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Agroforestry for sustainable landscape management

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Plieninger, Tobias, Muñoz-Rojas, José, Buck, Louise E., Scherr, Sara J.·2020·Sustainability Science

Abstract

Agroforestry and sustainable landscape management are key strategies for implementing the UN-Sustainable Development Goals across the world’s production landscapes. However, both strategies have so far been studied in isolation from each other. This editorial introduces a special feature dedicated to scrutinizing the role of agroforestry in sustainable landscape management strategies. The special feature comprises eleven studies that adopt inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives, integrating ecological, agricultural, and socio-economic sciences, and in some cases also practical knowledge. The studies relate to a range of different ecosystem goods and services, and to a diversity of societal sectors (e.g., agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, urban planning, landscape protection) and demands, including their mutual synergies and trade-offs. They inform land-use policy and practice by conceptualizing agroforestry as a set of “nature-based solutions” useful to help tackle multiple societal challenges. The studies encompass four themes: social-ecological drivers, processes, and impacts of changes of agroforestry landscapes; the sustainability outcomes of agroforestry at landscape scale; scaling up agroforestry through multi-stakeholder landscape strategies; and development of conceptual and operational tools for stakeholder analysis in agroforestry landscape transitions. Key steps to harness agroforestry for sustainable landscape management comprise: (i) moving towards an “agroforestry sustainability science”; (ii) understanding local land-use trajectories, histories, and traditions; (iii) upscaling agroforestry for landscape-scale benefits; (iv) promoting the multiple economic, environmental, social, and cultural values of agroforestry; (v) fostering inclusive forms of landscape governance; and (vi) supporting the innovation process of agroforestry system analysis and design.

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Authors
Plieninger, T., Muñoz-Rojas, J., Buck, L. E., & Scherr, S. J.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Venue
Sustainability Science
Published
2020-07-31
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
1255-1266
ISSN
  • 1862-4057 (ISSN-L)
  • 1862-4065
OpenAlex
W3046868441
Cited by
162
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 1
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Sustainability Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (426675955)
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (773418, 813904, PRIMA-1811)
  • Hitz Family Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
Keywords
agroforestry, sustainable landscape management, nature-based solutions, Sustainable Development Goals, ecosystem services, land use change, landscape change, stakeholder analysis, landscape governance, agroforestry system design, social-ecological systems

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