FALLOWS AS A TOOL FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F26296080%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000123" target="_blank" >RIV/26296080:_____/22:N0000123 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

FALLOWS AS A TOOL FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION

Original language description

The biodiversity of man-managed agricultural landscapes has changed substantially during last periods. Decline in species diversity is evident across all organismal groups, following the modern industrial way of agriculture. In the past, fallows have been used as a land that was allowed to lie idle during the growing season. Recently, the term “fallow” is used for 1) tilling land without sowing any crop or 2) the greening of tilling land by selected plants that benefit the environment. Farmers receive the green direct payment for the latter if they comply with the mandatory practices of greening. However, subsidies are not paid for land left without sowing any crop, i.e. fallow in the original sense, and no environmental measure exist for direct plant diversity support. To create small-scale top-soil disturbation by ploughing simulating arable land without chemistry application and sowing crops is possible rather in the nature protected areas, where the biodiversity conservation stand above the economic interests. In general, the ploughing lead to the appearance of common weed and ruderal species, including invasive ones, with low forage value for farmers and high risk of weed cummulation for neighbour farmland. On the other hand, some specialized endangered species can be supported. Fallow management can be effectively used as an easy tool to support disturbance - bound organisms, additional to grazing or alternative methods like military training grounds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

<a href="/en/project/TH04030244" target="_blank" >TH04030244: Biodiversity increase and support of ecosystem services in agricultural landscape through alternative management practices in grasslands and pastures</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů