Interactions
between patches of land and farms that form a landscape determine a
‘landscape’ and much of its functionality for productive as well
as environmental service functions; the dynamics of landscapes often
derives from multiple actors and impacts on stakeholders outside of
then landscape; support for the process of negotiation between
multiple stakeholders at the landscape scale forms a bridge between
governance processes that set the boundary conditions and the
activities of farm households and others that determine the
dynamics.
Our
agroforestry concept thus clearly includes that of mosaic 'landscape
agroforestry' made up of both agricultural and forest 'plot'
components, and our research includes investigation of spatial
strategies for their relative distribution and placement in 'local'
landscapes, as well as management approaches and monitoring of their
overall impacts on provision of environmental services.
Multifunctional
Landscapes
