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Silvopastoral transitions in Latin America

18/06/2024 Go to Evidence

Transitions to silvopastoral systems increase resilience, productive stability and ecosystem services in degraded soils, but reduce biodiversity by replacing native ecosystems (Picasso and Pizarro, 2024).

Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences

Springer Nature - Revista Agroforestry Systems

Perches and shelters for forest restoration

05/06/2024 Go to Evidence

In montane forests in Bolivia, the installation of bird perches and bat shelters increased seed rain and seedling density by up to 3-5 times compared to degraded areas dominated by ferns.

Mayta, C., López, C. L., Villegas, M., Aguirre, L. F., Hensen, I., & Gallegos, S. C. (2024). Bird perches and artificial bat roosts increase seed rain and seedling establishment in tropical bracken-dominated deforested areas. Restoration Ecology, 32(6), e14197

Ecuador: Commercial Crops Dominate

31/05/2024 Go to Evidence

1.9 million hectares are dedicated to commercial crops, and only 445 thousand hectares are for staple foods in Ecuador (IEE, 2020).

1,9 millones de hectáreas se dedican a alimentos comerciales y solo 445 mil hectáreas son para alimentos básicos en Ecuador (IEE, 2020)

IEE, 2020. Estudio para una línea base para la implementación del Decenio de las NNUU de la Agricultura Familiar en Ecuador.

LAC forest loss

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

180 million hectares of forest area were lost worldwide between the early 1960s and 2020, almost 140 million of them in Latin America and the Caribbean (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).

Díaz-Bonilla (2024)

Díaz-Bonilla, E. 2024, Reflexiones sobre el desarrollo agropecuario, rural y de los sistemas agro-alimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe.