Synergies in agriculture and nature conservation through hydrological restoration of ecologically valuable and cultivated wetlands in the drought-prone Hungarian Plain(Central and Eastern Europe)OA
The establishment of a sustainable land use system integrating the mitigation capacity of wetlands is crucial in the plains of the temperate zone.Following the approaches of green infrastructure development programs and the spatial planning framework,two zones with potential for wetland conservation and restoration were selected in the Hungarian Plain(Central and Eastern Europe)covering an estimated 21%of the landscape.Then,linking hydrological and ecosystem modelling tools,we estimated the groundwater recharge that would result from a hydrological restoration and its impact on surrounding maize fields with different groundwater levels and soil conditions.The amount of groundwater recharge ranged between 367 m^(3) ha^(-1) and 552 m^(3) ha^(-1);thus,the horizontal impact of the hydrological restoration as indicated by the ratio of the extension of the groundwater impact area and surface water in the May-August period,would be almost 2:1.Croplands in transition zones between high terraces and wetlands may reap the greatest benefit from the hydrological restoration of wetlands due to its edge effect,which results in more balanced year-to-year yields on fine-grained soils.This is what has led to an estimated 20%-28%increase in maize yields in such zones.The results of the investigation confirm the hypothesis that the hydrological restoration of wetlands may effectively mitigate increasing climate risk in drought vulnerable plains.These findings,complemented by the abundance of other services(e.g.,flood regulation)provided by restored wetlands shed light on the intersectoral prospects of the hydrological restoration of wetlands in Europe.
Zsolt Pinke;Tamás Acs;Bence Decsi;Máte Krisztián Kardos;Matyas Arvai;Veronika Fabók;Jeno Zsolt Farkas;Zoltan Gribovszki;Dora Hidy;Peter Kalicz;Zoltán Kern;Andras Donat Kovacs;Eszter Tormáne Kovács;Laszlo Pasztor;Zsolt Kozma
Department of Physical Geography,Eötvös Lorand University,Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A,H-1117 Budapest,Hungary Institute for Soil Sciences,HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research,Fehérváriút 132-144,H-1116 Budapest,HungaryDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering,Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Műegyetem rkp.3,H-1111 Budapest,HungaryDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering,Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Műegyetem rkp.3,H-1111 Budapest,HungaryDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering,Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Műegyetem rkp.3,H-1111 Budapest,HungaryInstitute for Soil Sciences,HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research,Fehérváriút 132-144,H-1116 Budapest,HungaryMungo-Consulting Ltd.,Budapest,HungaryHUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies,Institute for Regional Studies,H-1097 Budapest,HungaryInstitute of Geomatics and Civil Engineering,University of Sopron,Bajcsy-Zs.u.4,H-9400,HungaryHUN-REN-MATE Agroecology Research Group,H-2100 Gödöllő,HungaryInstitute of Geomatics and Civil Engineering,University of Sopron,Bajcsy-Zs.u.4,H-9400,HungaryInstitute for Geological and Geochemical Research,HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences,Budapest,HungaryHUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies,Institute for Regional Studies,H-1097 Budapest,HungaryDepartment of Nature Conservation and Landscape Management,Institute for Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation,Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences,Páter Károly u.1,H-2100 Gödöllő,HungaryInstitute for Soil Sciences,HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research,Fehérváriút 132-144,H-1116 Budapest,HungaryDepartment of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering,Budapest University of Technology and Economics,Műegyetem rkp.3,H-1111 Budapest,Hungary
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Drought mitigationGroundwater rechargeLand use planningNature-based solutionsEcosystem servicesSustainable groundwater managementWetland restoration
《Geography and Sustainability》 2026 (3)
P.239-254,16
supported by the NRDI Fund FK 20(Grant No.134547)a contribution to the activity of the Global Land Programmethe PAGES Floods Working Group and the NRDI University Research Scholarship Program EKÖP-2-4-II-BME-200 of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics。
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