Nature-Based Solutions for European Vineyards

Solutions for Transformative Change
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-20113-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

This transdisciplinary book explores the potential benefits and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in vineyards across a range of European countries.

Most agricultural landscapes, including vineyards, have abandoned their traditional management practices, making them vulnerable to climate extremities, biologically impoverished and highly susceptible to pests and diseases. There is now a growing awareness among wine producers and consumers about the importance of managing vineyards sustainably through nature-based solutions. This volume analyses work done in vineyards across a range of European countries, including Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France and Portugal, and further examines the potential of sustainable nature-based solutions in improving ecosystem health, while prioritizing wine quality and social and economic gains. Drawing on the experiences of scientists from varied backgrounds, including natural and social scientists, vineyard managers, wine producers and environmental agencies working in vineyard landscapes, chapters present evidence-based research results demonstrating the environmental, social and economic effectiveness of nature-based solutions implemented through a range of bio-based approaches, including organic, biodynamic and regenerative farming approaches. This volume delves into the transformative potential of nature-based solutions, presenting novel pathways, applications, evidence-based cases and experiential assessments of nature-based solutions in different agroecological settings.

This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and professionals working on nature-based solutions, agriculture, viticulture and environmental management more broadly.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagothu, Udaya Sekhar

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Weinbau
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nature based solutions to address global challenges: the development agenda versus the scientific dilemma 2. Overview of current research in multi-taxon assessment of vineyard biodiversity, ecosystem functions and effects of production systems 3. The role of soil microbiomes in vineyard sustainability and wine quality 4. Assessment of soil restoration using organic conditioners to improve vineyard soil health 5. Nature-based permanent green covers in vineyards: functional selection and promotion of native ecotypes, based on experiences from Switzerland 6. When pests come from outside of the vineyard: risks and opportunities from a landscape management perspective based on case studies in Switzerland 7. From yeast community associated with grape to apiaries located in vineyards 8. Promoting biodiversity in vineyards through agri-environmental schemes and complementary approaches 9. Building a farm organism and nature-based solutions (NbS) assessment in the biodynamic approach 10. Familia Torres' experience in the implementation of regenerative viticulture in Spain and Chile 11. Regenerative farming approach at Quinta de Covela vineyards to reconcile high-value viticulture, ecosystem restoration, and climate resilience in Portugal. 12. Nature-based solutions to improve biodiversity and ecosystem health in vineyards: case studies from France 13. Nature-based solutions and organic viticulture in the Biodistretto del Chianti 14. Implementing supportive policies to promote nature-based solutions at regional level through collaboration with winegrowers: the case of Piedmont Region, Italy 15. Regenerative viticulture: leading sustainability in winemaking. The RVA certification 16. Enhancing and upscaling nature-based solutions – summary and recommendations.

Über Autor(innen)

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director at the Centre for International Development, Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi/Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway. He is the editor of Climate Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems (2023), The Bioeconomy Approach (2020), Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification (2018), Climate Change and Agricultural Development (2016) and Food Security and Development (2015).