Sustainability in the Sardinian sheep sector: A systems perspective, from good practices to policy

Autor: Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Lukas Bayer, Giovanni Molle, Pasquale Arca, Antonello Franca, Marco Vannini, Gianluca Cocco, Domenico Usai, Pierpaolo Duce, Enrico Vagnoni
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Integrated environmental assessment and management (2022). doi:10.1002/ieam.4593
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Lukas Bayer, Giovanni Molle, Pasquale Arca, Antonello Franca, Marco Vannini, Gianluca Cocco, Domenico Usai, Pierpaolo Duce, Enrico Vagnoni/titolo:Sustainability in the Sardinian sheep sector: A systems perspective, from good practices to policy/doi:10.1002%2Fieam.4593/rivista:Integrated environmental assessment and management/anno:2022/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume
Integrated environmental assessment and management 00 (2022): 1–12. doi:10.1002/ieam.4593
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Atzori A.S.; Bayer L.; Molle G.; Arca P.; Franca A.; Vannini M.; Cocco G.; Usai D.; Duce P.; Vagnoni E./titolo:Sustainability in the Sardinian sheep sector: A systems perspective, from good practices to policy/doi:10.1002%2Fieam.4593/rivista:Integrated environmental assessment and management/anno:2022/pagina_da:1/pagina_a:12/intervallo_pagine:1–12/volume:00
ISSN: 1551-3793
1551-3777
Popis: Three million sheep raised on 10 000 active farms operating in traditional and innovative farming systems in Sardinia, Italy, account for 13% of sheep milk production in the European Union (EU). Almost all of the milk delivered is processed to sheep cheese and is destined for world trade. The Sardinian dairy sheep sector also emits approximately 1600 kt CO2eq/year, approximately 60% of regional livestock greenhouse gas (GHG), prompting the need for regional mitigation plans. The SheepToShip LIFE project (EU-LIFE Climate Change Action 2014-2020) is a regional case study to test emission mitigation strategies. Based on the SheepToShip LIFE findings, this paper presents a systems perspective against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, with the aim of underlining system interlinkages between environmental, societal, and economic objectives. The project included (i) a life cycle thinking approach featuring environmental and socioeconomic traits of 18 sheep farms, (ii) on-farm implementation and demonstration of eco-innovative mitigation techniques indicating the most viable actions to reduce impact, (iii) focus groups discussing beliefs and reactions of the main stakeholders, and (iv) group model building producing a causal loop diagram from a systems thinking approach and exploring insights for regional policy-making that aligns with the SDGs. Causal links connect public interventions and stakeholder interaction (SDG 17) to boost farm eco-innovations (SDGs 9 and 8) and education and farmer training (SDG 4), and they foster efficient production (SDG 12) and high-quality food provisioning (SDG 2). These benefits contribute to climate change mitigation (SDG 13), water quality (SDG 6), and farm ecosystem services (SDG 15).
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