Integrating Livelihoods and Multiple Biodiversity Values in Landscape Mosaics - Spatial Data and Maps

The project, “Integrating Livelihoods and Multiple Biodiversity Values in Landscape Mosaics (or the Landscape Mosaics Project in short)”, was the first project of the CIFOR-ICRAF Biodiversity Platform. The project conducted research on socio-economic, governance and biophysical characteristics and dynamics of the five study landscapes and the interactions between these factors. It also investigated the potential for reward mechanisms for environmental services. The project aimed to in form and facilitate negotiation processes on natural resource use rights allocation between communities and district level and other key stakeholders in order to enable them to manage landscape mosaics more sustainably. The project worked in the following study sites: Tanzania: East Usambara Mountains, Tanga Region; South West Cameroon: Takamanda-Mone Technical Operation Unit; Sumatra, Indonesia: Bungo District, Jambi Province; Northern Laos: Vieng Kham District, Luang Prabang Province; and Eastern Madagascar: Manompana corridor, Soanierana-Ivongo District. Within these countries, a landscape was selected that reflected a gradient from a densely forested protected area to land covers fragmented by agricultural uses. From these landscapes, three representative territories (villages) were selected in which the support to negotiati ons and empirical research took place. The project was funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and supported by other donors such as the European Commission, the Governments of Finland, the Netherlands and Australia. The Biodiversity Platform was launched in 2006 as a joint initiative of CIFOR and the World Agroforestry Centre. The Platform was launched in recognition of the role that multifunctional landscape mosaics have in preserving biodiversity conservati on, both within and outside of protected areas. Tree cover in multifunctional landscape mosaics preserves important habitats and can play a crucial role in maintaining connectivity between large reserves, which has been demonstrated to be essential for the survival of many species. The occupation and use of these landscapes by many peoples, however, require that any conservation efforts in these mosaics consider the social dimensions of the use and conservation of biodiversity, in addition to their biophysical dimensions and dynamics.

本项目全称为"整合生计与景观镶嵌体中的多重生物多样性价值项目"（简称景观镶嵌体项目），是国际林业研究中心-世界农林业中心（CIFOR-ICRAF）生物多样性平台的首个项目。本项目针对5个研究景观的社会经济、治理及生物物理特征与动态，以及各要素间的相互作用开展研究，同时调查了环境服务奖励机制的应用潜力。项目旨在为社区与区级及其他关键利益相关方之间的自然资源使用权分配谈判提供信息支撑并推动进程，助力其更可持续地管理景观镶嵌体。本项目的研究站点如下：坦桑尼亚坦噶省东乌桑巴拉山脉；喀麦隆西南部塔卡曼达-莫内技术运营单元；印度尼西亚苏门答腊占碑省本古县；老挝北部琅勃拉邦省维恩坎县；马达加斯加东部索阿尼拉纳-伊翁古县马诺姆帕纳走廊。在上述各国中，项目选取了覆盖从茂密森林保护区到农业开垦导致的土地覆被破碎化梯度的景观单元，并从中遴选3个代表性村落（领地）开展谈判支持与实证研究工作。本项目由瑞士发展与合作署资助，同时获得欧洲委员会、芬兰、荷兰及澳大利亚政府等其他捐赠方的支持。CIFOR-ICRAF生物多样性平台于2006年启动，为国际林业研究中心（CIFOR）与世界农林业中心（ICRAF）的联合倡议。该平台的设立旨在认可多功能景观镶嵌体在保护区内外生物多样性保护中发挥的作用。多功能景观镶嵌体中的林木覆被能够保护重要栖息地，并在维持大型保护区间的连通性方面扮演关键角色，而这已被证实是众多物种存续的必要条件。然而，诸多人群对这些景观的开发与利用，要求此类镶嵌体的保护工作在兼顾生物物理维度与动态的同时，还需纳入生物多样性利用与保护的社会维度。