The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems
Silvopastoral systems (SPS)—production systems integrating trees, forages, and livestock within the same land area—are recognized as critical for reducing tropical deforestation and improving livelihoods, ecosystem services, and carbon sinks. Yet, research on how scaling SPS influences forest cover...
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| author | Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Buriticá, Alexander González, Carolina Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Holmann, Federico Pérez Marulanda, Lisset Río Duque, Martha Lilia del Sandoval, Danny Eufemia, Luca Löhr, Katharina Durango, Sandra Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio Lana, Marcos A. Sotelo, Steven Rivera, Ovidio Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Quintero, Marcela |
| author_browse | Buriticá, Alexander Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Durango, Sandra Eufemia, Luca González, Carolina Holmann, Federico Lana, Marcos A. Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Löhr, Katharina Pérez Marulanda, Lisset Quintero, Marcela Rivera, Ovidio Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio Río Duque, Martha Lilia del Sandoval, Danny Sotelo, Steven Villarino, Maria Eliza J. |
| author_facet | Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Buriticá, Alexander González, Carolina Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Holmann, Federico Pérez Marulanda, Lisset Río Duque, Martha Lilia del Sandoval, Danny Eufemia, Luca Löhr, Katharina Durango, Sandra Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio Lana, Marcos A. Sotelo, Steven Rivera, Ovidio Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Quintero, Marcela |
| author_sort | Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos |
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| description | Silvopastoral systems (SPS)—production systems integrating trees, forages, and livestock within the same land area—are recognized as critical for reducing tropical deforestation and improving livelihoods, ecosystem services, and carbon sinks. Yet, research on how scaling SPS influences forest cover changes at large geographical scales is scant. Our study delves deeper into the interlinkages between scaling SPS and deforestation. In two surveys conducted among 144 Colombian Amazon livestock producers with traditional or SPS farms, we assessed changes in herd composition between 2016 and 2020. Results showed a change in herd composition, with fewer males and more cows/heifers, suggesting a shift toward specializing in milk production, which, with the appropriate environmental incentives and safeguards, would unlikely broaden deforestation. However, interlinkages between the dairy and beef value chains suggest that extra male cattle from SPS intensification would be moved for fattening as a source of beef to new pastures at the forest border. If SPS scaling interventions in the Colombian Amazon are to be truly deforestation-free, they need to be designed based on a clear understanding of the interlinkages between food and land systems. Therefore, policies advancing the livestock and land-use agenda must create mechanisms that support deforestation-free livestock intensification, based on biophysical and socioeconomic evaluations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1153382025-12-08T09:54:28Z The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Buriticá, Alexander González, Carolina Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Holmann, Federico Pérez Marulanda, Lisset Río Duque, Martha Lilia del Sandoval, Danny Eufemia, Luca Löhr, Katharina Durango, Sandra Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio Lana, Marcos A. Sotelo, Steven Rivera, Ovidio Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Quintero, Marcela deforestation livestock systems sustainable development silvopastoral systems policies ecosystem services risk factors deforestación sistemas pecuarios desarrollo sostenible Silvopastoral systems (SPS)—production systems integrating trees, forages, and livestock within the same land area—are recognized as critical for reducing tropical deforestation and improving livelihoods, ecosystem services, and carbon sinks. Yet, research on how scaling SPS influences forest cover changes at large geographical scales is scant. Our study delves deeper into the interlinkages between scaling SPS and deforestation. In two surveys conducted among 144 Colombian Amazon livestock producers with traditional or SPS farms, we assessed changes in herd composition between 2016 and 2020. Results showed a change in herd composition, with fewer males and more cows/heifers, suggesting a shift toward specializing in milk production, which, with the appropriate environmental incentives and safeguards, would unlikely broaden deforestation. However, interlinkages between the dairy and beef value chains suggest that extra male cattle from SPS intensification would be moved for fattening as a source of beef to new pastures at the forest border. If SPS scaling interventions in the Colombian Amazon are to be truly deforestation-free, they need to be designed based on a clear understanding of the interlinkages between food and land systems. Therefore, policies advancing the livestock and land-use agenda must create mechanisms that support deforestation-free livestock intensification, based on biophysical and socioeconomic evaluations. 2021-09 2021-10-07T09:19:22Z 2021-10-07T09:19:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115338 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Castro-Nunez, A.; Buriticá, A.; Gonzalez, C.; Villarino, E.; Holmann, F.; Perez, L.; Río, M.D.; Sandoval, D.; Eufemia, L.; Löhr, K.; Durango, S.; Romero, M.; Lana, M.; Sotelo, S.; Rivera, O.; Loboguerrero, A.M.; Quintero, M. (2021) The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems. Conservation Science and Practice 3(9): e495. 10 p. ISSN: 2578-4854 |
| spellingShingle | deforestation livestock systems sustainable development silvopastoral systems policies ecosystem services risk factors deforestación sistemas pecuarios desarrollo sostenible Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Buriticá, Alexander González, Carolina Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Holmann, Federico Pérez Marulanda, Lisset Río Duque, Martha Lilia del Sandoval, Danny Eufemia, Luca Löhr, Katharina Durango, Sandra Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio Lana, Marcos A. Sotelo, Steven Rivera, Ovidio Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María Quintero, Marcela The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title | The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title_full | The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title_fullStr | The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title_short | The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| title_sort | risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems |
| topic | deforestation livestock systems sustainable development silvopastoral systems policies ecosystem services risk factors deforestación sistemas pecuarios desarrollo sostenible |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115338 |
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