Biodiversity Conservation Through Farming: A Landscape Assessment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

摘要: The integration of agriculture and biodiversity has become an acknowledged solution to concurrently address the development sustainable food production systems preservation natural resources. However, there are few alternative farming combining agricultural commodities with ecosystem services. We examined farm landscape dynamics area in South Africa which been isolated from mainstream for several decades. used a time series aerial photographs as well surveys interviews analyze how historical present trends can explain land use features. Results show that today's is consequence dramatic socioeconomic transformations have turned original transhumant livestock keepers into sedentary farmers. Although poverty widespread, we found well-balanced regularly increasing tree cover high potential. Beyond household size, main impact factors herd size an...