Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future

Poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss continue to persist as the primary environmental and social challenges faced by the global community. As such, there is a growing acknowledgement that conventional sectorial approaches to addressing often inter‐connected social, environm...

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Autores principales: Reed, J.D., Vianen, J. van, Deakin, E.L., Barlow, J., Sunderland, Terry C.H.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94046
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author Reed, J.D.
Vianen, J. van
Deakin, E.L.
Barlow, J.
Sunderland, Terry C.H.
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Deakin, E.L.
Reed, J.D.
Sunderland, Terry C.H.
Vianen, J. van
author_facet Reed, J.D.
Vianen, J. van
Deakin, E.L.
Barlow, J.
Sunderland, Terry C.H.
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description Poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss continue to persist as the primary environmental and social challenges faced by the global community. As such, there is a growing acknowledgement that conventional sectorial approaches to addressing often inter‐connected social, environmental, economic and political challenges are proving insufficient. An alternative is to focus on integrated solutions at landscape scales or ‘landscape approaches’. The appeal of landscape approaches has resulted in the production of a significant body of literature in recent decades, yet confusion over terminology, application and utility persists. Focusing on the tropics, we systematically reviewed the literature to: (i) disentangle the historical development and theory behind the framework of the landscape approach and how it has progressed into its current iteration, (ii) establish lessons learned from previous land management strategies, (iii) determine the barriers that currently restrict implementation of the landscape approach and (iv) provide recommendations for how the landscape approach can contribute towards the fulfilment of the goals of international policy processes. This review suggests that, despite some barriers to implementation, a landscape approach has considerable potential to meet social and environmental objectives at local scales while aiding national commitments to addressing ongoing global challenges.
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spelling CGSpace940462025-06-17T08:23:44Z Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future Reed, J.D. Vianen, J. van Deakin, E.L. Barlow, J. Sunderland, Terry C.H. landscape food security biodiversity conservation Poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss continue to persist as the primary environmental and social challenges faced by the global community. As such, there is a growing acknowledgement that conventional sectorial approaches to addressing often inter‐connected social, environmental, economic and political challenges are proving insufficient. An alternative is to focus on integrated solutions at landscape scales or ‘landscape approaches’. The appeal of landscape approaches has resulted in the production of a significant body of literature in recent decades, yet confusion over terminology, application and utility persists. Focusing on the tropics, we systematically reviewed the literature to: (i) disentangle the historical development and theory behind the framework of the landscape approach and how it has progressed into its current iteration, (ii) establish lessons learned from previous land management strategies, (iii) determine the barriers that currently restrict implementation of the landscape approach and (iv) provide recommendations for how the landscape approach can contribute towards the fulfilment of the goals of international policy processes. This review suggests that, despite some barriers to implementation, a landscape approach has considerable potential to meet social and environmental objectives at local scales while aiding national commitments to addressing ongoing global challenges. 2016-07 2018-07-03T10:56:51Z 2018-07-03T10:56:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94046 en Open Access Wiley Reed, J., Van Vianen, J., Deakin, E.L., Barlow, J., Sunderland, T.C.H.. 2016. Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics : learning from the past to guide the future. Global Change Biology, 22 (7) : 2540-2554. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13284
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Vianen, J. van
Deakin, E.L.
Barlow, J.
Sunderland, Terry C.H.
Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future
title Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future
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title_full_unstemmed Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future
title_short Integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics: learning from the past to guide the future
title_sort integrated landscape approaches to managing social and environmental issues in the tropics learning from the past to guide the future
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food security
biodiversity
conservation
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