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

Global Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 86, С. 102849 - 102849

Опубликована: Май 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.

Язык: Английский

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

Nature Food, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 4(6), С. 476 - 482

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

Язык: Английский

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

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 434, С. 139958 - 139958

Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2023

Язык: Английский

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

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 40(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Cropland expansion links climate extremes and diets in Nigeria

Science Advances, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 11(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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

Food Security, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning

One Earth, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 101247 - 101247

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Indonesia's land use dilemma: Balancing food security, bioenergy expansion, and deforestation risks

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 6, 2025

In 2024, President Prabowo Subianto identified energy and food security as top policy priorities for Indonesia, targeting a biodiesel fuel blending ratio of 50% (B50) rice production self-sufficiency through development nationally planned estates. However, these initiatives pose significant challenges, including the threats mass deforestation, land conversion, emissions, well competition between crops. This study assesses potential use emissions implications meeting Indonesia’s ambitious targets goals. Using an improved high-resolution cover map, multi-criteria evaluation, scenario modeling, we analyze spatial trade-offs forest conservation, security, biofuel expansion. Our findings indicate that achieving B50 target by 2030 will require extensive 4.85–8.55 million hectares land, while efforts to achieve could convert up 2.3 hectares, with overlap zones. Emissions associated clearing, peatland degradation, deforestation surpass historic events, undermining climate commitments. research underscores need more integrated land-use planning balance economic environmental sustainability calls enhanced frameworks mitigate production.

Язык: Английский

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Verdant vitality: forests benefit child health in China

World Development, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 194, С. 107072 - 107072

Опубликована: Май 20, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Forest dependency and food security: Diverse livelihoods in India's tribal heartland

Forest Policy and Economics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 177, С. 103527 - 103527

Опубликована: Май 23, 2025

Язык: Английский

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