Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance

Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of incom...

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Autor principal: Flintan, Fiona E.
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127278
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description Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also help vegetation and mobilise stored biomass. When both of these ecosystem elements are wisely combined – livestock and trees – it creates an integrated agricultural system that can boost the local ecosystem, representing a welcome agro-ecological transition in livestock farming. The ‘Grazing with Trees’ report gives a thorough assessment of the positive role that optimized extensive grazing livestock farming can play in the management and restoration of drylands forests and lands with trees. It assesses and provides sound evidence of the benefits of applying an integrated landscape approach and utilizing farmers' and pastoralists’ knowledge to halt desertification, increase resilience, and enhance food security under the actual changing scenario. The report confirms the importance of agroforestry as a primary pathway for forest restoration in dryland areas as recommended by FAO’s State of Forests 2022, and its recommendations encourage landscape planners and decision makers to consider livestock as allies, carefully restore tree cover and accelerate action to promote healthy ecosystems.
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spelling CGSpace1272782023-12-08T19:36:04Z Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance Flintan, Fiona E. silvopastoral systems climate change adaptation climate change mitigation participatory approaches Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also help vegetation and mobilise stored biomass. When both of these ecosystem elements are wisely combined – livestock and trees – it creates an integrated agricultural system that can boost the local ecosystem, representing a welcome agro-ecological transition in livestock farming. The ‘Grazing with Trees’ report gives a thorough assessment of the positive role that optimized extensive grazing livestock farming can play in the management and restoration of drylands forests and lands with trees. It assesses and provides sound evidence of the benefits of applying an integrated landscape approach and utilizing farmers' and pastoralists’ knowledge to halt desertification, increase resilience, and enhance food security under the actual changing scenario. The report confirms the importance of agroforestry as a primary pathway for forest restoration in dryland areas as recommended by FAO’s State of Forests 2022, and its recommendations encourage landscape planners and decision makers to consider livestock as allies, carefully restore tree cover and accelerate action to promote healthy ecosystems. 2022-09-29 2023-01-17T11:22:48Z 2023-01-17T11:22:48Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127278 en Open Access application/pdf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Flintan, F. 2022. Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance. IN: Haddad, F.F., Herrera, P.M. and Besbes, B. (eds.), Grazing with trees. FAO Forestry Paper 187. Rome, Italy: FAO: 106-110.
spellingShingle silvopastoral systems
climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
participatory approaches
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Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
title Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
title_full Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
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title_full_unstemmed Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
title_short Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
title_sort participatory rangeland management an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance
topic silvopastoral systems
climate change adaptation
climate change mitigation
participatory approaches
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