An actor-centered, scalable land system typology for addressing biodiversity loss in the world’s tropical dry woodlands

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 86, P. 102849 - 102849

Published: May 1, 2024

Land use is a key driver of the ongoing biodiversity crisis and therefore also major opportunity for its mitigation. However, appropriately considering diversity land-use actors activities in conservation assessments planning challenging. As result, top-down policy are often criticized lack contextual nuance widely acknowledged to be required effective just action. To address these challenges, we have developed conceptually consistent, scalable land system typology demonstrated usefulness world's tropical dry woodlands. Our identifies that represent typical threats opportunities We identified systems hierarchical way, with global level allowing broad-scale comparative work. Nested within it, regionalized provides social-ecological specificity context. showcase this regionalization five hotspots change loss woodlands Argentina, Bolivia, Mozambique, India, Cambodia. Unlike other approaches present use, our accounts complexity overlapping uses. This allows, example, assessment how measures conflict uses, understanding co-benefits trade-offs area-based conservation, mapping threats, or targeting actor-based measures. Moreover, framework enables cross-regional learning by revealing both commonalities differences, as demonstrate here By bridging gap between global, top-down, regional, bottom-up initiatives, more contextually appropriate sustainability across scales targeted social-ecologically nuanced interventions.

Language: Английский

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Wild foods contribute to women’s higher dietary diversity in India

Nature Food, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4(6), P. 476 - 482

Published: June 22, 2023

Language: Английский

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The nexus between agroforestry landscapes and dietary diversity: insights from Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(1)

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

Abstract Context Agroforestry plays a crucial role in increasing tree-based food production for healthy and sustainable systems. However, the potential of farm trees to contribute farmers' dietary diversity along multiple paths remains under-researched. Objectives This study aimed fill existing knowledge gaps by investigating native (toddy palm, jujube, thanakha) within dryland agroforestry Methods We conducted face-to-face qualitative interviews with 47 farmers from Central Dry Zone Myanmar (i) appraise roles tree species landscapes, (ii) unravel their contributions four paths, (iii) elucidate factors driving stability or changes these pathways. Results found that provide directly through interaction crop livestock farming, leading diversification. byproducts are used as fuel manure, income trading products provides access additional sources. Farmers emphasized ease management they play providing passive enhancing resilience climate stressors stabilizing factors. social-cultural changes, lack extension services, unsustainable use products, market instability were identified destabilizing Conclusions advances about holistic contribution landscapes presenting evidence systems Myanmar. Our findings suggest need enhanced understanding social ecological cultural maintain strengthening diversity.

Language: Английский

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Cropland expansion links climate extremes and diets in Nigeria

Science Advances, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(2)

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Climate change threatens smallholder agriculture and food security in the Global South. While cropland expansion is often used to counter adverse climate effects despite ecological trade-offs, benefits for diets nutrition remain unclear. This study quantitatively examines relationships between anomalies, forest loss from expansion, dietary outcomes Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. Combining high-resolution data on cover variables within random panel regression models, we find that 25 31% of annual linked variability. Using georeferenced household survey data, then changes have a significant positive association with child diet diversity—a key proxy nutritional adequacy—while does not, suggesting such conversions may be an ineffective adaptation strategy improving nutrition. Our findings highlight potential nutrition-sensitive enhance yields, promote nutritious cropping choices, protect remaining forests.

Language: Английский

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Forests’ contribution to rural livelihoods and food security: Insights from a study case in the Peruvian Amazon

Food Security, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

One Earth, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101247 - 101247

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Revisiting the land use conflicts between forests and solar farms through energy efficiency

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 434, P. 139958 - 139958

Published: Dec. 5, 2023

Language: Английский

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Even low levels of tree cover improve dietary quality in West Africa

PNAS Nexus, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

Forests are attracting attention as a promising avenue to provide nutritious and "free" food without damaging the environment. Yet, we lack knowledge on extent which this holds in areas with sparse tree cover, such West Africa. This is largely due fact that existing methods poorly designed quantify cover drylands. In study, estimate how various levels of across Africa affect children's (aged 12-59 months) consumption vitamin A-rich foods. We do so by combining detailed estimates based PlanetScope imagery (3 m resolution) Demographic Health Survey data from >15,000 households. find probability consuming foods increases 0.45 0.53 an increase median value 8.8 16.8% (which level at predicted highest). Moreover, observe effects vary poverty ecoregions. The poor more likely than non-poor consume low lowland forest-savanna ecoregions, whereas difference between less pronounced Sahel-Sudan. These results highlight importance trees forests sustainable system transformation, even cover.

Language: Английский

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A systematic review of the role of integrated farming and the participation of universities in ensuring food security: Malaysia’s effort

Italian Journal of Food Safety, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 29, 2024

Food security is critical for promoting health and well-being achieving sustainable development, especially in developing countries. Despite the recent efforts to improve it, food still a concern due rapid increase populations, conflicts, natural disasters worldwide. Universities, particularly agricultural universities, play an essential role addressing issues by researching, new technologies, providing education training farmers other stakeholders. The main objective of this review discuss universities integrated farming ensuring security. Specifically, paper reviews importance focuses on their Malaysia. It includes brief overview different types methods that can be used finally discusses Student Farmer Entrepreneur program, which crucial increasing productivity, local production, encouraging agriculture practices, supporting rural development. This also considers significant impact Malaysian government With further improved.

Language: Английский

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Electrification of mountainous rural areas and development: A case study of Eastern Pamirs

The Electricity Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 36(7), P. 107307 - 107307

Published: Aug. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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