ANUELA Nature Conservation Management for Sustainable Agriculture
Content Seite 2 Background: Why MANUELA? 3 Structure of the system (Modules, Desktop view, Techn. details) 4 Presentation of modules 8 Biotopes + Species 9 Biotope connectivity 12 Biotope development potential 15 Water erosion 17 Additional modules 19 Outlook: Planned improvements 20
For a start... Seite 3 Nature conservation benefits, such as biodiversity, are not only a concern of politics but are also increasingly demanded by food producing firms Most of conservation aims have to be implemented on the farm level But: Farmers are not prepared for this task and Agri-environmental measures often do not bear in mind specific requirements of agricultural holdings. Solution: A Software for the management and assessment of nature conservation benefits, that provides aims and incentives, but also more scope for farmers own decisions.
Modules overview Seite 4 MANUELA Biodiversity Species and Biotopes Biotope Development Potential Land Use Impacts Scenic Value GIS-based visualisation spatial analysis evaluation Soil Erosion (water) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Compliance Audit Good Farming Practice Cross Compliance Cost Accounting Agri-Environmental Measures Farm level
Desktop view Seite 5 Desktop GIS OpenJump Visualizations maps texts tables diagrams Data analyses MANUELA Plug-In for OpenJump Additional MANUELA-Tools within an extra menue
Structure of the system Seite 6 INPUT by the user Desktop GIS OpenJump OUTPUT of the system Data about landscape Tools and functions Assessment results Land use data Data about properties Data about vegetation and biotopes Soil data Data about floristic and faunistic species Data about cultivation REPRO Farm records Farm management systems Data from IACS Import/ Manual input Recording Analyses Visualization PostgreSQLdata base Master data (provided with the System) Schemes for data collection Assessment schemes individual farm data Output Biodiversity Visual landscape Soil erosion (water) Compliance audit in the form of Geodata Maps Diagrams Tables Textual description
Technical details Seite 7 JGoodies Looks JFreeChart JGoodies Forms & WizardAPI SwingX GlazedLists &
Modules presentation Seite 8 Biodiversity Biotope assessment Species Measures Agri- Environmental Cost accounting measures Biotope connectivity Biotope development potential Cultivation impacts Erosion (Water)
Seite 9 MANUELA Biotopes + Species Basic Assessment: + Upgrade: Assessment of biotope types Assessment of biotope characteristics
Recording an assessing biotopes Seite 10
Presentation of Biotope Valuation Seite 11 Map Table 2,2 4,4 3,5 4,1 3,1 3,8 1,3 Diagram Percentage of landscape components with: Landscape components on the farm biotope value.
Seite 12 MANUELA Biotope connectivity
Biotope connectivity Seite 13 Biotope connectivity for species of field margins Biotope connectivity for species of grove/bosk Distance can be covered by all species Distance can be covered by most species Distance can be covered by some species Distance can be covered by only few species
Seite 14 Results biotope connectivity Very high connectivity (50m) High connectivity (75m) Medium connectivity (150m) Low connectivity (250m) Very low connectivity (400m) MANUELA Biotope connectivity Results
Seite 15 MANUELA Biotope development potential
Seite 16 Soil humidity MANUELA Biotope development potential Results Soil nutrient supply Soil ph
Seite 17 MANUELA Erosion potential through water
Seite 18 Erosion potential (water) Very low Low Medium High MANUELA Erosion potential (water) Results ABAG/ USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) Ground elevation/ slope Rainfall pattern Soil type Crops Management practices
Additional Modules Seite 19 Catalogue for agrienvironmental measures Cost accounting
Outlook: Planned improvements Seite 20 Easier-to-understand user interface and navigation Providing data for life cycle assessment inclusion, especially biodiversity data Automatic report generator (digital farm management plan) Enhanced visualization features as a tool to use for consumer information Greenhouse gas emissions module (partly programmed)