Conditions for a sustainable land use: case study evidence

Raquez, Perrine; Lambin, Éric F.

doi:10.1080/17474230601079050

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“…Whether a particular country was facing a natural resource crisis or not, the global spread of environmental conservation ideas has affected resource management institutions at global to local levels through a greening of national policies (Hecht et al, 2006). The global diffusion of new knowledge systems, values, environmental attitudes, and institutions explain a transition toward more sustainable land use in many world regions (Raquez and Lambin, 2006).…”

Section: Global Diffusion Of Environmental Conservation Ideasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

Lambin¹,

Meyfroidt²

2010

Land Use Policy

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Section: Global Diffusion Of Environmental Conservation Ideasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

Lambin¹,

Meyfroidt²

2010

Land Use Policy

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“…Most of them are assessed through economic and monetary values [1][2][3][4][5]. However, this method only assesses the content of land and resources that can be monetized and ignores social culture [6][7][8][9]. At the same time, the problem of spatial heterogeneity has not been answered in the existing assessment methods.…”

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confidence: 99%

Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Landscape Services in Nature Reserve Based on Participatory Geographic Information SystemmmmA Case Study of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve

Bing¹,

Wang²

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Energy Development and Environmental Protection (EDEP 2018)

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This paper comprehensively adopted the Geographic Information System (GIS) and Participatory Geographical Information System (PGIS) technologies to construct the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve's landscape services index system and analyzed the landscape services spatial characteristics. The results show that the perception of landscape services of the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve varies greatly among the respondents. The number of landscape services points for rare animals habitat, forest recreation, and returning farmland exceed half of the total number, accounting for 53.78%. At the same time, the spatial distribution of landscape services points has a strong agglomeration, with the most concentrated distribution around residential areas. It can be seen that residents' perception of landscape services mainly comes from the vicinity of residential areas. With the increase in distance from residential areas, the density of landscape services points gradually decreases. The areas with the greatest intensity of landscape services are concentrated around Zharugou, Shuzhenggou and Nuorilang Tourist Service Center. The landscape services categories are unevenly distributed in different regions, and the landscape services in Shuzhenggou and Zharugou are most densely distributed.

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“…Yet to fully assess the trade-offs resulting from land use decisions and conservation policies, we need to understand not only how agriculture drives forest dynamics, but also how agriculture responds to forest conservation in space and time , DeFries et al 2004, Nelson et al 2009). Understanding the dynamics of agricultural change (or agricultural trajectories) is an important dimension of sustainability and a necessary first step to evaluating land-management strategies in relation to local livelihoods (Dougill et al 2001, Raquez and Lambin 2006, Fischer et al 2008).…”

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Balancing shifting cultivation and forest conservation: lessons from a “sustainable landscape” in southeastern Mexico

Dalle

Pulido

Blois

2011

Ecological Applications

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Shifting cultivation is often perceived to be a threat to forests, but it is also central to the culture and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. Balancing agriculture and forest conservation requires knowledge of how agricultural land uses evolve in landscapes with forest conservation initiatives. Based on a case study from Quintana Roo, Mexico, and remote sensing data, we investigated land use and land cover change (LUCC) in relation to accessibility (from main settlement and road) in search of evidence for agricultural expansion and/or intensification after the initiation of a community forestry program in 1986. Intensification was through a shortening of the fallow period. Defining the sampling space as a function of human needs and accessibility to agricultural resources was critical to ensure a user-centered perspective of the landscape. The composition of the accessible landscape changed substantially between 1976 and 1997. Over the 21-year period studied, the local population saw the accessible landscape transformed from a heterogeneous array of different successional stages including mature forests to a landscape dominated by young fallows. We detected a dynamic characterized by intensification of shifting cultivation in the most accessible areas with milpas being felled more and more from young fallows in spite of a preference for felling secondary forests. We argue that the resulting landscape provides a poorer resource base for sustaining agricultural livelihoods and discuss ways in which agricultural change could be better addressed through participatory land use planning. Balancing agricultural production and forest conservation will become even more important in a context of intense negotiations for carbon credits, an emerging market that is likely to drive future land changes worldwide.

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Conditions for a sustainable land use: case study evidence

Cited by 18 publications

References 37 publications

Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Landscape Services in Nature Reserve Based on Participatory Geographic Information SystemmmmA Case Study of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve

Balancing shifting cultivation and forest conservation: lessons from a “sustainable landscape” in southeastern Mexico

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