Integrated landscape management for agriculture, rural livelihoods, and ecosystem conservation: An assessment of experience from Latin America and the Caribbean

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Estrada Carmona, Natalia ^a,b   Hart, Abigail K ^c,d   DeClerck, Fabrice A J ^e   Harvey, Celia A ^f   Milder, Jeffrey C ^c,d  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c EcoAgriculture Partners   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Landscape planning; Latin America; Multifunctional; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENTS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LATIN AMERICA; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; MULTIFUNCTIONAL; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SODALITE GROUP; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84904746430     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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