Miljøprojekt, 1172 – Randzoner og andre pesticidfrie beskyttelsesstriber i dyrkede arealer - en udredning – Bilag C: IGANGVÆRENDE RELEVANTE PROJEKTER I UDLANDET

Randzoner og andre pesticidfrie beskyttelsesstriber i dyrkede arealer - en udredning

Bilag C: IGANGVÆRENDE RELEVANTE PROJEKTER I UDLANDET

Sustainable Arable Farming for an Improved Environment (SAFFIE). HGCA (Home-Grown Cereals Authority) Research and Development. Projectnumber HGCA 2617/LK0926.

Projektet startede 1. jan. 2002 og forventet varighed er 60 måneder.

Formålet med projektet er at øge agerlandets biodiversitet ved at integrere nye habitat-plejende tilgange til de dyrkede og udyrkede rande, for at udvikle mere bæredygtig landbrug. Øget forståelse af interaktionerne vil medføre stigninger i forekomster af leddyr og ukrudtsfrø og deres tilgængelighed vil være til fordel for agerlandets fugle.

Foreløbige resultater er bl.a:

1. Hvedemarker med ubevoksede refugier i marken medfører flere lærkeunger.

2. Udlægning ar randzoner øger biodiversiteten.

3. Ubevoksede refugier sammen med udlægning af randzoner medfører færre lærker, muligvis pga. øget prædation.

SEAMLESS, an EU FP6 Integrated Project, aims at generating an integrated framework of computer models. This framework can be used for assessment of how future alternative agricultural and environmental polices affect sustainable development in Europe.

SEAMLESS will develop an integrated and working framework called SEAMLESS-IF. This computer system will include models that simulate effects on the environment and on economic developments, next to procedures that enable assessment the social aspects of sustainability.

The SEAMLESS integrated project aims at developing a computerized, integrated and working framework (SEAMLESS-IF) to assess and compare, ex-ante, alternative agricultural and environmental policy options, allowing:

1. Analysis at the full range of scales (farm to EU and global), whilst focusing on the most important issues emerging at each scale;

2. Analysis of the environmental, economic and social contributions of a multifunctional agriculture towards sustainable rural development and rural viability;

3. Analysis of a broad range of issues and agents of change, such as climate change, environmental policies, rural development options, effects of an enlarging EU, international competition and effects on developing countries.

The project is coordinated by Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Project duration 2005 – 2008. Project coordinator Dr. Martin van Ittersum, Wageningen University. Dansk deltager Skov- og Landskab v. Erling Andersen (link: http://www.seamless-ip.org/).

SENSOR is an Integrated Project within the 6th Framework Research Programme of the European Commission. 33 research partners from 15 European countries constitute the consortium, which develops science based ex-ante Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools (SIAT) to support decision making on policies related to multifunctional land use in European regions.

SENSOR directly responds to the European sustainability objectives as applied to land use and regional development. SENSOR’s main product is the Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool (SIAT), tailored to meet the needs of analysts and policy makers at the European level. SIAT will allow the assessment of land-use-related policy effects on sustainability by means of (1) European policy scenario analyses, (2) regional threshold assessments and (3) stakeholder targets identification. Making use of macro-econometric and sectoral land use models and impact indicators, European policy scenario analyses will forecast future land use changes, assess their multifunctional interrelations and economic, social and environmental impacts. To assess multifunctional land use effects at regional level, impact indicators will be verified on the basis of sustainability thresholds and targets derived from expert consultations and regional stakeholders, thus complementing the data-driven scenario analyses. Validation of assessment results will be conducted in case study areas of sensitive regions such as mountains, coastal zones, islands and post-industrialised areas across Europe. From the onset of the SIAT design, user requirements are explicitly taken into account. Danske deltagere: Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning; DK:: DIAS; Department of Agricultural Systems, Danish Inst. of Agricultural Sciences (link: http://www.sensor-ip.org/).