Cacao agroforestry adoption by smallholder farmers and forest loss prevention in the Maya Golden Landscape, Belize.

IF 5.8 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2024-12-27 DOI:10.1007/s13280-024-02106-4

Santos Daniel Chicas, Nobuya Mizoue, Tetsuji Ota, Khin Thu Wint Kyaw, Miguel Conrado Valdez, Jonas Østergaard Nielsen, Chi-Farn Chen

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Unsustainable land use practices have led to increased forest loss rates. Implementing cacao agroforestry can reduce forest loss by preventing the clear-cutting of forests for monoculture plantations. However, research is needed on its effectiveness in preventing forest loss and the factors influencing its adoption between full-time and part-time farmers. Here, we address these gaps in the Maya Golden Landscape, Belize, by using Mahalanobis distance matching to compare forest loss in cacao agroforestry concession, forest reserve, and de-reserve areas and analyzing social data of 187 households. The results suggest that the odds of forest loss in the cacao agroforestry concession area are approximately 16% higher than in the Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve. In comparison, they are 85% lower than in the de-reserved areas. We also report differences in the factors influencing agroforestry adoption between part-time and full-time farmers. Successful cacao agroforestry adoption requires considering the differences that exist between farmers' categories.

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伯利兹玛雅黄金景观小农采用可可农林业和防止森林损失。

不可持续的土地利用做法导致森林损失率上升。实施可可农林业可以通过防止为单一栽培种植园而砍伐森林来减少森林损失。但是，需要研究它在防止森林损失方面的有效性以及影响全职和兼职农民采用它的因素。在这里，我们通过使用马氏距离匹配来比较可可农林业特许权、森林保护区和非保护区的森林损失，并分析187户家庭的社会数据，解决了伯利兹玛雅黄金景观的这些差距。结果表明，可可农林业特许区森林损失的几率比玛雅山北部森林保护区高出约16%。相比之下，它们比非保留区低85%。我们还报告了影响农林业采用的因素在兼职和全职农民之间的差异。成功地采用可可农林业需要考虑农民类别之间存在的差异。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

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3.10%

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123

审稿时长

6 months

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