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Managing agricultural landscapes for ecosystem services, resilience and human well-being
This document discusses the management of agricultural landscapes to enhance ecosystem services that support human well-being, emphasizing the complex interactions between social-ecological systems. It highlights the need to integrate various values and benefits derived from these landscapes, particularly in relation to food security and equity. The challenges include measuring ecosystem services effectively and the necessity for ongoing research on their dynamics and interaction with human well-being.
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Managing agricultural landscapes for ecosystem services, resilience and human well-being
- 1. Managing agricultural landscapes forecosystem services, resilience and human well-being Cibele Queiroz Postdoc researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre
- 2. Feeding a growingworld population within a safe operating space for the humanity 2 Image source: F.Pharand-Deschênes /Globaïa
- 3. A challenge foragricultural landscapes across the planet 3 Kenya Source: Corbis images Portugal Australia Source: http://envirohistorynz.com Japan
- 4. Agricultural landscapes arecomplex social-ecological systems External Drivers Processes Internal Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks External Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks
- 5. 5 External Drivers Processes Internal Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks External Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks Global Local Agricultural landscapesare affected by drivers and feedbacks across scales
- 6. Agricultural landscapes aredynamic over time Processes Internal Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks Processes Internal Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks Processes Internal Drivers Feedbacks Feedbacks
- 7. 7 Ecosystem services Provisioning Food Water Fiber andtimber Regulation Water cycle Nurient cycle C Sequestration Supporting Primary production Soil formation Cultural Aesthetic values Recreation Tourism Biodiversity
- 8. Ecosystem services Material well-beingPhysical well-being Social well-being Security well-being Freedom of action and choice Human well-being MA, 2005
- 9. Why are ecosystemservices a useful tool in agro-ecology? • As intrinsically social-ecological they make a direct connection between the outputs of the agro- landscape and human-well being, providing an integrated perspective of agricultural landscapes. • Bring to light multiple values of the agricultural landscape. • Highlight the multidimensionality of the global food security challenge (food, health, equity and access among beneficiaries) • Identify synergies and trade-offs among services, making visible potential unexpected effects of different management strategies 9
- 10. Why are ecosystemservices a useful tool in agro-ecology? • As intrinsically social-ecological they make a direct connection between the outputs of the agro- landscape and human-well being, providing an integrated perspective of agricultural landscapes. • Bring to light multiple values of the agricultural landscape. • Highlight the multidimensionality of the global food security challenge (food, health, equity and access among beneficiaries) • Identify synergies and trade-offs among services, making visible potential unexpected effects of different management strategies 10
- 11. Why are ecosystemservices a useful tool in agro-ecology? • As intrinsically social-ecological they make a direct connection between the outputs of the agro- landscape and human-well being, providing an integrated perspective of agricultural landscapes. • Bring to light multiple values of the agricultural landscape. • Highlight the multidimensionality of the global food security challenge (food, health, equity and access among beneficiaries) • Identify synergies and trade-offs among services, making visible potential unexpected effects of different management strategies 11
- 12. Why are ecosystemservices a useful tool in agro-ecology? • As intrinsically social-ecological they make a direct connection between the outputs of the agro- landscape and human-well being, providing an integrated perspective of agricultural landscapes. • Bring to light multiple values of the agricultural landscape. • Highlight the multidimensionality of the global food security challenge (food, health, equity and access among beneficiaries) • Identify synergies and trade-offs among services, making visible potential unexpected effects of different management strategies 12
- 13. Agricultural landscapes canbe highly multifunctional 13
- 14. 14 Crops Income Farmers Ecosystem services Benefits tohuman well-being Beneficiaries Management Governance
- 15. 15 Reviewing ecosystem servicesfrom trees in an agro-landscape in West African Sahel Sinare and Gordon, 2015
- 16. Reviewing ecosystem servicesfrom trees in an agro-landscape in West African Sahel Sinare and Gordon, 2015
- 17. Reviewing ecosystem servicesfrom trees in an agro-landscape in West African Sahel • Literature was very scattered across different disciplines • Ecosystem services approach useful for integrating these different perspectives Sinare and Gordon, 2015
- 18. 18 Crops Ecosystem services Income Benefits tohuman well-being Farmers Beneficiaries
- 19. 19 Crops Income Farmers Ecosystem services Benefits tohuman well-being Beneficiaries
- 20. 20 • It isthe interaction between ecosystem services that is more useful for managing complex agricultural landscapes, as it highlights trade-offs and synergies among services, benefits and stakeholder groups
- 21. 21 Mapping bundles ofecosystem services Queiroz et al., 2015 Hamann et al. in review
- 22. Reasoning: • Some servicescome often together in bundles while others never do • Exploring interactions and bundles of ecosystem services allows to identify those relationships and understand what services are dependent on the same social-ecological processes. 22 Mapping bundles of ecosystem services in the Norrström basin, Sweden Queiroz et al., 2015
- 23. Advantages: • Focusing onbundles allows for integrated management options targeted for the enhancement of groups of services instead of individual services. • It avoids some of the perverse outcomes of single- services targeted strategies 23 Mapping bundles of ecosystem services in the Norrström basin, Sweden Queiroz et al., 2015
- 24. Ecosystem services inthe Norrström basin 24 Mapping bundles of ecosystem services in the Norrström basin, Sweden Queiroz et al., 2015
- 25. 25 Crops Income Farmers Ecosystem services Benefits tohuman well-being Beneficiaries
- 26. 26 Ecosystem services forpoverty alleviation – the need for disaggregating human well-being Daw et al. 2011
- 27. • Highlights theneed for disaggregating human well-being in its different dimensions and the relative contribution of each dimension to different beneficiaries Ecosystem services for poverty alleviation – the need for disaggregating human well-being • Explores the concept of well-being elasticity (how much can local ecosystems degrade before human well-being is affected) Daw et al. 2011
- 28. Challenges and futuredirections • Ecosystem services are still difficult to measure. Need for indicators that are easily available.
- 29. • Using publicallyavailable data • Developing a framework and methodology for assessing supply, use and demand of ecosystem services • Develop further the analysis of interactions among services Challenges – current work
- 30. Challenges and futuredirections 30 • Ecosystem services are still difficult to measure. Need for indicators that are easily available. • Further research on the connections between ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes and the different dimensions of well-being is needed
- 31. 31 • Map thedistribution of the multiple dimensions of well-being in an agricultural landscape • Map how are benefits from the local agro- landscape distributed among users/stakeholder groups Challenges – current work
- 32. The EAT initiative.A global initiative that addresses the challenge of global food security by: • Aiming to the integration of sustainable food production, nutrition and health and equity and access to food • Engaging several science and business partners across the world 32 Challenges – current work
- 33. Challenges and futuredirections 33 • Ecosystem services are still difficult to measure. Need for indicators that are easily available. • Further research on the connections between ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes and the different dimensions of well-being is needed • Move from snapshot assessments of ecosystem services distribution and interactions to assessing the dynamics of services over time in agricultural landscapes • Ensuring the resilience of desirable multifunctional agricultural landscapes and/or the transformation of less desirable states
- 34. • Define thecomponents of desirable agricultural landscapes in terms of ecosystem services and their relation with the multiple dimensions of human well-being and distribution of benefits • Investigate further the features that provide social- ecological response diversity in food production landscapes (work ongoing by J.Haider SRC). 35 Challenges – current and future work
- 35. • Define thecomponents of desirable agricultural landscapes in terms of ecosystem services and their relation with the multiple dimensions of human well-being and distribution of benefits • Investigate further the features that provide social- ecological response diversity in food production landscapes (work ongoing by J.Haider SRC among others). 36 Challenges – current and future work
- 36. 37 Crops Income Farmers Ecosystem services Benefits tohuman well-being Beneficiaries
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Editor's Notes
- #25 We found 5 different types of municipalities. These types are characterized by a certain set of ecosystem services. There are 2 kinds of municipalities with cropland but one has more livestock and one with a higher concentration of horses. There are 2 types of municipalities with a lot of forest and forest products, but one of them has more moose hunting and higher nutrient retention. And the urban municipalities have a high concentration of recreational activities. Now how closely municipalities fit the category they are in can reveal opportunities for the potential of the kinds of services they can produce.