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- Common agricultural policy support to silvopasture in the European Atlantic regionPublication . Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier; Rodríguez-Rigueiro, Francisco Javier; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; López-Díaz, Ma Lourdes; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; Castro, Marina; González-Hernández, María Pilar; Fernández-Lorenzo, Juan Luis; Romero-Franco, Rosa; García-Berrios, Julian Jesús; Hallez, Tobi; Anzilotti, Solaria; Giannetti, Francesca; Pantera, Anastasia; Aldrey-Vázquez, José Antonio; Couso-Viana, Ana; Hosseini-Yekani, Seyed-Ali; Porto-Serantes, Nélida; Mosquera-Losada, María RosaAgroforestry practices are sustainable forms of land management recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission (EC). These organizations have established mechanisms to promote agroforestry globally. However, the policies they create often lack monitoring and thorough impact evaluation. To effectively analyze how policies promote agroforestry, it is crucial to consider the scale and context in which these practices are implemented. Policies should be tailored to specific socioeconomic and environmental contexts to ensure their relevance and effectiveness. The best practices that emerge can be applied to similar situations. The objective of this study was to analyze the current state of silvopasture in the Atlantic region of Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures associated with the Rural Development Programs (RDPs). The goals are to enhance our understanding of how sustainable land use systems are promoted and to provide insights that can foster agroforestry across Europe. The Atlantic region is characterized by a significant intensification of agricultural activities, with a very low proportion of silvopasture, mostly in the Northern Atlantic regions. Agroforestry is recognized for its ability to provide ecosystem services that sequester carbon and enhance biodiversity and productivity in the Central Atlantic Region of Europe by promoting hedgerows or reducing forest fires in the Southern Atlantic regions. The CAP promotes agroforestry in some of these areas, primarily through agri-environmental measures. Political measures should prioritize the management, conservation, and implementation of silvopasture to increase sustainability across the European Union (EU). Efforts to promote silvopasture should be encouraged through both agroforestry eco-schemes and CAP Pillar II interventions.
- Coyuntura y problemáticas regionales de las montañas del sudoeste de Europa y restauración de hábitats mediante prácticas de herbivorismo pírico: El proyecto OPEN2PRESERVEPublication . Canals, Rosa María; Múgica, Leire; Sáez, José Luis; Robles, Ana Belén; Yebra, Rafael T.; Castro, Marina; Manso, Filipa; Plaixats, Josefina; Canaleta, Guillem; Aguerre, Cécile; Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Duperron, Carole; Métaillé, Jean-PaulLe feu contrôlé est pratique dans certaines régions du sud-ouest de !'Europe pour Ia restauration des habitats et Ia prévention des grands incendies de forêt. Malgré son intérêt, il est confronté a des défis environnementaux, socio - économiques et règlementaires. Le projet Interreg SUDOE Open2preserve a mis en œuvre huit expériences sur l'herbivorie pyrique dans sept régions du territoire afin de tester et de partager les connaissances scientifiques et techniques sur l'utilisation des brulages et du pâturage dirige. Cet article justifie Ia pratique et explore Ia situation particulière de chaque région.
- Policy challenges for agroforestry implementation in EuropePublication . Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa; Santos, Mário Gabriel Santiago; Gonçalves, Berta; Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria; Castro, Marina; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, Antonio; González-Hernández, María Pilar; Fernández-Lorenzo, Juan Luis; Romero-Franco, Rosa; Aldrey-Vázquez, Jose Antonio; Sobrino, Cristina Cabaleiro; García-Berrios, Julian Jesús; Santiago-Freijanes, Jose JavierAgroforestry (AF) is a sustainable land use practice and system that increases the ecosystem services delivery from agricultural lands compared with treeless systems. Agroforestry can be considered a practice when linked to plot scale (silvoarable, silvopasture, homegarden, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming), and a system when associated with the global farm scale. The enhancement of the ecosystem services is associated with the use and promotion of the biodiversity caused by the presence of trees that optimizes the use of the resources if adequate species are mixed. Agroforestry can be implemented at temporal and spatial scales. At the temporal scale, the use of woody perennials to increase soil fertility is a traditional technique that improves soil health and reduces the need of using herbicides (e.g., the legume Ulex sown for 10 years in between crop cultivation). Five agroforestry practices can be implemented at the plot level: silvopasture, silvoarable/alley cropping, homegardens/kitchengardens, woody linear landscape strips, and forest farming. A farm including these practices is considered an agroforestry system working at the landscape level when several farms are mixed. In spite of the acknowledgment that AF has at the European level for being included as part of Pillars I and II, the spread of AF is limited across Europe. Four challenges, linked with technical, economic, educational, and policy development, have been identified by the AFINET thematic network that, if addressed, may foster policy adoption across the EU. This article proposes 15 different policy recommendations to overcome them and the need of developing an AF strategy for the EU.