Translation of "Flächenkonkurrenz" in English

Moreover, their production does not compete with that of food.

This may lead to competition for space between tourism and nature protection.

Furthermore, competition for space results between solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

In addition, land use competition is intensified, rising the costs of energy and food.

The Committee sets out cultivation requirements with respect to competition for land use with food plants, energy and the ecobalance, as well as nature, environmental and landscape protection.

In future the EESC would like to play an even more active part in the debate on issues like land use and land competition and in the increasing issue of soil sealing.

Economic aspects are also closely linked to this, such as the level of wages, avoiding monopolies or competition for land.

This will affect land use as the infrastructure for transport and cables is built, and in turn to increasing competition for agriculture and forestry (incl. bioenergy production) and other uses and claims on limited areas of land, at sea and underground.

In addition to high settlement dynamics and competition for land, which have a direct effect on quality of life, the consequences of climate change on living space and economic activity in the Alps are particularly noticeable.

This combination is based on the one hand on renewable raw materials on the other hand these should, as far as possible, not conflict with plants used for food and/or be in competition for land with food production.

At present, there is e.g. the risk that a competition for land occurs between the production of vital foodstuffs on the one hand and of biomass (such as oil palm or sugar cane) for supposedly eco-friendly energy on the other hand.

The increasing demand of biomass for different needs (food, feed, materials, chemicals, and fuels) and the decreasing arable land per capita are fostering land use competition and unintended tradeoffs.

However, it is understood rather slowly that such a conversion would create new challenges for us, such as area competition, ruining landscapes, the dubious environmental balance of some renewables, etc.

More intensive land use and increasingly fierce competition for land arising from its use for biomass production to generate raw materials and energy, along with the predicted climate change, are causing our ecosystems to change.

There is currently a danger that a competition for areas used for the production of vital food on the one hand and biomass sources (such as sugar cane, oil palms) for supposedly non-polluting energy on the other hand comes about {24}.

However, biomass production competes with the cultivation of food and feedstuff and, hence, is viewed critically.

As the cultivation of some renewable raw materials can damage biodiversity and compete against food production for arable land, and because their ecological and economic benefit is limited, some forms of bioenergy are not without controversy.

It shall point-out and explain the potential role of novel protein food regarding aspects like resource efficiency, reduction of environmental impacts, water protection, farm incomes and land competition.

Whereas exotic natural fibres from Asia are suffering from limited availability because of the local competition with food crops and temporary export bans, European hemp fibres can meet increasing demands – if the demand is communicated before the sowing time in March.