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Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview
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In this paper, the authors examined four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality.Abstract:
Agroforestry systems are believed to provide a number of ecosystem services; however, until recently evidence in the agroforestry literature supporting these perceived benefits has been lacking. This special issue brings together a series of papers from around the globe to address recent findings on the ecosystem services and environmental benefits provided by agroforestry. As prelude to the special issue, this paper examines four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits of agroforestry: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality. Past and present evidence clearly indicates that agroforestry, as part of a multifunctional working landscape, can be a viable land-use option that, in addition to alleviating poverty, offers a number of ecosystem services and environmental benefits. This realization should help promote agroforestry and its role as an integral part of a multifunctional working landscape the world over.read more
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Natural climate solutions
Bronson W. Griscom,Bronson W. Griscom,Justin Adams,Peter W. Ellis,Richard A. Houghton,Guy Lomax,Daniela A. Miteva,William H. Schlesinger,David Shoch,Juha Siikamäki,Pete Smith,Peter B. Woodbury,Chris Zganjar,Allen Blackman,João S. Campari,Richard T. Conant,Christopher Delgado,Patricia Elias,Trisha Gopalakrishna,Marisa R. Hamsik,Mario Herrero,Joseph M. Kiesecker,Emily Landis,Lars Laestadius,Lars Laestadius,Sara M. Leavitt,Susan Minnemeyer,Stephen Polasky,Peter Potapov,Francis E. Putz,Jonathan Sanderman,Marcel Silvius,Eva K. Wollenberg,Joseph Fargione +33 more
TL;DR: It is shown that NCS can provide over one-third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to stabilize warming to below 2 °C.
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Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
Reinette Biggs,Reinette Biggs,Maja Schlüter,Maja Schlüter,Duan Biggs,Duan Biggs,Duan Biggs,Erin Bohensky,Shauna BurnSilver,Georgina Cundill,Vasilis Dakos,Tim M. Daw,Tim M. Daw,Louisa Evans,Karen Kotschy,Anne Leitch,Anne Leitch,Chanda L. Meek,Allyson Quinlan,Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne,Martin D. Robards,Michael Schoon,Lisen Schultz,Paul C. West +23 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify seven generic policy-relevant principles for enhancing the resilience of desired ES in the face of disturbance and ongoing change in social-ecological systems (SES).
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Climate change and livestock: Impacts, adaptation, and mitigation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the global impacts of climate change on livestock production, the contribution of livestock production to climate change, and specific climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the livestock sector.
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Capacity, pressure, demand, and flow: A conceptual framework for analyzing ecosystem service provision and delivery
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a synthesis of common terminology and explain a rationale and framework for distinguishing among the components of ecosystem service delivery, including: an ecosystem's capacity to produce services; ecological pressures that interfere with the ecosystem's ability to provide the services; societal demand for the service; and flow of the service to people.
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The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analytical framework that combines both extrinsic and intrinsic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies and apply the framework to agroforestry adoption as a case study.
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