SASCHA
Sustainable land management and adaptation strategies to climate change for the Western Siberian corn-belt
| Research question | How can we mitigate negative impacts of agricultural land-use change on ecosystem services and biodiversity in Western Siberia? |
Drivers | Climate change, post-soviet socio-economic change, increasing worldwide demand for food and biofuels |
| Indicators | Area cultivated for food and energy crops, livestock densities, pesticide and fertiliser input, greenhouse gas fluxes, water balance, biodiversity patterns |
| Production systems | Agriculture (livestock farming, rain-fed cereals) |
| Measures | Modelled future land-use scenarios, toolkits for monitoring change and land-use planning, written guidance and training for policymakers |
| Country | Russia | Western Siberia |
| Study sites | 3 sites à 400 km² between Tyumen and Ishim |
| Area | 1.200 km² |
| Duration | August 2011 to July 2016 |
