Towards sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from an interdisciplinary research-based framework applied to the Saint Lawrence floodplain

作者：Christopher J. Watson, Renata Mazzei, Bérenger Bourgeois, Élise Smedbol, Noé Guiraud, Jim Félix-Faure, Hada Damar, Maxime Tremblay, Pierre-Andé Bordeleau, Mathieu Vaillancourt, Andrea Bertolo, Gilbert Cabana, Stéphane Campeau, Maurice Doyon, Valérie Fournier, Vincent Fugère, Valérie Gravel, François Guillemette, Caroline Halde, J. A. Head, Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Nathalie Lewis, Vincent Maire, Patrick Mundler, Monique Poulin, Shiv O. Prasher, Zhiming Qi, Marco A. Rodríguez, Alexandre Roy, Denis Roy, Julie Ruiz, Christian von Sperber, Lota D. Tamini, Philippe Séguin, Anne Vanasse, Raphaël Proulx · 发表于：Basic and Applied Ecology · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1016/j.baae.2024.07.005 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Soil erosion and sediment transport、Fire effects on ecosystems、Environmental Conservation and Management

Floodplains are unique environments that provide a dynamic link between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Intensification of human activity – particularly agriculture and urbanisation – has resulted in the degradation of floodplains worldwide. Restoration and sustainable management of floodplains requires holistic assessment and compromise between stakeholders to successfully balance environmental, economic, and social benefits. Yet, understanding these complex systems sufficiently to provide evidence-based recommendations is a challenge. We present the lessons learned from establishing an interdisciplinary research-based framework on the agricultural floodplain of Lake Saint Pierre, Québec, Canada, whose mandate was to a) understand and define key environmental, agricultural, and socioeconomic attributes of the landscape, b) quantify the trade-offs and synergies between these attributes across different agricultural practices, regions, and land uses, and c) explore novel agri-environmental management practices to assess their role in sustainable floodplain management. Within this manuscript, we explore the benefits that such an approach offers in evaluating sustainable floodplain land use. We found that an interdisciplinary research-based approach demonstrated important benefits such as knowledge transfer, more efficient use of resources (e.g., personnel, funding), and a flexible yet robust research framework. A framework of individual research projects connected to broader i...