Ecosystem services of native trees: experiences from two traditional agroforestry systems in Karnataka, Southern India

Dhanya, B.; Sathish, B. N.; Viswanath, S.; Purushothaman, Seema

doi:10.1080/21513732.2014.918057

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“…Mesmo com os impactos frequentes, a resiliência florestal das caívas tradicionais indicou que estas possuem legados materiais suficientes (por exemplo, sementes, árvores remanescentes, nutrientes do solo) e legados de informação (espécies com traços adequados a distúrbios) para manter comunidades florestais produtivas, mas diversas. De certa forma, caívas são florestas com memória ecológica relevante (DHANYA et al, 2014;JOHNSTONE et al, 2016) e capazes de recuperação rápida, desempenhando assim um papel importante na conservação regional (LACERDA, 2016).…”

Section: Potencial De Regeneração Florestal Das Caívas Tradicionaisunclassified

Impactos do pastejo do gado e do manejo da pastagem sobre a regeneração arbórea em remanescentes de Floresta Ombrófila Mista

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No Sul do Brasil, parte dos remanescentes florestais é utilizada, historicamente, como sistemas silvipastoris denominados caívas, em Santa Catarina, e faxinais no estado do Paraná. Nestes, o estrato herbáceo da floresta é composto por pastagem naturalizada onde ocorre o pastejo animal. Visando contribuir para o melhor entendimento do impacto das caívas sobre a conservação da Floresta Ombrófila Mista (FOM), foram avaliadas diferentes intensidades de uso da pastagem, da prática da roçada e do pastejo bovino sobre a regeneração natural. O experimento foi realizado em oito caívas em 2015 e 2016, sendo a regeneração monitorada a cada seis meses. Ao longo desse período foram identificadas 49 espécies arbóreas características da FOM. Independentemente dos fatores avaliados, a regeneração das espécies arbóreas é um processo dinâmico, presente e contínuo nas caívas avaliadas. A intensidade de uso da pastagem não afetou os indicadores de diversidade, a riqueza de espécies e a densidade da regeneração. Houve baixa similaridade entre caívas com o mesmo tipo de manejo do pasto. A roçada foi a atividade de maior impacto sobre a regeneração, com acentuada redução na densidade de regenerantes, embora não tenha afetado a riqueza de espécies. Dada a abundância de espécies na regeneração das caívas, inclusive muitas típicas de estágio avançado, é possível confirmar que estes sistemas apresentam alta resiliência com respeito à conservação da biodiversidade florestal, mesmo com o pastejo do gado há longo tempo. Esses resultados indicam, também, ser possível implementar com sucesso diferentes estratégias de intensificação da pastagem em caívas, desde que estejam associadas à práticas de preservação de áreas mais frágeis e diversas, a fim de compor um sistema com maior sustentabilidade em todas as suas dimensões.

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Impactos do pastejo do gado e do manejo da pastagem sobre a regeneração arbórea em remanescentes de Floresta Ombrófila Mista

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“…Environmental policies have concentrated conservation efforts mostly on establishing protected areas [17,18], overlooking the role of traditional systems in landscape, habitat, and species conservation [13,19]. The intense degradation of some ecosystems, combined with a resistance to incorporate TEK into environmental policies, have prevented or even prohibited small-scale farmers from managing forests through agroforestry systems [13,20].…”

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Evaluating Sustainability in Traditional Silvopastoral Systems (caívas): Looking Beyond the Impact of Animals on Biodiversity

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Caívas are traditional silvopastoral systems that occur in the Araucaria Forest biome, Southern Brazil, in which animal production and erva-mate extraction are integrated. Participatory research was conducted in caívas in the Northern Plateau, Santa Catarina State, to identify strategies to intensify pasture use and increase animal productivity. To better understand the outcomes of these strategies, a sustainability assessment was conducted in properties that participated in the research (improved caívas; IC) and those that did not (traditional caívas; TC). The Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA) tool 2.0.0 for smallholders was chosen as it evaluates the productive unit as a whole using environmental, social, economic, and governance indicators and is tailored for small-scale production. All evaluated indicators showed higher scores for IC properties in relation to TC. In general, the SAFA analysis showed that when evaluated as productive systems, TCs are a strategic option for rural development, as 65% of their indicators were evaluated as good. With the support of rural outreach and research and the adoption of appropriate technologies, this percentage increased to 86% in ICs. These results confirm that with adequate support caívas can significantly contribute to the development of more sustainable livestock farming in Southern Brazil.

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“…According to DaMatta et al [23], the flower bud remains dormant until the, so-called, "blossom showers" when flowers finish their growth and blossom. Therefore, in a point close to shade trees, soil moisture may have been conserved as shown by Dhanya et al [24], and the accumulation of smaller rainfall may have been enough to stimulate blossom at these points. This is corroborated by Lunz et al [9] that identified latter blossoming in more distant coffee plants of shade trees.…”

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Shade Trees Spatial Distribution and Its Effect on Grains and Beverage Quality of Shaded Coffee Trees

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Guimarães

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Journal of Food Quality

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Shading coffee trees has gained importance, especially among smallholders, as an option to improve the products' quality, therefore acquiring place at the specialty coffee market, where consumers are willing to give bonus for quality. This work aims to evaluate the influence of shade trees' spatial distribution among coffee trees' agronomic characteristics, yield, and beans and cup quality of shaded coffee trees. The experimental design consisted of completely randomized blocks with six repetitions and four treatments: coffee trees on shade trees planting rows, distant one meter from the trunk; coffee trees on shade trees planting row, distant six meters from the trunk; and coffee plants between the rows of shade trees, parallel to the previous treatments. The parameters analyzed were plant height, canopy diameter, plagiotropic branches' length, yield, coffee fruits' phenological stage, ripe cherries' Brix degree, percentage of black, unripe, and insect damaged beans, bean size, and beverage quality. Shade trees quickened coffee fruits' phenological stage of coffee trees nearest to them. This point also showed the best beverage quality, except for overripe fruits. The remaining parameters evaluated were not affected by shade trees' spatial distribution.

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Ecosystem services of native trees: experiences from two traditional agroforestry systems in Karnataka, Southern India

Cited by 36 publications

References 26 publications

Impactos do pastejo do gado e do manejo da pastagem sobre a regeneração arbórea em remanescentes de Floresta Ombrófila Mista

Impactos do pastejo do gado e do manejo da pastagem sobre a regeneração arbórea em remanescentes de Floresta Ombrófila Mista

Evaluating Sustainability in Traditional Silvopastoral Systems (caívas): Looking Beyond the Impact of Animals on Biodiversity

Shade Trees Spatial Distribution and Its Effect on Grains and Beverage Quality of Shaded Coffee Trees

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