Allowing for the multifunctionality of agroforestry systems – lessons from a legal perspective with a focus on Germany

IF 4.4 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Abstract

In view of the multiple challenges faced by agriculture, agroforestry can promote multifunctional farming landscapes. While the law is a decisive factor for the adoption of agroforestry, it is not as yet comprehensively addressed in agroforestry and governance research. We operationalize Ostrom's social-ecological systems framework to analyze agri-environmental laws at EU, German federal and state level using doctrinal and non-doctrinal legal research methods. We show that current legal provisions disincentivize farmers to establish agroforestry system and do not adequately address the benefits and risks of agroforestry systems for ecosystem functions and services and thus overall multifunctionality. We identify terminological misconceptions on the term ’agroforestry’, contradictions between subsidy law and command-and-control law, and a lack of tailored steering towards multifunctionality as major legal barriers to the promotion of agroforestry. Therefore, the example of agroforestry illustrates the challenge inherent in reconciling agricultural and environmental targets in agri-environmental law.

允许农林系统的多功能性--从法律角度吸取的教训,重点是德国
鉴于农业面临多重挑战,农林业可促进多功能农业景观。虽然法律是采用农林业的决定性因素,但在农林业和治理研究中尚未全面涉及。我们运用奥斯特罗姆的社会生态系统框架,采用理论和非理论法律研究方法,分析了欧盟、德国联邦和州一级的农业环境法。我们发现,目前的法律规定不利于农民建立农林系统,也没有充分考虑到农林系统对生态系统功能和服务的益处和风险,因此没有考虑到整体的多功能性。我们认为,对 "农林业 "一词的术语误解、补贴法与命令控制法之间的矛盾以及缺乏对多功能性的有针对性指导是推广农林业的主要法律障碍。因此,农林业的例子说明了在农业环境法中协调农业和环境目标所固有的挑战。
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