Do agri-environment schemes enhance carbon sequestration? Quantifying the effort in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F24%3A98738" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/24:98738 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857423002847?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925857423002847?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107175" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107175</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Do agri-environment schemes enhance carbon sequestration? Quantifying the effort in the Czech Republic

Original language description

In the Czech Republic, there are several agri-environment schemes focused on biodiversity and improved soil conditions with added benefits contributing to carbon sequestration introduced by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2002. In this study, our aim was to analyse historical data of implemented measures with the highest potential for carbon sequestration, assess their outputs and determine which of the agri-environment measures contributed the most during the programming periods and over the twenty years. Apart from analysing historical data (e.g. number of applications, enrolled area and received payment) and assessing their outputs based on sequestration coefficients published in the literature, we have created an algorithm that predicted carbon sequestration over a twenty-year period to assess the contribution of specific measures beyond the duration of programmes. All the sub -measures monitored contributed to carbon sequestration, with the resulting value determined by the amount of land on which the measure was implemented. The results indicate that, over the period under study, the Conversion from Arable Land to Grassland sub -measure was the highest contributor, reaching values of 555,803-606,330 t C and 1,129,317-1,538,235 t C over twenty years. However, the conversion from arable land to grassland is limited by the land suitable for conversion, so it can be assumed that the Catch Crops sub -measure will make a higher contribution in the future. For the period under study, Catch Crops contributed 359,352-598,920 t C. An increase is also expected for the Flower Strips sub -measure. The study advances knowledge on the contribution of agri-environment measures to carbon sequestration and their modelling, a topic that has not been addressed by many researchers to date and is the first of its kind in Central Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Ecological Engineering

ISSN

0925-8574

e-ISSN

1872-6992

Volume of the periodical

200

Issue of the periodical within the volume

MAR 2024

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

001165619000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85182019654