Miscanthus plots are multifunctional: a look back at the bilbliographic synthesis carried out as part of the MisTigation research project.
Miscanthus, a perennial crop, can be planted for twenty years or so, providing a response toclimate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. The ecosystem services, or environmental services, rendered by the crop can also be mobilized to act on other environmental problems: a plot of miscanthus is multifunctional!
As part of the MisTigationproject, we inventoried the services provided by a plot of miscanthus, following the framework of the CICES (Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services), a classification resulting from the work of the European Environment Agency.
A point to note in the analysis: this classification provides an exhaustive inventory of ecosystem services, but does not directly identify the most important and distinctive services provided by miscanthus, which include water protection, carbon storage and erosion control.
In addition, studying the water quality protection provided by miscanthus is one of the main objectives of the MisEauVert project (to be launched in January 2024), led by INRAE Estrées-Mons, and bringing together a consortium of four INRAE research units and Novabiom.
To read the full summary, visit https://www.novabiom.com/mistigation-les-services-ecosystemiques-rendus-par-les-parcelles-de-miscanthus/ or https://mistigation.hub.inrae.fr/nos-publications.
This work was carried out as part of the research project Mistigation - Mobilizing miscanthus ecosystem services to mitigate climate change.INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) isleading the project, in partnership with Novabiom, Junia Lille and the University of Gembloux.
