Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain.
Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain; Spanish National Research Council CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.
J Environ Manage. 2020 Dec 15;276:111293. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111293. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Sustainable land management practices can be suitable vehicles to simultaneously address the causes and consequences of land degradation, desertification, and climate change in land managed systems. Here, we assess the potential of a variety of sustainable land management practices that, beyond addressing specific and local issues, assist in tackling Mediterranean Basin-wide land-use challenges. With this work, we aim to highlight those options that simultaneously promote local and regional Basin-wide adaptation. To do that, we developed a novel multi-objective assessment that evaluates the effectiveness of 104 practices adopted within the Mediterranean Basin and documented in the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies global database. Results indicate that agroforestry and green covers in perennial woody crops can promote multiple ecosystem services while addressing climate change adaptation. We further argue that these two practices together with reforestation, assist in regulating the hydrological cycle of the Basin and in maintaining its multifunctional landscape. Lastly, we reflect on potential biophysical and socio-economic barriers and opportunities associated with the implementation of the three practices. Our approach provides a Basin-wide integrated view that facilitates the coordination of sustainable management strategies across the Mediterranean region.
可持续土地管理实践可以成为同时解决土地退化、荒漠化和气候变化在土地管理系统中因果关系的合适手段。在这里，我们评估了各种可持续土地管理实践的潜力，这些实践除了解决具体和地方问题外，还有助于应对地中海盆地范围内的土地利用挑战。通过这项工作，我们旨在强调那些同时促进地方和区域全流域适应的选择。为此，我们开发了一种新的多目标评估方法，评估了在全球数据库中记录的地中海盆地内采用的 104 种做法的有效性。结果表明，农林复合经营和多年生木本作物的绿色覆盖可以在应对气候变化适应的同时促进多种生态系统服务。我们进一步认为，这两种做法与重新造林一起，可以帮助调节流域的水文循环，并保持其多功能景观。最后，我们反思了与这三种做法实施相关的潜在生物物理和社会经济障碍和机遇。我们的方法提供了一个全流域的综合观点，有助于协调地中海地区的可持续管理战略。
