D2.4 – MAP-DB (version 3)

Several studies agree on the existence of a considerable amount of land in Europe deemed less favourable for conventional agriculture. This land has been either abandoned because of its productivity, or it is used as grassland. MAGIC is based on the premise that cultivation of selected industrial crops on areas facing natural constraints (e.g. extreme climatic conditions, low soil productivity, steep slope, etc.) can i) ensure the production of resource-efficient feedstocks, with low indirect land-use change (iLUC), for a growing bio-based industry, and ii) increase farmers’ incomes through access to new markets and the revalorization of marginal land. MAGIC Deliverable D2.4 – presents a third prototype of the MAGIC-Maps tool. It aims to provide user friendly access to the mapped marginal lands as elaborated in the MAGIC project. What is new in this third version as compared to the former version is the spatial detail at which the marginal land data are displayed and the inclusion of Ukraine. The marginal land area can now be consulted at the LAU I and II level which is municipal level in most countries, and this is a much more spatially detailed level then the Nuts 2/3 level used in the former prototype versions. To access the version 3 MAP-DB containing the Marginal land Agri-environmental zonation (MAEZ) goto link: Magic – Marginal Lands for Growing Industrial Crops (magic-h2020.eu) (scroll down to MAGIC databases)