Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions
Tropical ecosystem conversion to agriculture has caused widespread habitat loss and created fragmented landscapes composed of remnant forest patches embedded in a matrix of agricultural land uses. Non- traditional agricultural export (NTAE) crops such as pineapple are rapidly replacing multiuse landscapes characterized by a diverse matrix of pasture and smallholder crops with intensive, large-scale, monoculture plantations. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we conduct a case study to examine the coupled social and ecological implications of agricultural intensification in this region, with larger application to regions experiencing similar patterns of agricultural intensification. Guided by frameworks from both political and landscape ecology, we: (1) describe the social and economic implications of pineapple expansion, specifically the concentration of land, labor and financial resources, (2) quantify pineapple cultivation's spatial characteristics, and (3) assess the effects of pineapple expansion on surrounding forest ecosystems, on the agricultural matrix and on biodiversity conservation. Our results indicate that pineapple production concentrates land, labor, and financial resources, which has a homogenizing effect on the agricultural economy in the study region. This constrains farm-based livelihoods, with larger implications for food security and agricultural diversity. Landscape ecology analyses further reveal how pineapple production simplifies and homogenizes the agricultural matrix between forest patches, which is likely to have a negative effect on biodiversity. To offset the effects of pineapple expansion on social and environmental systems, we recommend developing landscape level land use planning capacity. Furthermore, agricultural and conservation policy reform is needed to promote landscape heterogeneity and economic diversity within the agricultural sector. Our interdisciplinary research provides a detailed examination of the social and ecological impacts of agricultural intensification in a tropical landscape, and offers recommendations for improvement relevant not only to our study region but to the many other tropical landscapes currently undergoing non-traditional agricultural export driven agricultural intensification.
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Tropical ecosystem conversion to agriculture has caused widespread habitat loss and created fragmented landscapes composed of remnant forest patches embedded in a matrix of agricultural land uses. Non- traditional agricultural export (NTAE) crops such as pineapple are rapidly replacing multiuse landscapes characterized by a diverse matrix of pasture and smallholder crops with intensive, large-scale, monoculture plantations. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we conduct a case study to examine the coupled social and ecological implications of agricultural intensification in this region, with larger application to regions experiencing similar patterns of agricultural intensification. Guided by frameworks from both political and landscape ecology, we: (1) describe the social and economic implications of pineapple expansion, specifically the concentration of land, labor and financial resources, (2) quantify pineapple cultivation's spatial characteristics, and (3) assess the effects of pineapple expansion on surrounding forest ecosystems, on the agricultural matrix and on biodiversity conservation. Our results indicate that pineapple production concentrates land, labor, and financial resources, which has a homogenizing effect on the agricultural economy in the study region. This constrains farm-based livelihoods, with larger implications for food security and agricultural diversity. Landscape ecology analyses further reveal how pineapple production simplifies and homogenizes the agricultural matrix between forest patches, which is likely to have a negative effect on biodiversity. To offset the effects of pineapple expansion on social and environmental systems, we recommend developing landscape level land use planning capacity. Furthermore, agricultural and conservation policy reform is needed to promote landscape heterogeneity and economic diversity within the agricultural sector. Our interdisciplinary research provides a detailed examination of the social and ecological impacts of agricultural intensification in a tropical landscape, and offers recommendations for improvement relevant not only to our study region but to the many other tropical landscapes currently undergoing non-traditional agricultural export driven agricultural intensification. |
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Shaver, Irene Chain-Guadarrama, Adina Cleary, Kate Sanfiorenzo, Andre Santiago-García, Ricardo Finegan, Bryan Hormel, Leontina Sibelet, Nicole Vierling, Lee A. Bosque-Pérez, Nilsa A. DeClerck, Fabrice Fagan, Matthew Waits, Lisette P. |
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Shaver, Irene Chain-Guadarrama, Adina Cleary, Kate Sanfiorenzo, Andre Santiago-García, Ricardo Finegan, Bryan Hormel, Leontina Sibelet, Nicole Vierling, Lee A. Bosque-Pérez, Nilsa A. DeClerck, Fabrice Fagan, Matthew Waits, Lisette P. |
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Shaver, Irene |
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Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in costa rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions |
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dig-cirad-fr-5759242024-03-05T07:12:06Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/575924/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/575924/ Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions. Shaver Irene, Chain-Guadarrama Adina, Cleary Kate, Sanfiorenzo Andre, Santiago-García Ricardo, Finegan Bryan, Hormel Leontina, Sibelet Nicole, Vierling Lee A., Bosque-Pérez Nilsa A., DeClerck Fabrice, Fagan Matthew, Waits Lisette P.. 2015. Global Environmental Change, 32 : 74-86.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006> Coupled social and ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification in Costa Rica and the future of biodiversity conservation in tropical agricultural regions Shaver, Irene Chain-Guadarrama, Adina Cleary, Kate Sanfiorenzo, Andre Santiago-García, Ricardo Finegan, Bryan Hormel, Leontina Sibelet, Nicole Vierling, Lee A. Bosque-Pérez, Nilsa A. DeClerck, Fabrice Fagan, Matthew Waits, Lisette P. eng 2015 Global Environmental Change E14 - Économie et politique du développement E10 - Économie et politique agricoles A01 - Agriculture - Considérations générales E50 - Sociologie rurale P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E90 - Structure agraire agriculture intensification Ananas comosus environnement socioéconomique évaluation de l'impact paysage utilisation des terres conservation des ressources biodiversité petite exploitation agricole agroécosystème écosystème sociologie réforme agraire politique de développement politique agricole agrobiodiversité http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_203 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33485 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_386 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26824 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37938 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4185 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4182 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6523 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7113 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36669 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2482 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7142 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_196 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_201 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37977 Costa Rica http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1920 Tropical ecosystem conversion to agriculture has caused widespread habitat loss and created fragmented landscapes composed of remnant forest patches embedded in a matrix of agricultural land uses. Non- traditional agricultural export (NTAE) crops such as pineapple are rapidly replacing multiuse landscapes characterized by a diverse matrix of pasture and smallholder crops with intensive, large-scale, monoculture plantations. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we conduct a case study to examine the coupled social and ecological implications of agricultural intensification in this region, with larger application to regions experiencing similar patterns of agricultural intensification. Guided by frameworks from both political and landscape ecology, we: (1) describe the social and economic implications of pineapple expansion, specifically the concentration of land, labor and financial resources, (2) quantify pineapple cultivation's spatial characteristics, and (3) assess the effects of pineapple expansion on surrounding forest ecosystems, on the agricultural matrix and on biodiversity conservation. Our results indicate that pineapple production concentrates land, labor, and financial resources, which has a homogenizing effect on the agricultural economy in the study region. This constrains farm-based livelihoods, with larger implications for food security and agricultural diversity. Landscape ecology analyses further reveal how pineapple production simplifies and homogenizes the agricultural matrix between forest patches, which is likely to have a negative effect on biodiversity. To offset the effects of pineapple expansion on social and environmental systems, we recommend developing landscape level land use planning capacity. Furthermore, agricultural and conservation policy reform is needed to promote landscape heterogeneity and economic diversity within the agricultural sector. Our interdisciplinary research provides a detailed examination of the social and ecological impacts of agricultural intensification in a tropical landscape, and offers recommendations for improvement relevant not only to our study region but to the many other tropical landscapes currently undergoing non-traditional agricultural export driven agricultural intensification. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/575924/1/document_575924.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.02.006 |