Impact forecasting and risk assessment in regenerative land use projects
Many land areas on our planet are degraded by the destructive impacts of climate change and unsustainable land use management practices. This resulted in soil nutrient depletion, severe droughts, desertification, loss of biodiversity, yield reductions, enhanced greenhouse gas emissions, etc. The resilience of ecosystems to withstand rapid environmental changes has been compromised.
Fortunately, there are ways to reverse the damage and revive the natural capital of a project area. Regenerative land-use projects can tackle the negative impacts of past unsustainable management practices, for instance via adoption of less frequent or zero tillage, the establishment of multi-species plantations instead of monocultures and the improvement of the soil organic carbon content by re-introducing herbs and cover crops. Sustainable agroforestry and silvo-pastoral systems combine several regenerative land-use management principles that lead to systemic improvements at the landscape and even larger scale levels.
With its expert knowledge and customizable analytical (GIS-based) tools, BioGrowth Development can estimate and optimize the impact of past and future management choices of customers in agricultural, forestry and nature land-use change projects. Multi-variate sensitivity and risk analysis is one of the methods that are applied by BioGrowth development for this purpose. By simulating the combined impact of simultaneously varying project parameters on plant growth, carbon sequestration and ecosystem services, the expected benefits and risks of an unlimited number of project scenarios can be tested (e.g. different locations, different combinations of plants, crops, trees and testing a range of management options). Apart from sustainability metrics, techno-economical metrics such as plantation establishment costs and expected returns from carbon credits may also be taken into account. Thus, the optimal project configuration offering the highest combined benefits and the lowest overall risk can be identified.
For more information regarding our solutions and services on regenerative land-use projects please contact our experts.
Dries Vansteenkiste
Chief Technology Officer
INSIGHT
Reference Projects
The crowning glory of our work!
With due pride, we would like to inform you that from 1st July 2023, we will be situated at our new office in Breda! After many great years of working in Bergen op Zoom, at the iconic address ‘Boerenverdriet’ / ‘Farmer sadness’, we will be moving to Keizerstraat 13 in Breda. Moving office is necessary…
BioGrowth Development at ‘The future of bio-raw materials in the Netherlands’ event
We look back on a first successful Biomassafeiten theme day ‘The future of bio-raw materials in the Netherlands’, which was held on March 2 at the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom. The reason for this event was ‘Green Energy Day’, the day on which all green energy in the Netherlands is consumed. We…
Reforestation project of degraded area in Madagascar for Trees For All
Calculation of the potential carbon sequestration via reforestation for Trees For All
IV CONGRESO FORESTAL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
The 10th and 11th of November will be held in Requena (Valencia) the “IV Congreso Forestal de la Comunitat Valenciana” (“IV Forestry Congress of the Valencian Community”), organized by the Plataforma Forestal Valenciana, the AMUFOR, the Ayuntamiento de Requena, the Diputació de València, the Escuela de Viticultura y Enologia Félix Jiménez de Requena and the…
Cover crops and carbon credits
On September 29th, the seminar “Las cubiertas vegetales en el olivar como instrumento de la nueva PAC” (“Vegetable roofs in olive groves as an instrument of the new CAP”) – organized by the Agrupación de Sanidad Vegetal “Centro de España”, the Wageningen University and the governments of Holland and Castilla La Mancha – was held at the…
Carbon storage in the chain for woody biomass from the dry area of Rijkswaterstaat
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, DG Mobility, is investigating a possible role in the National Forest Strategy (LNV). One of the components of this exploration is more insight into the carbon storage that this possible contribution can make, both in the acreage and when used in products that remove the carbon from the…
Green chemistry from biomass
Discussions about the sustainability of woody biomass, which have been taking place in the Netherlands for some time now, are also increasingly making headlines elsewhere in Europe. Certainly when it comes to generating energy. With the increasing attention to green chemistry, the chemical sectors will also be affected sooner or later. This makes reliable certification…