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García-Martín M, Huntsinger L, Ibarrola-Rivas MJ, Penker M, D'Ambrosio U, Dimopoulos T, Fernández-Giménez ME, Kizos T, Muñoz-Rojas J, Saito O, Zimmerer KS, Abson DJ, Liu J, Quintas-Soriano C, Sørensen IH, Verburg PH, Plieninger T. Landscape products for sustainable agricultural landscapes. NATURE FOOD 2022; 3:814-821. [PMID: 37117891 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-022-00612-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
Abstract
Landscape products link to low-input practices and traditional ecological knowledge, and have multiple functions supporting human well-being and sustainability. Here we explore seven landscape products worldwide to identify these multiple functions in the context of food commodification and landscape sustainability. We show that a landscape products lens can improve food systems by fostering sustainability strategies and standards that are place-sensitive, and as such can mitigate conflicts related to food production, social justice and the environment. Co-management strategies and information policies, such as certification, labelling, product information and raising of awareness could accelerate, incentivize and catalyse actions to support landscape products in the context of sustainability strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- María García-Martín
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
- Research Unit Land Change Science, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
| | - Lynn Huntsinger
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
| | | | - Marianne Penker
- Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
| | - Ugo D'Ambrosio
- High Atlas Cultural Landscapes Programme, Global Diversity Foundation, Canterbury, UK
| | - Thymios Dimopoulos
- Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos, MedINA, Athens, Greece
| | | | - Thanasis Kizos
- Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
| | - José Muñoz-Rojas
- Landscape Management and Dynamics Research Group, Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
| | - Osamu Saito
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan
| | - Karl S Zimmerer
- Department of Geography and GeoSyntheSES Lab, Programs in Rural Sociology and Ecology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
- Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
| | - David J Abson
- Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
| | - Jianguo Liu
- Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - Cristina Quintas-Soriano
- Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Centro Andaluz para la Evaluación y Seguimiento del Cambio Global, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
| | - Irene Holm Sørensen
- Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
| | - Peter H Verburg
- Research Unit Land Change Science, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- Environmental Geography Group, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Tobias Plieninger
- Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
- Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.
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