Quantification of agroforestry systems in the Czech Republic

Ing. Radim Lainka

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Agroforestry in Europe has a long tradition. It has been researched, described and categorized several times for various reasons. Although, only one time it was researched with the main aim to quantify and map some agroforestry systems (AFS) in Europe with the help of modern methods. This study followed that researched, but only at national scale. This MSc Thesis aimed to find AFS in the Czech Republic and make a map of them. To localize them, datasets from European Union surveys of Land Use and Cover Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) were used. The thesis tried out the method to evaluate all the LUCAS points from all the available LUCAS surveys undertaken in the Czech Republic according to the predefined sets of criteria’s in the ArcMap 10.4.1., part of ArcGIS software. Then, the selected LUCAS points were assigned to the individual AFS, Livestock agroforestry or High value tree agroforestry, according to the applied set of criteria’s. Later, all the AFS were projected into the map of all the AFS in the Czech Republic in the ArcMap 10.4.1. To estimate the current extent of the AFS in the Czech Republic, those points were used, too. Next step was to evaluate ten randomly selected AFS in the terrain and take a photo documentation of them. At the end, these points were linked to the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) or to the cadastre of real estates, if it these AFS were not localized primarily in the LPIS. The main aim of this step was to find out the data about current Land use, size of parcels and some additional information. In total, it was found twenty-five AFS in the Czech Republic. Twenty-One Livestock agroforestry systems and four High value tree agroforestry systems. The total extent of AFS in the Czech Republic was estimated to be 35,751 ha. Fifteen parcels with AFS (60%) were identified to be permanent grasslands. Four parcels with AFS (16%) were identified to be other areas. Three parcels with AFS were identified to be forest lands. Another three parcels were identified to be agricultural lands. Only one parcel was identified to be orchard.

Keywords

LUCAS, LPIS, ArcGIS, EU, trees, AFS, silvopastoral systems

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 27. 4. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Ing. Bohdan Lojka, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Master programme / odbor:
Forestry Engineering / Tropical Forestry and Agroforestry