Improving the representation of cattle grazing patterns in the European Union

Malek, Žiga (avtor), Romanchuk, Zoriana (avtor), Yaschun, Orysia (avtor), Jones, Gwyn (avtor), Petersen, Jan-Erik (avtor), Fritz, Steffen (avtor), See, Linda (avtor)

Improving the sustainability of the European cattle sector requires improved knowledge not only of the density of cattle, but also of the grazing patterns. Only in this way can the potential negative impacts of cattle related to local ecosystem degradation, as well as positive ones such as preserving cultural landscapes through grazing, be analyzed. While data on livestock distribution often used in scientific analyses can provide estimates on density, the separation between the livestock that has access to outdoor grazing and those that remain indoors is not available. This is problematic because it prevents the identification of the intensity and type of grassland management, as well as the consequential environmental impacts of grazing livestock. Here we present an approach where we combined agricultural and veterinary statistics, in-situ data, expert surveys and machine learning to develop a map of grazing cattle distribution for the wider European Union region. Our approach and the resulting data allow for the differentiation between cattle that are actually grazing versus those that do not. We also compare our method to traditional approaches that do not have a clear separation between grazing and non-grazing cattle, illustrating the implications that this can have for agricultural, land use and environmental assessments.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: livestock, grazing, grassland management, land use
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: 14 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 19, art. 114077
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164277
• UDK: 502/504
• ISSN pri članku: 1748-9326
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad858a
• COBISS.SI-ID: 212101123
• Datum objave v RUL: 18.10.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Environmental research letters
• Založnik: Institute of Physics Publishing.
• ISSN: 1748-9326
• COBISS.SI-ID: 515073049

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: živinoreja, paša, pašništvo, raba prostora

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Številka projekta: 101060423
• Naslov: LAnd use and MAnagement modelling for SUStainable governance
• Akronim: LAMASUS

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Bezos Earth Fund
• Naslov: Global Pasture Watch project