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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