We studied food security and biodiversity conservation from a social-ecological perspective in southwestern Ethiopia. Specialist tree, bird, and mammal species required large, undisturbed forest, supporting the notion of ‘land sparing’ for conservation. However, our findings also suggest that forest areas should be embedded within a multifunctional landscape matrix (i.e. ‘land sharing’), because farmland also supported many species and ecosystem services and was the basis of diversified livelihoods. Diversified livelihoods improved smallholder food security, while lack of access to capital assets and crop raiding by wild forest animals negatively influenced food security. Food and biodiversity governance lacked coordination and was strongly hierarchical, with relatively few stakeholders being highly powerful. Our study shows that issues of livelihoods, access to resources, governance and equity are central when resolving challenges around food security and biodiversity. A multi-facetted, social-ecological approach is better able to capture such complexity than the conventional, two-dimensional land sparing versus sharing framework.
Fischer J., Bergsten A., Dorresteijn I., Hanspach J., Hylander K., Jiren T.S., Manlosa A.O., Rodrigues P., Schultner J., Senbeta F. and Shumi G. (2021) A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia. Ecosystems and People 17(1): 400-410. 10.1080/26395916.2021.1952306
@article{Fischer2021,
Title = {A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia},
Author = {Fischer, Joern and Bergsten, Arvid and Dorresteijn, Ine and Hanspach, Jan and Hylander, Kristoffer and Jiren, Tolera S. and Manlosa, Aisa O. and Rodrigues, Patricia and Schultner, Jannik and Senbeta, Feyera and Shumi, Girma},
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Journal = {Ecosystems and People},
Year = {2021},
Pages = {400-410},
Volume = {17},
Doi = {10.1080/26395916.2021.1952306},
Abstract = {We studied food security and biodiversity conservation from a social-ecological perspective in southwestern Ethiopia. Specialist tree, bird, and mammal species required large, undisturbed forest, supporting the notion of ‘land sparing’ for conservation. However, our findings also suggest that forest areas should be embedded within a multifunctional landscape matrix (i.e. ‘land sharing’), because farmland also supported many species and ecosystem services and was the basis of diversified livelihoods. Diversified livelihoods improved smallholder food security, while lack of access to capital assets and crop raiding by wild forest animals negatively influenced food security. Food and biodiversity governance lacked coordination and was strongly hierarchical, with relatively few stakeholders being highly powerful. Our study shows that issues of livelihoods, access to resources, governance and equity are central when resolving challenges around food security and biodiversity. A multi-facetted, social-ecological approach is better able to capture such complexity than the conventional, two-dimensional land sparing versus sharing framework.},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Fischer, Joern
AU - Bergsten, Arvid
AU - Dorresteijn, Ine
AU - Hanspach, Jan
AU - Hylander, Kristoffer
AU - Jiren, Tolera S.
AU - Manlosa, Aisa O.
AU - Rodrigues, Patricia
AU - Schultner, Jannik
AU - Senbeta, Feyera
AU - Shumi, Girma
TI - A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia
T2 - Ecosystems and People
PY - 2021
SP - 400-410
VL - 17
DO - 10.1080/26395916.2021.1952306
AB - We studied food security and biodiversity conservation from a social-ecological perspective in southwestern Ethiopia. Specialist tree, bird, and mammal species required large, undisturbed forest, supporting the notion of ‘land sparing’ for conservation. However, our findings also suggest that forest areas should be embedded within a multifunctional landscape matrix (i.e. ‘land sharing’), because farmland also supported many species and ecosystem services and was the basis of diversified livelihoods. Diversified livelihoods improved smallholder food security, while lack of access to capital assets and crop raiding by wild forest animals negatively influenced food security. Food and biodiversity governance lacked coordination and was strongly hierarchical, with relatively few stakeholders being highly powerful. Our study shows that issues of livelihoods, access to resources, governance and equity are central when resolving challenges around food security and biodiversity. A multi-facetted, social-ecological approach is better able to capture such complexity than the conventional, two-dimensional land sparing versus sharing framework.
ER -
