Agricultural intensification has strongly impacted ecosystems and accelerated the process of
global change. Consequently, agroecological practices are being increasingly adopted …

Agricultural systems are complex socio-ecological systems that are managed by farmers to
achieve desired outcomes, including food production and other ecosystem services (ES) …

Ensuring food security while also protecting biodiversity requires a governance system that
can address intra-and intersectoral complexity. In this paper, we sought to explore the …

This study employed participatory approaches to establish ways of engaging local
communities within a transfrontier conservation area, towards achieving the goals of …

A default assumption about the Sahel is that farmers consider food provision for the family as
the sole reason for cultivation. The degree to which this 'cultivation for food'assumption has …

Biodiversity conservation outside designated protected areas remains challenging in South
Africa, where 80% of the biodiversity resources occur on private and communal lands. This …

Multipurpose mosaic (“ecoagriculture”) landscapes can serve the purpose of land sharing to
combine objectives of agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. Rewarding the …

Stakeholder engagement has become an important aspect of sustainable natural resources
management. This study analysed a landscape performance assessment by local and …

The transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) concept appears well-timed and appropriate to
Southern Africa but the role of local communities in these enterprises is not defined. A …

The endogenous development of local systems progresses through the evolution of
agricultural space and natural resources, promoting the integration of agricultural space with …