Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing
Scientists and managers seek to implement more inclusive and effective conservation strategies by incorporating plural valuations of nature and nature’s contributions to people (NCP) into research and decision-making. For Argentina’s threatened Espinal ecoregion, this need is particularly acute. In...
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| author | Rojido, Ignacio Jose Anderson, Christopher B. Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz |
| author_browse | Anderson, Christopher B. Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz Rojido, Ignacio Jose Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz |
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| description | Scientists and managers seek to implement more inclusive and effective conservation strategies by incorporating plural valuations of nature and nature’s contributions to people (NCP) into research and decision-making. For Argentina’s threatened Espinal ecoregion, this need is particularly acute. In Entre Ríos province, practically all of these forests are
devoted to production, and the expanding agricultural frontier increases their conversion to crops. We surveyed family ranchers and agricultural/environmental specialists, two key stakeholders for managing Espinal forests used for cattle grazing. Employing a sociocultural valuation, we determined i) stakeholder recognition of the Espinal’s NCP and its support for quality of life, ii) similarity between stakeholder valuations (importance: 0 = none; 4 = very) of NCP and dimensions of well-being derived from the Espinal, and iii) relationship between ecological (e.g., forest degradation) and social (e.g., place of residence) factors and perceptions of the forest. Ranchers recognized more NCP and quality-of-life aspects, and the importance to their well-being tended to be greater than specialists. Both groups valued regulating and non-material NCP above material contributions and considered that forests are very important for physical and mental health. Finally, only
rancher perceptions varied with tested variables, depending on degradation levels of forests with which they have the most contact and/or carry out their activities, the number of uses and recreational activities they carry out in forests, their knowledge of forests, and their place of residence. This study illustrates common ground upon which to promote synergies between production and conservation in Espinal-cattle agroecosystems. |
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| spelling | INTA194692024-09-26T10:22:42Z Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing Contribuciones de los agroecosistemas a las personas: cómo productores ganaderos y especialistas perciben los bosques amenazados de Espinal usados para cría ganadera Rojido, Ignacio Jose Anderson, Christopher B. Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz Ecosystem Services Sociocultural Systems Social Consciousness Disturbed Primary Forests Sustainable Development Social-ecological Resilience Silvopastoral Systems Servicio de los Ecosistemas Sistema Sociocultural Conciencia Social Bosques Primarios Alterados Desarrollo Sostenible Resiliencia Socioecológica Sistemas Silvopascícolas Entre Ríos El Espinal, Entre Ríos Scientists and managers seek to implement more inclusive and effective conservation strategies by incorporating plural valuations of nature and nature’s contributions to people (NCP) into research and decision-making. For Argentina’s threatened Espinal ecoregion, this need is particularly acute. In Entre Ríos province, practically all of these forests are devoted to production, and the expanding agricultural frontier increases their conversion to crops. We surveyed family ranchers and agricultural/environmental specialists, two key stakeholders for managing Espinal forests used for cattle grazing. Employing a sociocultural valuation, we determined i) stakeholder recognition of the Espinal’s NCP and its support for quality of life, ii) similarity between stakeholder valuations (importance: 0 = none; 4 = very) of NCP and dimensions of well-being derived from the Espinal, and iii) relationship between ecological (e.g., forest degradation) and social (e.g., place of residence) factors and perceptions of the forest. Ranchers recognized more NCP and quality-of-life aspects, and the importance to their well-being tended to be greater than specialists. Both groups valued regulating and non-material NCP above material contributions and considered that forests are very important for physical and mental health. Finally, only rancher perceptions varied with tested variables, depending on degradation levels of forests with which they have the most contact and/or carry out their activities, the number of uses and recreational activities they carry out in forests, their knowledge of forests, and their place of residence. This study illustrates common ground upon which to promote synergies between production and conservation in Espinal-cattle agroecosystems. EEA Paraná Fil: Rojido, Ignacio Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental; Argentina Fil: Rojido, Ignacio Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Argentina Fil: Rojido, Ignacio Jose. Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Facultad de Turismo y Urbanismo; Argentina Fil: Anderson, Christopher B. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego. Instituto de Ciencias Polares, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales; Argentina Fil: Anderson, Christopher B. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina Fil: Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina Fil: Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Gestión Ambiental; Argentina 2024-09-19T11:52:30Z 2024-09-19T11:52:30Z 2024-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19469 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-024-02047-4 Rojido, I.J., Anderson, C.B., Tagliaferro, M. et al. Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing. Environmental Management (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02047-4 0364-152X 1432-1009 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-024-02047-4 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/PNNAT-1128053/AR./Evaluación y manejo de la biodiversidad y sus servicios ecosistémicos de interés para la producción agropecuaria. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Entre Ríos .......... (province) (World, South America, Argentina) 1001237 Springer Environmental management : 1-12 (Published: 15 September 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Ecosystem Services Sociocultural Systems Social Consciousness Disturbed Primary Forests Sustainable Development Social-ecological Resilience Silvopastoral Systems Servicio de los Ecosistemas Sistema Sociocultural Conciencia Social Bosques Primarios Alterados Desarrollo Sostenible Resiliencia Socioecológica Sistemas Silvopascícolas Entre Ríos El Espinal, Entre Ríos Rojido, Ignacio Jose Anderson, Christopher B. Tagliaferro, Marina Beatriz Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title | Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title_full | Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title_fullStr | Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title_short | Agroecosystem’s contributions to people: how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened Espinal forests used for cattle-grazing |
| title_sort | agroecosystem s contributions to people how ranchers and specialists perceive threatened espinal forests used for cattle grazing |
| topic | Ecosystem Services Sociocultural Systems Social Consciousness Disturbed Primary Forests Sustainable Development Social-ecological Resilience Silvopastoral Systems Servicio de los Ecosistemas Sistema Sociocultural Conciencia Social Bosques Primarios Alterados Desarrollo Sostenible Resiliencia Socioecológica Sistemas Silvopascícolas Entre Ríos El Espinal, Entre Ríos |
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