Conversion of farmland to forest or grassland improves soil carbon, nitrogen, and ecosystem multi-functionality in a subtropical karst region of southwest China DOI Creative Commons
Lijin Zhang, Hu Du,

Tongqing Song

et al.

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: July 31, 2024

The conversion of farmland to forest in China has been recognized for its positive impact on above-ground vegetation and carbon sequestration. However, the soil quality during land conversion, particularly vulnerable karst areas, received less attention. In this study conducted a area southwest China, eight different strategies were investigated assess improvements surface carbon, nitrogen, ecosystem multi-functionality (EMF). Our results showed that converted afforestation areas or was abandoned contained higher amounts (total, organic, active) ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) compared grassland maize crop. Soluble organic levels crop controls. By contrast, from exhibited nitrate (NO3--N) There no differences NH4+-N content between any condition, except specifically Zenia insignis plant species. Afforestation consistently EMF values than grassland. Pearson correlation analysis revealed relationships indices scores, NO3--N.Random explained 95% variation identified specific factors: total active labile as main drivers multi-functionality. studies show how various reforestation can enhance nutrient sequestration improve areas.These findings provide insight into sustainable management practices converting natural areas.

Language: Английский

Environmental performance of blue foods DOI Open Access
Jessica A. Gephart, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Robert Parker

et al.

Nature, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 597(7876), P. 360 - 365

Published: Sept. 15, 2021

Language: Английский

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Cocoa agroforestry systems versus monocultures: a multi-dimensional meta-analysis DOI Creative Commons
Wiebke Niether, Johanna Jacobi,

Wilma J. Blaser

et al.

Environmental Research Letters, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 15(10), P. 104085 - 104085

Published: Aug. 18, 2020

Abstract Scientific knowledge, societal debates, and industry commitments around sustainable cocoa are increasing. Cocoa agroforestry systems supposed to improve the sustainability of production. However, their combined agronomic, ecological, socio-economic performance compared monocultures is still largely unknown. Here we present a meta-analysis 52 articles that directly monocultures. Using an inductive, multi-dimensional approach, analyzed differences in total system yield, economic performance, soil chemical physical properties, incidence pests diseases, potential for climate change mitigation adaptation, biodiversity conservation. outcompeted most indicators. yields were 25% lower than monocultures, but about ten times higher, contributing food security diversified incomes. This finding was supported by similar profitability both production systems. contributed storing 2.5 more carbon adaptation lowering mean temperatures buffering temperature extremes. We found no significant relation main parameters. The effect type on disease depended fungal species. few available studies comparing showed higher Increased specific knowledge local tree selections environmental conditions, as well building enabling alternative markets products, could contribute further adoption

Language: Английский

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Priority science can accelerate agroforestry as a natural climate solution DOI
Drew E. Terasaki Hart, Samantha Yeo, Maya Almaraz

et al.

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 1179 - 1190

Published: Sept. 28, 2023

Language: Английский

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Urban ecosystem services supply-demand assessment from the perspective of the water-energy-food nexus DOI
Tonghui Ding, Junfei Chen, Liping Fang

et al.

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 90, P. 104401 - 104401

Published: Jan. 11, 2023

Language: Английский

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Listening to a changing landscape: Acoustic indices reflect bird species richness and plot-scale vegetation structure across different land-use types in north-eastern Madagascar DOI Creative Commons
Saskia Dröge, Dominic A. Martin,

Rouvah Andriafanomezantsoa

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 120, P. 106929 - 106929

Published: Sept. 15, 2020

New technologies like ecoacoustic surveys promise time and cost efficiency for biodiversity assessments, serve as a basis effective conservation policies, are particularly appealing remote highly diverse tropical areas. Acoustic indices facilitate the analysis of large acoustic datasets but no consensus on their performance has been reached yet. We evaluated efficacy four (Acoustic Complexity Index, Diversity Evenness Entropy) sound data assessments inside national park agricultural mosaic landscape north-eastern Madagascar, global hotspot. used self-built recorders to continuously record soundscapes 80 plots across seven land-use types (old-growth forest, forest fragment, forest–derived fallow-derived vanilla agroforest, herbaceous woody fallow, rice paddy) compared index values between land–use types, assessed correlation with bird species richness measured by point counts, related plot- landscape-scale parameters. The Index (inverse) Entropy were highest in old-growth lowest paddies fallow land. structurally similar did not differ significantly from each other. three was strongest during daytime (R2≥0.30). Differences best explained type vegetation density. Our results showed that all investigated except suitable indicators tropical, landscape. Soundscape diversity positively affected plot-scale structure, emphasizing importance forests conservation. demonstrated recordings useful tool assessing landscapes. To realize full potential ecoacoustics conservation, sampling guidelines user-friendly packages will be key wider implementation.

Language: Английский

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The impacts of agroforestry interventions on agricultural productivity, ecosystem services, and human well‐being in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons
Sarah Castle, Daniel C. Miller, Pablo J. Ordoñez

et al.

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 17(2)

Published: June 1, 2021

Agroforestry, the intentional integration of trees or other woody perennials with crops livestock in production systems, is being widely promoted as a conservation and development tool to help meet 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Donors, governments, nongovernmental organizations have invested significant time resources into developing promoting agroforestry policies programs low- middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. While large body literature on impacts

Language: Английский

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A review of agroforestry ecosystem services and its enlightenment on the ecosystem improvement of rocky desertification control DOI
Jie Xiao, Kangning Xiong

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 852, P. 158538 - 158538

Published: Sept. 5, 2022

Language: Английский

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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services: Reconciling Values of Humans and Nature in Sustainable Development DOI Creative Commons
Meine van Noordwijk

Land, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. 699 - 699

Published: July 2, 2021

Agroforestry as active area of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary research aims to bridge several artificial divides that have respectable historical roots but hinder progress toward sustainable development goals. These include: (1) The segregation “forestry trees” “agricultural crops”, ignoring the continuity in functional properties functions; farm-scale “Agroforestry-1” concept seeks reconnect perennial annual, woody nonwoody plants across forest–agriculture divide markets for inputs outputs. (2) identification agriculture with provisioning services assumed monopoly forests on other ecosystem (including hydrology, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation) landscape, challenged by opportunity “integrated” solutions at landscape scale “Agroforestry-2” explores. (3) gaps among local knowledge farmers/agroforesters managers, contributions social ecological sciences, path-dependency forestry, environmental or agricultural institutions, emerging policy responses “issue attention cycles” public debate, is focus “Agroforestry-3” concept. Progress understanding social–ecological–economic systems practitioners–science–policy interface requires both instrumental relational values nature are appreciated, they complement critical steps progressing issue cycles three scales. A set hypotheses can guide further research.

Language: Английский

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Spatially heterogeneity response of ecosystem services supply and demand to urbanization in China DOI

Zhenzhen Pan,

Jianwei Wang

Ecological Engineering, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 169, P. 106303 - 106303

Published: June 16, 2021

Language: Английский

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Win-win opportunities combining high yields with high multi-taxa biodiversity in tropical agroforestry DOI Creative Commons
Annemarie Wurz, Teja Tscharntke, Dominic A. Martin

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: July 26, 2022

Abstract Resolving ecological-economic trade-offs between biodiversity and yields is a key challenge when addressing the crisis in tropical agricultural landscapes. Here, we focused on relation seven different taxa (trees, herbaceous plants, birds, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, ants) vanilla agroforests Madagascar. Agroforests established forests supported overall 23% fewer species 47% endemic than old-growth forests, 14% forest fragments. In contrast, fallows had 12% more 38% fallows. While increased with vine density length, non-yield related variables largely determined biodiversity. Nonetheless, existed butterflies as well reptiles. Vanilla were generally unrelated to richness of trees, ants, opening up possibilities for conservation outside protected areas restoring degraded land benefit farmers alike.

Language: Английский

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