NBS in agriculture Flashcards
Simelton et al 2021
Key goals of NBS interventions
- conservation
- Green infrastructure
- sustainable practices
Ma et al 2012
Crop rotations - adding legumes
- fixes nitrogen
- reduces N inputs and CO2 emissions
Pittelkow et al 2014
No/low till agriculture
- 5.7% reduction for no till in yield, but variable so sometimes increases
Poniso et al 2019
Organic agriculture
- 19% lower yield which is seen as good
Knapp and van der Heijden 2018
More variable yields
Schulte et al 2017
Non-forest interventions
- prairie buffer strips to affect runoff
- Benefits outweigh lost yield
- improve Iowa cornland sustainability by 40%
Castle et al 2022
Agroforestry
- trees in fields/pastures
- riparian buffer strips
- meadow orchards
Torralba et al 2016
Agroforestry
- Europe is good for ES
- variable between tree species
Zepetello et al 2022
Looked at three shade coverage in the tropics
- stakeholders value shade and cooling highly
Short et al 2018
Frome catchment
- Add large woody debris, culverts, storage areas
- Limited effect on peak flows but effect on erosion and habitat increase
Dadson et al 2017
- Reforestation can’t stop large floods
- NBS doesn’t do too much here