Biodiversity Conservation,Ecosystem Services and Livelihoods in Tropical Landscapes: Towards a Common Agenda |
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Authors: | Götz Schroth Jeffrey A McNeely |
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Institution: | 1.Mars Incorporated and Federal University of Western Pará,Santarém,Brazil;2.International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),Gland,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Trade-offs between ecosystem conservation and agricultural production can more easily be addressed by shifting the view from
the plot scale to the scale of the landscape and integrating biodiversity friendly land use systems into development strategies.
The provision of ecosystem services such as watershed protection and carbon sequestration by natural and complex agro-ecosystems
can play an important role in making such integrated landscape approaches viable. This special issue brings together papers
that were presented at a symposium on agroforestry and landscape scale conservation at the Second World Agroforestry Congress
in Nairobi in August 2009. It is divided into two sections focusing on: (1) the biological mechanisms and implications of
landscape scale conservation strategies as influenced by land use, especially agroforestry; and (2) the economic drivers and
public policies that determine to a large extent the success of agroforestry-based landscape conservation strategies. The
contributions provide evidence both for the potential and limitations of agroforestry in landscape scale conservation and
development strategies and highlight the importance of economic incentives and policies to promote integrated landscape solutions.
This introductory paper summarizes and discusses the contributions and concludes with policy recommendations and research
needs. |
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