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Luuk Fleskens
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 89
Citations - 3175
Luuk Fleskens is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Land management & Sustainable land management. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2214 citations. Previous affiliations of Luuk Fleskens include National Agricultural Research Institute & University of Leeds.
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Soil quality – A critical review
Else K. Bünemann,Giulia Bongiorno,Giulia Bongiorno,Zhanguo Bai,Rachel Creamer,Gerlinde B. De Deyn,Ron G.M. de Goede,Luuk Fleskens,Violette Geissen,Thomas W. Kuyper,Paul Mäder,Mirjam M. Pulleman,Mirjam M. Pulleman,Wijnand Sukkel,Jan Willem van Groenigen,Lijbert Brussaard +15 more
TL;DR: It is found that explicit evaluation of soil quality with respect to specific soil threats, soil functions and ecosystem services has rarely been implemented, and few approaches providing clear interpretation schemes of measured indicator values limits their adoption by land managers as well as policy.
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Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: A methodological framework for knowledge management
Mark Reed,Michaela Buenemann,Julius Atlhopheng,Mariam Akhtar-Schuster,Felicitas Bachmann,Gary N. Bastin,H. Bigas,R. Chanda,Andrew J. Dougill,W. Essahli,Anna Evely,Luuk Fleskens,N. Geeson,Jayne Glass,Rudi Hessel,Joseph Holden,Antonio A. R. Ioris,B. Kruger,Hanspeter Liniger,Wanda N. Mphinyane,Doan Nainggolan,J.S. Perkins,Christopher M. Raymond,Coen J. Ritsema,Gudrun Schwilch,Reuben Sebego,M. Seely,Lindsay C. Stringer,Richard J. Thomas,Stephen Twomlow,Simone Verzandvoort +30 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an approach for land degradation monitoring and assessment that incorporates multiple knowledge sources and types (including land manager perspectives) from local to national and international scales.
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Traditional olive orchards on sloping land: Sustainability or abandonment?
TL;DR: The main purpose of this paper is to identify the present constraints to traditional olive growing, and to recommend some private and public interventions to prevent its abandonment.
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A conceptual framework for the assessment of multiple functions of agro-ecosystems: A case study of Trás-os-Montes olive groves
TL;DR: In this article, a case study about olive farming on sloping and mountainous land in northeastern Portugal is presented, where the authors discuss the role of an operationalising framework for the assessment of multiple functions.
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A GIS-based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq
Ammar Adham,Ammar Adham,Khamis Naba Sayl,Khamis Naba Sayl,Rasha Abed,Mohamed Arbi Abdeladhim,J.G. Wesseling,Michel Riksen,Luuk Fleskens,Usama F.A. Karim,Coen J. Ritsema +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the success of RWH systems depends heavily on their technical design and on the identification of suitable sites using a suitability model created with ModelBuilder in ArcGIS 10.2.