of the most important problems facing arid and semi-arid regions, whether it is caused by irresponsible human activity or due to natural conditions or both. The objectives of the study were to assess the environmental sens[...]Article
This paper examines irrigation management within the Tunisian Water Users Association (WUA),in Nadhour public irrigated area (central of Tunisia). The functioning of 14 WUAs was evaluated based on questionnaires and related interviews. The metho[...]Article
Global drylands comprise over 40% of the earths land surface, support millions of pastoralists and account for half of the worlds livestock. Climate change and socio-economic drivers are rapidly altering dryland social-ecological systems, with[...]Article
D. Walters ; D.C. Kotze ; A. Rebelo ; L. Pretorius ; N. Job ; J.V. Lagesse ; E. Riddell ; C. Cowden |Wetlands differ in their ability to provide ecosystem services, and thus there is a need to assess ecosystem service delivery in order to prioritize protection and restoration efforts. We used a Delphi-based expert-panel method to validate an ec[...]Article
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Si les contextes politiques européen et national semblent aujourdhui favorables à la mise en uvre de paiements pour services environnementaux (PSE) en agriculture, les opérateurs publics comme privés manquent doutils pratiques et, parfois, de[...]Article
Climate change is identified as a major threat to wetlands. Altered hydrology and rising temperature can change the biogeochemistry and function of a wetland to the degree that some important services might be turned into disservices. This means[...]Article
The use of the ecosystem services approach for ecosystem management, including the valuation of ecosystem services, has grown in recent decades. Although a common framework is used, each ecosystem has its own characteristics. The agroecosystem, [...]Article
In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as farmers current demands are lower than was prev[...]Article
The production of olive oil generates a huge amount of residues which must be adequately handled, which currently represents both an economic cost and an environmental concern. A possible solution which is under study is the use of such residues[...]Article
Climate change, the agri-food sector and trade are closely related. This contribution aims at presenting issues related to the economic impacts of climate changes on international trade. The agri-food sector is one of the most hit by changes in [...]Article
This paper presents a systemic Adaptation Assessment Framework (AAF) conceived to guide agricultural adaptation mainstreaming into broader policy domains, particularly, those related to rural development. Starting from a review of the main phase[...]Article
Futuribles poursuit ici la série consacrée à locéan, à la mer, aux littoraux , lancée en juillet-août 2020, avec un article de Sylvain Pioch consacré à lartificialisation du littoral, en France, et aux moyens de lenrayer. Rappelant tout dabo[...]Article
This paper is a first attempt to compute the total water needs of an agricultural plain with remote sensing and ground data in Iran. The cropping areas were mapped with Sentinels-2 images, based on NDVI profiles classification. This model was va[...]Article
La partie aval de loued Aoulai est caractérisée par une grande irrégularité des précipitations, le plus souvent à caractère orageux, une forte pente, une topographie accidentée et une lithologie essentiellement fragile ; combinées à une défores[...]Article
The implications of weather and climate extremes on the viticulture and winemaking sector can be particularly detrimental and acquire more relevance under a climate change context. A four-member ensemble of the Regional Climate Model-Global Clim[...]Article
A. de Ravignan ; L. Hutinet ; C. Vallet ; M. Jublin ; N. Nahapétian ; V. Grimault ; L. Clerc, illus. |Elles sont parfois microscopiques, parfois énormes. Elles portent des noms latins compliqués et se comptent en millions. Pour linstant, en tout cas. Car aujourdhui des espèces, animales ou végétales, disparaissent à une allure inédite sous la[...]Article
A.A. Mana ; A.A. Mana ; A. Allouhi ; K. Ouazzani ; A. Jamil |All over the world, agriculture is both the food provider and an energy-intensive consumer, basically in developing countries. Thus, energy inputs into agriculture are often from fossil origin. Nevertheless, rural development cannot be done with[...]Article
Increasing population and the need for more food has made demands on water resources due to crop productions. One of the strategies for preventing the overuses of safe water resources for agriculture is to increase agricultural productivity by r[...]Article
Agriculture terraces constitute a significant element of the Mediterranean landscape, enabling crop production on steep slopes while protecting land from desertification. Despite their ecological and historical value, terrace cultivation is thre[...]Article
M.J. Al Sayah ; C. Abdallah ; M. Khouri ; R. Nedjai ; T. Darwich |This study aims to implement the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) concept on a test site: the 309 km2 Nahr Ibrahim watershed Lebanon, by integrating soil erosion as an LDN indicator given its status as a land degradation driver and common conce[...]Article
La mer Méditerranée réunit de forts enjeux économiques (transports mondiaux, tourisme, pêche), sociaux (immigration) et environnementaux (hotspot de biodiversité, et zone fortement impactée par le changement climatique). Cette petite mer semi-fe[...]Article
À partir dune enquête qualitative, dans un contexte dagriculture intensive en Brie humide drainée, larticle retrace la manière dont est pensée la mise en discussion de deux objets techniques (le système de drainage et les zones tampons humide[...]Article
J.-E. Beuret ; L. Martel ; A. Cadoret ; F. Chlous ; J. Delannoy ; M. Lesueur ; C. Noirot ; H. Rey-Valette ; L. Ritschard ; P. Sauboua |Nous nous intéressons ici à la gouvernance dune catégorie daires marines protégées, Natura 2000 en mer, et aux déterminants de lefficacité de la gouvernance des sites. Après avoir constitué une base de données portant sur 158 sites localisés [...]Article
Le cas dérosion côtière traité par cet article se manifeste sur les plages du Parc national de larchipel de la Maddalena, en Sardaigne, au cur dune zone touristique de renommée internationale. Ce terrain de recherche a permis danalyser les [...]Article
Over the past few years, the capability approach (CA) has been increasingly recognized as a promising foundation of sustainable development despite the persistent critiques of its deliberative democracy concept. This paper theoretically and empi[...]Article
M.M. Sy ; H. Rey-Valette ; C. Figuières ; M. Simier ; R. De Wit |Preferences elicitation can be a challenging exercise for citizens participating in assessment surveys. It is even more challenging when it comes to complex and unfamiliar ecosystems and the threatened ecosystem services they provide. Making peo[...]Article
M. Longo ; N. Dal Ferro ; B. Lazzaro ; F. Morari |Agri-environmental measures (AEMs) are meant to foster environmentally-friendly farming techniques. The use of AEMs to enhance agroecosystem quality is still under debate due to site-specific spatial mismatches that often occur between adopted A[...]Article
I. Funes ; I. Funes ; R. Savé ; F. de Herralde ; C. Biel ; E. Pla ; D. Pascual ; J. Zabalza ; G. Cantos ; G. Borràs ; J. Vayreda ; X. Aranda |In this study, the suitability of major crops currently growing in three case study basins in Catalonia (NE Spain) was assessed for the first half of the 21st century. For this purpose, an estimation was made of net hydric needs (NHN) and a set [...]Article
A la veille des chantiers engagés au Maroc, le tourisme est considéré comme machine motrice du développement économique et mis en relief avec une certaine solennité bien méritée. Aujourdhui, les stratégies de management touristique se sont fixé[...]Article
Integrated Water Resources Management is a topic of great importance for both researchers and decision-makers, among the solutions proposed to better manage this crucial resource what is called an aquifer contract, which is a participatory way o[...]Article
As the core of civilian production and an indispensable part of the national economy, the agricultural industry plays a role in many aspects, but it also generates a large amount of carbon emissions that are harmful to the environment. A game mo[...]Article
N. El Assaoui ; A. Sadok ; I. Merimi |The scientific knowledge of processes related to climate change impact on groundwater resources remains insufficient both nationally and internationally. This is due particularly to: the inadequacy of databases both quantitatively and qualitativ[...]Article
Forest management is an untapped tool, yet to realize its full potential to fight against climate change. The capability of forests to act as carbon sinks makes them a key resource to reduce CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. However, carbon w[...]Article
Coupled humanenvironment systems and traditional agricultural landscapes can be a key element in the conservation of biodiversity, ecological functionality, and cultural heritage. Terraced landscapes are a relevant example of traditional landsc[...]Article
The growing interest in climate change and related risks has triggered efforts to address both its causes and impact. Climate action is mainstreamed in various public policies in which spatial planning has a key role and operates as a coordinati[...]Article
Terraced landscapes were for centuries forms of sustainable and multifunctional land management, results of a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their environment. They demonstrated a rich cultural diversity and agrobiodiversity [...]Article
A. Salhi ; S. Benabdelouahab ; E.O. Bouayad ; T. Benabdelouahab ; I. Larifi ; M. El Mousaoui ; N. Acharrat ; M. Himi ; A. Casas Ponsati |In coastal watersheds, services and landuse favour coastal tourism and urbanization, depriving rural upstream of infrastructure and attention. This unbalanced management leads to an intensification of socioeconomic changes that generate a struct[...]Article
K.V. Varotsos ; A. Karali ; G. Lemesios ; G. Kitsara ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; C. Giannakopoulos |The paper presents the analysis of a sub-set of high-resolution bias-adjusted simulations from the EURO-CORDEX initiative, in order to examine the changes in the mean climate and the extremes in three Mediterranean islands, namely, Sicily, Crete[...]Article
F. Reyes ; M. Gosme ; K.J. Wolz ; I. Lecomte ; C. Dupraz |Introduction: Climate change (CC) and the increased occurrence of extreme climatic events pose a serious threat to crop yields and their stability worldwide. This study analyzed the CC mitigation potential of an alley cropping system on crop phy[...]Article
Agricultural research has fostered productivity growth, but the historical influence of anthropogenic climate change (ACC) on that growth has not been quantified. We develop a robust econometric model of weather effects on global agricultural to[...]Article
M. Pommerieux ; N. Blanc ; L. Laigle ; S. Tonnelat |Alors que lattention portée à léchelle mondiale à ladaptation au changement climatique sintensifie, lobjet de cet article est détudier lévolution des stratégies dadaptation à léchelle locale, au sein de trois territoires franciliens. No[...]Article
E. Hassenforder ; S. Girard ; N. Ferrand ; C. Petitjean ; C. Fermond |Cet article détaille un processus participatif mis en place sur le bassin versant de la Drôme pour préparer, avec les citoyens, la révision du Schéma dAménagement et de Gestion des Eaux. Spécifiquement, des citoyens ont été associés précocement[...]Article
Economic and environmental assessment of two different rain water harvesting systems for agriculture
L. Pari ; A. Suardi ; W. Stefanoni ; F. Latterini ; N. Palmieri |Increasing aridity and subsequent water scarcity are currently among the major problems of agriculture. Rainwater harvesting could represent a way to tackle this issue, and, as a consequence, scientific research has been more and more focused on[...]Article
Le changement climatique affecte le cycle de leau et oblige le monde agricole à anticiper ces évolutions, en adaptant ses systèmes de culture, en augmentant lefficience de ses pratiques dirrigation, et en semployant à préserver la ressource.[...]Article
A. Smanis ; D. Fuentes ; P. Fuente ; A. Valdecantos |Drylands functioning depends on water fluxes and the retention of resources. The restoration of degraded areas should mimic the natural arrangement of vegetation in the landscape in a source-sink pattern. Reintroducing key woody seedlings throug[...]Article
Combining an olive growth simulation model with a specific module for economic componentsnamely, net margin (NM) and irrigation water productivity (IWP)resulted in the AdaptaOlive v2.0 model. This model, used with perturbed climate (PC) and im[...]Article
C. Sanchis-Ibor ; M. Ortega-Reig ; A. Guillem-Garcia ; J.M. Carricondo ; J. Manzano-Juarez ; M. García Mollá ; A. Royuela |During the last three decades, like many other Mediterranean states, Spain has intensively promoted the modernization of irrigation, focusing mainly on the introduction of pressurized irrigation systems. Following 30 years of investment, a shift[...]Article
Various governments are struggling to meet the water demand of their countries due to climate change, pollution, population growth, and the overuse of water resources. Thus, rationalizing water consumption has become a priority to meet these cha[...]Article
Latteinte des objectifs de préservation de la biodiversité suppose dintégrer celle-ci dans léconomie et de trouver des leviers de création de valeur permettant un financement, en complément de laction publique, de cette préservation par le s[...]Article
This work proposes a holistic landscape assessment methodology, with novel and practical tools, which can support sustainable landscape development for small islands. The Greek island of Gavdos is the case study. An Islandscape character assessm[...]Article
Life cycle assessment of the Spanish virgin olive oil production: a case study for Andalusian region
Spain is the first olive oil producer worldwide (representing around 45%), with more than 80% of its agricultural area dedicated to this crop. The goal of this study is to assess the environmental impact of the Spanish virgin olive oil productio[...]Article
In recent decades, there has been growing concern regarding worsening global climate conditions for agricultural production, especially in Mediterranean climate and other semi-arid areas where the scarcity of water is a major problem. The object[...]Article
Coastal erosion is a major issue facing Europe that will only worsen under future climate change and the resulting sea level rise. One effect of erosion is the loss of ecosystem services, which are provided by coastal areas, such as provisioning[...]Article
T. Fidélis ; A.S. Cardoso ; F. Riazi ; A.C. Miranda ; J. Abrantes ; F. Teles ; P.C. Roebeling |Following the challenges of the European Union (EU), member states have adopted circular economy (CE) plans and strategies, with objectives and measures to foster circularity. Although the concept of CE refers to various natural resources such a[...]Article
G. Letournel ; C. Pages ; L. Seguin ; C. Chaumont ; J. Tournebize |Concilier les enjeux eau et biodiversité dans les régions agricoles est un enjeu majeur pour les acteurs des territoires. À partir d'une expérience menée en Brie Nangissienne, où des zones tampons humides artificielles ont été créées pour favor[...]