Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits

Oskar Englund; Pål Börjesson; Blas Mola-Yudego; Göran Berndes; Ioannis Dimitriou; Christel Cederberg; Nicolae Scarlat

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00247-y

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits

Oskar Englund,
Pål Börjesson,
Blas Mola-Yudego,
Göran Berndes,
Ioannis Dimitriou,
Christel Cederberg,
Nicolae Scarlat

Affiliations

Oskar Englund: Department of Ecotechnology and Sustainable Building Engineering, Mid Sweden University
Pål Börjesson: Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Dept. of Technology and Society, Lund University
Blas Mola-Yudego: School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland
Göran Berndes: Division of Physical Resource Theory, Dept. Of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology
Ioannis Dimitriou: Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Christel Cederberg: Division of Physical Resource Theory, Dept. Of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology
Nicolae Scarlat: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00247-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks can effectively reduce nitrogen emissions to water and soil loss by wind erosion in Europe, according to analyses of three implementation scenarios.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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