IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGROECOLOGICAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Abstract

More than a third of the Earth's total land area is used for agriculture and grazing, leading to alarming rates of land conversion and loss of habitat for various plant and animal species. The conventional production of agricultural products as methods and practice of application is the reason for the high rates of deterioration of biodiversity, soil erosion, and reduction of water potential, as well as on several ecosystem services. In Bulgaria, research on economic and other issues related to agroecosystem services is at an initial stage (Kazakova; Nedkov; Nikolov; Todorova; Bachev; Grigorova and Kazakova; IAOS; Yordanov et al.; Chipev et al.). With few exceptions, there is practically no research on the dominant forms of management of agro-ecosystem services in the country (Bashev; Bashev et al.; Bachev, 2021; Todorova). This paper aims to investigate the impact of implementing ecosystem services on landscape shaping in agricultural holdings. As well as a deepening understanding of the impact of multiple agroecological ecosystem services on the agricultural landscape.

Keywords

• agro-ecological services
• landscape
• impact
• implementation