18 mai 2017 13:30

Session at DNC 2017 // Monitoring and assessment of resource use in multi-functional land-use systems

Multifunctional land-use systems overcome the strict separation between specialised land-use types such as crop cultivation, livestock grazing and area designated for nature protection. The underlying idea is that one integrated system provides a number of different goods and services to land-users and human society, e.g. agro-forestry systems producing biomass for food, fiber and bioenergy and at the same time help to maintain regulatory services (e.g. water, climate) and to preserve biodiversity or multifunctional reservoirs providing various water-related services.

Events

Session at the Dresden Nexus Conference 2017 "SDGs and Nexus Approach - Monitoring and Implementation", 17-19 May 2017 These systems can operate on various spatial scales, ranging from regions to landscapes and single plots. Managing these multifunctional systems requires an efficient monitoring system, reflecting the range in functions and spatial scale and using consistent and reliable sampling schemes, probes and sensors for the monitoring and assessment of natural resources use (e.g. land, biomass, water) and of the related environmental impacts. On the technical level, monitoring includes for example remote-sensing methods to track land-use changes as well as measurements of biomass extraction and nutrient loadings to waterbodies. Building on these data collections, another challenge is to systematically extract, structure and aggregate information (e.g. in form of indicator systems) that is useable for decision makers, planners and land-users.

Objectives and expected outcome

The session has two objectives: (1) To discuss innovative scientific approaches for the effective long-term monitoring and assessment of natural resources use and environmental impacts in multifunctional land-use systems at different spatial scale levels, (2) To present case studies that can serve as good practice examples for the successful implementation and application of such monitoring/assessment systems.

Target audience

The target audience includes scientists from the field of land-use science as well as practitioners and decision makers involved in land-use planning and sustainable resource management.

Agenda

13:30 pm
Assessing REDD+ and competing land-use objectives
Rebekka Hüfner, University of Kassel, Germany 13:40 pm
Monitoring of the extraction of mineral resources and its environmental impacts – the case study Hoa Binh, Vietnam
Prof. Nguyen Xuan Thinh, TU Dortmund University, Germany 13:50 pm
Evaluation of environmental services associated with multifunctional agricultural land-use practices in the Northern region of Cameroon
PhD Dorothe Yong Nje, United Nations University-Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, Ghana 14:00 pm
Sustainable Land Use and Climate Mitigation: Management Options and Enhanced Knowledge - Cross-Sectoral, Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research Findings for Germany
PhD Johanna Fick, Thuenen Institute, Germany 14:10 pm
Monitoring of Land Use Development – Methodological Problems and Solutions in Germany
PhD Gotthard Meinel, Technische Universität Dresden, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany 14:20 pm
Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use
Prof. Ralf Seppelt, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, Germany Source: DNC 2017 website