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Functional Land Management

Prof Rogier Schulte, Lilian O’Sullivan & Dr David Wall

Research centre Advisory office Agri college Head office Johnstown Castle Johnstown Castle Laboratories

Teagasc – the Agriculture & Food Development Authority of Ireland

Knowledge Transfer

Are we running out of land? Or: how can we make the most of our land?

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/ early/2014/09/17/science.1257469

Or: how can we manage the increasing demands on our land?

I want to grow my milk

• utput by 50%

DEMANDS ON OUR LAND

We will provide clean drinking water

DEMANDS ON OUR LAND

We need to sequester carbon

DEMANDS ON OUR LAND

Protect the home of biodiversity

DEMANDS ON OUR LAND

We need to find a home for our waste…

DEMANDS ON OUR LAND

SOIL FUNCTIONS: THE IDEA

Functions in EU Them atic Strategy:

• Primary productivity: food, fibre, fuel
• Water regulation & purification
• Carbon regulation & sequestration
• Habitat for functional & intrinsic biodiversity
• Nutrient Cycling
• (Archeological archive)
• (Building platform)

WHAT CAN OUR LAND SUPPLY?

All soils / land perform all functions… … but different parts of the land(scape) are better at delivering different functions

WHAT CAN OUR LAND SUPPLY?

WHAT CAN OUR LAND SUPPLY?

Relative importance depends on land use

Tillage (crops) Grassland (improved) Forestry

(coniferous)

Forestry (deciduous) Peat (upland) NATURA 2000 Grassland

(unimproved)

Biomass / biofuel

land use

SOIL FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO LAND USE

Relative importance depends on land use x soil type:

Tillage (crops) Grassland (improved) Forestry

(coniferous)

Forestry (deciduous) Peat (upland) NATURA 2000 Grassland

(unimproved)

Biomass / biofuel

land use

W ell drained Moderately drained Poorly drained

SOIL FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO LAND USE

Relative importance depends on land use x soil type:

Tillage (crops) Grassland (improved) Forestry

(coniferous)

Forestry (deciduous) Peat (upland) NATURA 2000 Grassland

(unimproved)

Biomass / biofuel

land use

W ell drained Moderately drained Poorly drained

SOIL FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO LAND USE

SOIL FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO LAND USE

MAPPING SOIL FUNCTIONS

land use drainage

MAPPING SOIL FUNCTIONS

Environm ental policies

• Greening Measures (Pillar 1)
• Nitrates Directive
• Water Framework Directive (DG Env)
• Habitat & Birds Directive (DG Env)
• Agri-Environmental Schemes (Pillar 2)
• EU 2030 Climate and Energy Package

(European Council)

• Sewage Sludge Directive

Agricultural policy fram ew ork

• Common Agricultural Policy (Pillar 1)
• Areas of Natural Constraints (Pillar 2)

DEMANDS FOR SOIL FUNCTIONS

MAPPING SUPPLY & DEMAND

MAPPING SUPPLY & DEMAND

MANAGING SOIL FUNCTIONS:

SOIL MANAGEMENT AND LAND MANAGEMENT

Drinking water standard = ubiquitous  Cannot be ‘offset’ between regions Carbon sequestration ambition = national  Can (and should) be

• ptimised by region

THE ISSUE OF SCALE

THAT IS THE THEORY; HOW WOULD IT WORK IN PRACTICE?

Pathway Existing Policy Instruments

Market Mandatory Voluntary

Land Use Management (National / EU) Farm Management (local)

Value-chain Value-chain Designation of NATURA 2000 & High Status Waterbodies Designation of NATURA 2000 & High Status Waterbodies Manure trading Manure trading Agri-environment schemes Agri-environment schemes Nitrates Nitrates Marketing Marketing Quality assurance schemes Quality assurance schemes Areas of Natural Constraint Areas of Natural Constraint Afforestation Schemes Afforestation Schemes River Basin District Management Plans River Basin District Management Plans Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Impact Assessment Single Farm Payment Single Farm Payment Greening measures Greening measures GAEC GAEC

POLICY FRAMEWORK

HOW?

“think” “do”

BRIDGING THE THINK – DO GAP