Potential benefits of agroforestry systems integrating livestock activities in Guadeloupe
Résumé
The value-enhancement of Guadeloupe’s forests (71,500 ha, representing 44% of the total land area) is a major challenge for the territory in terms of agroecological transition combined with diverse ecosystem services (ES). In a first step (companion paper) the agroforestry systems in Guadeloupe have been described. One of the conclusions is that complete mixed systems (tree-crop-ivestock) should be promoted for the provision of muliple ecosystem services. Owing to different interviews (50 stakeholders and 50 farmers) and 2 focused group discussions, the main interactions existing between systems of production, environment, society, economy and tourism were described. None of the farmers interviewed were familiar with, the term ‘ecosystem services’. However, several interviewees had an good intuitive understanding of the ecosystem services concept and used expressions such as ‘utility of diverse natural environment, ...’ or ‘... benefits from mother nature ...’. Other interviewees interpreted ES as the responsibility that humans have to preserve nature. We present a figure representing the potential benefits of agroforestry systems integrating livestock activities. The term ‘potential benefits’ is used because the functions of agro-ecosystems are converted into services only when they are used, consumed or appreciated by humans. This require further biotechnical or economic investigations.
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