Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios
Abstract
Abstract Agricultural land in the Midwest is a source of food and fuel, as well as biodiversity. It is also a cause of excess nutrients that make their way to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. To address unsustainable changes to biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functions, a multidisciplinary approach involving social science, natural science, and engineering is often effective. Given the potential of second‐generation biofuels, and capitalizing on the deep‐rooted perennial bioenergy crops capable of thriving in poor soils, we demonstrated an integrated socio‐environmental analysis of the impacts of growing switchgrass within row‐crop landscapes in Illinois. In this study, we model land use scenarios that incorporate switchgrass as a biofuel crop in a Midwest corn‐belt watershed using the Soil Water Assessment Tool coupled with an economic analysis for the Vermilion Basin in Illinois. We estimated the values of ecosystem services under an alternative bioenergy landscape, including commodity and bioenergy crops, changes in biogeochemistry, and recreational services. The estimated annual values of nitrate and sediment reduction attributed to bioenergy crops range from $38 million to $97 million and $16,000 to $197,000, respectively. The annual value of carbon dioxide emission reduction ranges from $1.8 million to $6.1 million based onmore »
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- Environmental Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne Illinois
- Center for Planning Excellence Baton Rouge Louisiana
- The University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa
- The Climate Corporation St. Louis Missouri
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- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1499055
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1499058; OSTI ID: 1542193
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
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- Journal Name:
- Global Change Biology. Bioenergy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Global Change Biology. Bioenergy Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1757-1693
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; carbon dioxide emission reduction; nitrate loss; nutrient recovery; sustainability; value of ecosystem services
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Mishra, Shruti K., Negri, Maria Cristina, Kozak, Justin, Cacho, Julian F., Quinn, John, Secchi, Silvia, and Ssegane, Herbert. Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12602.
Mishra, Shruti K., Negri, Maria Cristina, Kozak, Justin, Cacho, Julian F., Quinn, John, Secchi, Silvia, & Ssegane, Herbert. Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12602
Mishra, Shruti K., Negri, Maria Cristina, Kozak, Justin, Cacho, Julian F., Quinn, John, Secchi, Silvia, and Ssegane, Herbert. Mon .
"Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12602.
@article{osti_1499055,
title = {Valuation of ecosystem services in alternative bioenergy landscape scenarios},
author = {Mishra, Shruti K. and Negri, Maria Cristina and Kozak, Justin and Cacho, Julian F. and Quinn, John and Secchi, Silvia and Ssegane, Herbert},
abstractNote = {Abstract Agricultural land in the Midwest is a source of food and fuel, as well as biodiversity. It is also a cause of excess nutrients that make their way to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. To address unsustainable changes to biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functions, a multidisciplinary approach involving social science, natural science, and engineering is often effective. Given the potential of second‐generation biofuels, and capitalizing on the deep‐rooted perennial bioenergy crops capable of thriving in poor soils, we demonstrated an integrated socio‐environmental analysis of the impacts of growing switchgrass within row‐crop landscapes in Illinois. In this study, we model land use scenarios that incorporate switchgrass as a biofuel crop in a Midwest corn‐belt watershed using the Soil Water Assessment Tool coupled with an economic analysis for the Vermilion Basin in Illinois. We estimated the values of ecosystem services under an alternative bioenergy landscape, including commodity and bioenergy crops, changes in biogeochemistry, and recreational services. The estimated annual values of nitrate and sediment reduction attributed to bioenergy crops range from $38 million to $97 million and $16,000 to $197,000, respectively. The annual value of carbon dioxide emission reduction ranges from $1.8 million to $6.1 million based on the initial crop rotation pattern. Estimated average annual values for wildlife viewing, water‐based recreation, and pheasant hunting are $1.24 million, $0.17 million, and $0.3 million, respectively. To our knowledge, this study represents the first effort to comprehensively quantify ecosystem services using a process‐based model, and estimate their value in an alternative bioenergy landscape. The information we generate could aid in understanding the potential for biomass production from marginal land and the total economic value of the landscape at various spatial scales. The framework is useful in fostering alternative bioenergy landscapes with synergies in a food, energy, and conservation nexus.},
doi = {10.1111/gcbb.12602},
journal = {Global Change Biology. Bioenergy},
number = 6,
volume = 11,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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