Long‐term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia DOI Creative Commons
Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado,

Julio Grández Rios,

Jhon del Águila Pasquel

et al.

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 6, 2025

Abstract Rural communities in Amazonia rely on harvesting Mauritia flexuosa fruit, a dominant peatland palm, for their subsistence and income. However, these palms are felled to harvest the fruits, which has led reduced resource availability due pressure exerted by increasing fruit demand. As result, climbing been proposed as means fruits sustainably. long‐term ecological socio‐economic impacts of climbing, rather than felling, remain unknown. We evaluate whether M. populations production managed palm swamps have recovered within two rural Peru where was adopted between 1999 2002. Since then, supported conservation development projects. conducted interviews with community members assess perceptions change since introduction carried out forest inventories estimate changes indicators (volume harvested income) three (pole stem density , seedling sapling density, sex ratio adult palms). Our results reveal that adoption improved health stands incomes both communities. Recovery local increases stand productivity, values most compared reference data from unmanaged region, continuous recovery degraded over time following Synthesis applications . demonstrate how initiatives can lead successful outcomes ecosystems. urgent sustainable techniques, such our study, is needed across safeguard integrity peatlands, below carbon storage, livelihoods. This transition will require collaboration among different stakeholders, affordable management plans, fair prices resources. Read free Plain Language Summary this article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

Long‐term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia DOI Creative Commons
Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado,

Julio Grández Rios,

Jhon del Águila Pasquel

et al.

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 6, 2025

Abstract Rural communities in Amazonia rely on harvesting Mauritia flexuosa fruit, a dominant peatland palm, for their subsistence and income. However, these palms are felled to harvest the fruits, which has led reduced resource availability due pressure exerted by increasing fruit demand. As result, climbing been proposed as means fruits sustainably. long‐term ecological socio‐economic impacts of climbing, rather than felling, remain unknown. We evaluate whether M. populations production managed palm swamps have recovered within two rural Peru where was adopted between 1999 2002. Since then, supported conservation development projects. conducted interviews with community members assess perceptions change since introduction carried out forest inventories estimate changes indicators (volume harvested income) three (pole stem density , seedling sapling density, sex ratio adult palms). Our results reveal that adoption improved health stands incomes both communities. Recovery local increases stand productivity, values most compared reference data from unmanaged region, continuous recovery degraded over time following Synthesis applications . demonstrate how initiatives can lead successful outcomes ecosystems. urgent sustainable techniques, such our study, is needed across safeguard integrity peatlands, below carbon storage, livelihoods. This transition will require collaboration among different stakeholders, affordable management plans, fair prices resources. Read free Plain Language Summary this article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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