Land tenure systems: A key to conserve tree diversity in coffee based agroforestry systems of Kodagu, Central Western Ghats
The district Kodagu is located in central part of Western Ghats was densely forested up to mid nineteenth century and has now become one of the major areas of coffee cultivation. The coffee based agroforestry systems of Kodagu are a good example of human managed forests, which contain a very diverse and good stocking of tree species. Hence these farms can be called as coffee forests. The management of vegetation or canopy cover in these coffee based agroforestry systems is mainly dependent on the kind of rights given to the planters. The trees in the coffee based agroforestry systems could be owned by the forest department or plantation owner. Based on these kinds of rights the land tenure systems of Kodagu can be broadly grouped into two major categories, viz, redeemed and unredeemed lands. A coffee based agroforestry system may be both redeemed and unredeemed lands. These complex land tenures determine timber extraction from coffee based agroforestry systems and intern the structure and diversity. Present study indicates that the structure of the canopy cover was well maintained in unredeemed lands compared to redeemed lands. The diversity of tree species was also high in unredeemed lands compared to redeem lands. The structure and diversity of larger land holdings have well maintained compared small land holdings; however there is no much difference between large and small land holdings with respect to structure and diversity of coffee based agroforestry systems.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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| Subjects: | F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture, E11 - Économie et politique foncières, E90 - Structure agraire, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/540983/ |
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