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Landscapesforagrobiodiversity:Documen7ngthelivestockperspec7ve

TobyHodgkin,StanleyZira,TaghiFarvar,GhanimatAzhdari,MaedeSalimi,DunjaMijatovic

Photo:MaedeSalimi

TheprojectInterdisciplinarylandscapeperspec7vesontheeffectsofland-usechangeonagrobiodiversityandresilience.

Theresearch•  Assesscrop,livestock(LIFEprotocol)andwild

speciesdiversity•  Mapland-usesandland-usechange•  Understandlocalpercep7onsofecosystem

servicesandresilience

Photo:EpshaPalikhey

Tshongogwe

Tshongogwe is a communal ward with an area of 620 km2

and a total population of 3789 people in Lupane, Zimbabwe.

CropdiversityMaize(3varie7es),sorghum(3),bambaragroundnut(4),groundnut(3)andcowpeas(2);localvegetablesandagroforestryspecies.

WildplantsForestfruits,wildvegetables,mushroomandinsectsarecommonlyusedasfood.

LivestockIndigenouscaTlebreeds(tuli,nkone,brahman,mashona);poultry(isikhova,insingizi,ithendele,imbila,indiya);andgoats(matabele,mashona).

Tshongogwe

Tulica:lePhoto:PaulBordoni

Tshongogwe

Theimportanceoftheconserva7onforest

Agroforestryspeciesandwildfruitspeciesmarula(Sclerocaryabirrea),azanza(Azanzagarckeana),clusterleaf(Terminaliasericea),mopane(Colophospermummopane),chocolateberry(Vitexpayos),monkeyorange(Strychnoscocculoides),greenmonkeyorange(Strychnosspinosa),mobolaplum(Parinaricuratellifolia),Africanmedlar(Vangueriainfausta),batokaplum(FlacourDaindica),birdplum(Berchemiadiscolor),blackmonkeyorange(Strychnosmadagascariensis),largesourplum(Ximeniacaffra),jackalberry(Diospyrosmespiliformis

Tshongogwe

Theimportanceoftheconserva7onforest

Tshongogwe

Theimportanceoftheconserva7onforest

Aherdoftuliandnkoneca:legoingintoconservaAonforest:Photo:PaulBordoni

TheAbolhassaniTribalTerritory

Indigenouspeoples'andcommunityconservedterritoriesandareas(ICCAs)inaperi-Central-DesertareaknownasTouran,oneofnineUNESCOBiosphereReservesinIran.

CropdiversityLocalvarie7esoffigs,grapes,pistachioandpomegranate.Barleyandwheathavebeenrecentlyintroduced.

WildplantsAbout50wildplantsspecies,largelycollectedfromtherangelandsusedasfood,medicine,forageandfodder.

LivestockMahaliandPakistanigoatbreedsandBaluchiandAfsharisheepbreeds.

TheAbolhassaniTribalTerritory

Photos:MaedeSalimi

ADAPTATION:reintroducAonofindigenousbreeds,cropdiversificaAonandadapAvemanagementofgrazinglands.

Photos:MaedeSalimi

ADAPTATION:reintroducAonofindigenousbreeds,cropdiversificaAonandadapAvemanagementofgrazinglands.

AdapAvemanagementcycleinAbolhassani.

ParAcipatoryland-usemappinginAbolhassani.Map:GhanimatAzhdari

Conclusions•  Includingtheanimaldiversitydimension

•  Recognisingthestrengthoflocalins7tu7onsandcommunityvalueswhichsupportbothmaintenanceandrestora7on

•  Combiningthetradi7onal(customarylaws,sacredforests)withinnova7on(grazingplans,communityseedbanks)

Photo:DunjaMijatovic

Agrobiodiversity perspectives in

land-use decisions DunjaMijatovic,StanleyZira,SonthanaManeeraTanachaiyong,ReubenMendakorShabong,EpshaPalikhey,SajalSthapit,GhanimatAzhdari,MaedeSalimi,AlejandroGonzálezÁlvarez,AlbertoTarrazaRodríguez,HelgaGrubergCazón,LalKumaraWakkumbure,NataliaEstrada-Carmona,TobyHodgkin