Farming and Land Use Change to Achieve Net Zero

Dr Guy Robinson is Adjunct Professor at Adelaide University, Australia. He is also a LISA Fellow in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, UK. As an internationally-renowned expert on the environmental aspects of rural development around the globe, he has held positions at many leading universities. Professor Robinson is Emeritus Editor of the leading journal Land Use Policy, which he edited for 12 years, and is Editor-in-Chief of Research in Globalization.

• Part 1 Planning land use change1.Key challenges/issues in developing a national net zero land use strategy for agriculture: George Bishop, University of Galway, Ireland;2.Modelling farming-related land-use change scenarios for net zero: Andrew Barnes, SRUC, UK;3.Developing and using land use decision support tools (DSTs) for farmers and landowners in achieving net zero: Julie Urquhart, Countryside and Community Research Institute – University of Gloucestershire, UK;Part 2 Implementing land use change4.Establishing land use priorities/national strategies for managing agricultural peatlands to achieve net zero: Ian Rotherham, Sheffield Hallam University, UK;5.Partial rewetting techniques for lowland agricultural peatland soils: Sarah Johnson, Lancashire Peatland Project, UK;6.Developing paludiculture in restored lowland peatland soils: Nigel Taylor, University of Cambridge, UK;7.Key challenges/issues in integrating trees into farmed landscapes: Katrin Prager, University of Aberdeen, UK;8.Optimising cultivation and use of Miscanthus as a bioenergy crop: John Clifton-Brown, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany;9.Optimising cultivation and use of willow as a bioenergy crop: Timothy Volk, State University of New York, USA;Part 3 Conclusion10.Achieving multifunctional landscapes: implications for rural development policies: Guy M. Robinson, Adelaide University, Australia;