@inproceedings{MosqueraLosadaLamersdorfDuprazetal., author = {Mosquera-Losada, Mar{\´i}a Rosa and Lamersdorf, N. P. and Dupraz, Christian and Rigueiro-Rodr{\´i}guez, A. and Moreno, G. and Burgess, Paul J. and Freese, Dirk and Pantera, A. and Papanastasis, V. and Amaral, P. J. and Palma, J. and Rosatti, A. and Mezzalira, G. and Watte, J. and Briggs, S.}, title = {Presenting the European Agroforestry Federation}, series = {Conference Proceedings, 13th North American Agroforestry Conference, 19-21 Juni 2013 in Charlottetown, Kanada}, booktitle = {Conference Proceedings, 13th North American Agroforestry Conference, 19-21 Juni 2013 in Charlottetown, Kanada}, editor = {Poppy, Laura and Kort, John and Schroeder, Bill and Pollock, Tricia and Soolanayakanahally, Raju}, address = {Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island, Canada}, pages = {69 -- 70}, abstract = {The European Agroforestry Federation (EURAF) was founded in Paris in December 2011 by almost 250 people coming from 17 European countries. EURAF aims at promoting the adoption of all agroforestry practices across Europe (new and traditional).}, language = {en} } @misc{KayRegaMorenoetal., author = {Kay, Sonja and Rega, Carlo and Moreno, Gerardo and Herder, Michael den and Palma, Jo{\~a}o H. N. and Borek, Robert and Crous-Duran, Josep and Freese, Dirk and Giannitsopoulos, Michail and Graves, Anil and J{\"a}ger, Mareike and Lamersdorf, Norbert and Memedemin, Daniyar and Mosquera-Losada, R. and Pantera, Anastasia and Paracchini, Maria Luisa and Paris, Pierluigi and Roces-D{\´i}az, Jos{\´e} V. and Rolo, Victor and Rosati, Adolfo and Sandor, Mignon and Smith, Jo and Szerencsits, Erich and Varga, Anna and Viaud, Val{\´e}rie and Wawer, Rafal and Burgess, Paul J. and Herzog, Felix}, title = {Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe}, series = {Land Use Policy}, volume = {83}, journal = {Land Use Policy}, issn = {0264-8377}, doi = {10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.025}, pages = {581 -- 593}, abstract = {Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and enhances biodiversity. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we combined scientific and technical knowledge to evaluate nine environmental pressures in terms of ecosystem services in European farmland and assessed the carbon storage potential of suitable agroforestry systems, proposed by regional experts. First, regions with potential environmental pressures were identified with respect to soil health (soil erosion by water and wind, low soil organic carbon), water quality (water pollution by nitrates, salinization by irrigation), areas affected by climate change (rising temperature), and by underprovision in biodiversity (pollination and pest control pressures, loss of soil biodiversity). The maps were overlaid to identify areas where several pressures accumulate. In total, 94.4\% of farmlands suffer from at least one environmental pressure, pastures being less affected than arable lands. Regional hotspots were located in north-western France, Denmark, Central Spain, north and south-western Italy, Greece, and eastern Romania. The 10\% of the area with the highest number of accumulated pressures were defined as Priority Areas, where the implementation of agroforestry could be particularly effective. In a second step, European agroforestry experts were asked to propose agroforestry practices suitable for the Priority Areas they were familiar with, and identified 64 different systems covering a wide range of practices. These ranged from hedgerows on field boundaries to fast growing coppices or scattered single tree systems. Third, for each proposed system, the carbon storage potential was assessed based on data from the literature and the results were scaled-up to the Priority Areas. As expected, given the wide range of agroforestry practices identified, the carbon sequestration potentials ranged between 0.09 and 7.29 t C ha -1 a -1 . Implementing agroforestry on the Priority Areas could lead to a sequestration of 2.1 to 63.9 million t C a -1 (7.78 and 234.85 million t CO 2eq a -1 ) depending on the type of agroforestry. This corresponds to between 1.4 and 43.4\% of European agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Moreover, promoting agroforestry in the Priority Areas would contribute to mitigate the environmental pressures identified there. We conclude that the strategic and spatially targeted establishment of agroforestry systems could provide an effective means of meeting EU policy objectives on GHG emissions whilst providing a range of other important benefits.}, language = {en} }