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The Scope of Organic Agriculture, Sustainable Forest Management and Ecoforestry in Protected Area Management

Year of publication 2004

Pages 51

Author Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Douglas Williamson;Climate, Energy and Tenure Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Paper

Series number 9789251071502|2226-6062

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document stresses the need to maximize the contribution of protected areas to food security and poverty alleviation through organic agriculture and sustainable forest management. Protected areas occupy today some 10 percent of the earth’s cover, in a landscape dominated by the agriculture sector. Farmers, pastoralists and forest dwellers, including a large proportion of indigenous people, are the main inhabitants and users of protected areas, as well as lands connecting these areas. In fa ct, 30 percent of the earth’s surface is occupied by croplands and pastures and another 30 percent is occupied by forests. Despite this high interdependence, community approaches to protected areas management touch on the periphery of agricultural activities. Encouraging organic agriculture and sustainable forest management within and around protected areas can reverse the trend of negative threats to protected areas and build connectedness, while allowing local residents to derive livelihoo ds from their lands. The integration of these sectors into landscape planning represents a cost-efficient policy option for nature conservation.

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