Climate-Smart Landscapes: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Tropical Agriculture

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 77-90

  Harvey, Celia A ^a   Chacón, Mario ^a   Donatti, Camila I ^a   Garen, Eva ^a,b   Hannah, Lee ^a   Andrade, Angela ^c   Bede, Lucio ^d   Brown, Douglas ^e   Calle, Alicia ^b   Chará, Julian ^f   Clement, Christopher ^g,h   Gray, Elizabeth ⁱ   Hoang, Minh Ha ^j   Minang, Peter ^j   Rodríguez, Ana María ^a   Seeberg Elverfeldt, Christina ^k,l   Semroc, Bambi ^m   Shames, Seth ⁿ   Smukler, Sean ^o   Somarriba, Eduardo ^p   Torquebiau, Emmanuel ^q   van Etten, Jacob ^r   Wollenberg, Eva ^g,h   more..

^a Conservation International   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia   (Colombia)

^d Conservation International Brazil ^*  (Brazil)

^e WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^f Centre for Research on Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems (CIPAV)   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS)   (Colombia)

ⁱ THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^j WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^k FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^l Federal German Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ)   (Germany)

^m Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

ⁿ Ecoagriculture Partners   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^q CIRAD   (France)

^r BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agricultural landscapes; Agricultural management practices; Climate smart agriculture; Integrated landscape management; Mitigation; Sustainable agriculture; Synergies; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897403644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12066     Document Type: Article

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