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de Mendonça GC, da Costa LM, Abdo MTVN, Costa RCA, Parras R, de Oliveira LCM, Pissarra TCT, Pacheco FAL. Multicriteria spatial model to prioritize degraded areas for landscape restoration through agroforestry. MethodsX 2023; 10:102052. [PMID: 36911210 PMCID: PMC9995468 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Reconciling the restoration of ecosystem services within agricultural landscapes is an effort that has been advancing within degraded areas restoration through agroforestry systems. However, to contribute to the effectiveness of these initiatives, it is essential to integrate landscape vulnerability and local demands to better highlight in which areas the implementation of agroforestry systems should be prioritized. Thus, we developed a spatial hierarchization methodology as a decision support tool as an active strategy for agroecosystem restoration. The proposed method constitutes a spatial indicator of priority areas to guide agroforestry interventions, including resource allocation and public policies for payment for environmental services. The methodology consists of Multicriteria Decision Analysis implemented in GIS software by combining input datasets based on biophysical conditions, environmental and socioeconomic aspects, that integrated promotes an assessment of the environment fragility, the pressures and responses to land use dynamic; a strategy for landscape restoration and conservation of the natural habitats, and multiple specific scenarios for decision making regarding the agricultural and the local actors demands. The output of the model provides the spatial distribution of areas suitable for the implementation of agroforestry systems, sorted into four priority levels (Low, Medium, High, and Extreme priority). The method is a promising tool proposal for territorial management and governance and subsidizes future research on the flows of ecosystem services.•Assessment of the environment fragility and the pressures and responses to land use dynamic.•Strategy for landscape restoration and conservation of remaining natural habitats.•Multiple specific scenarios for decision making regarding the agricultural and the local actors demands.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gislaine Costa de Mendonça
- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Pindorama Pole, Washington Luis Highway, Km 371, s/n, APTA - São Paulo Agency of Agribusiness Technology, Pindorama, SP 15830-000, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Guarulhos University (UNG), Praça Tereza Cristina, 239, Guarulhos, SP 07023-070, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.,CQVR-Chemistry Center of Vila Real, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Ap. 1013, Vila Real 5001-801, Portugal.,POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Paulista State University (UNESP), Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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de Mendonça GC, Costa RCA, Parras R, de Oliveira LCM, Abdo MTVN, Pacheco FAL, Pissarra TCT. Spatial indicator of priority areas for the implementation of agroforestry systems: An optimization strategy for agricultural landscapes restoration. Sci Total Environ 2022; 839:156185. [PMID: 35618113 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The ecological functions restoration in agricultural areas is a major challenge on a landscape scale. In the specific case of active restoration through Agroforestry Systems (AFS), the absence of a specific direction hinders ecological restoration processes, especially in regions that prefer intensive agriculture. Thus, this study aims to develop a Spatial Indicator of Priority Areas to guide Agroforestry Systems implementation in agricultural landscapes. A spatial multicriteria decision analysis (MDCA) was carried out based on environmental factors: soil, geology and slope (which determine the natural vulnerability of the land) and anthropogenic factors: land use and land cover, forest fragments, potential land use capacity and legal protected areas in rural properties (which reflects human pressure and land use suitability). Subsequently, four priority levels were classified for agroforestry interventions: (1) Low priority; (2) Average priority; (3) High priority; (4) Extreme priority. A final map was made to identify priority areas for landscape recovery in 9 cities located at the mouth of the Mogi Guaçu River Hydrographic Basin, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Considering the natural vulnerability of the land and the multifunctional aspects of the landscape, the scenarios projection allowed a consensus for forest conservation and agricultural suitability perspectives. A final combination of the explored aspects culminated in the spatial indicator, which model foresees 22,300 ha available for urgent actions for restoration, reforestation and sustainable exploitation through agroforestry systems. We emphasize the challenges in reconciling the socioeconomic and ecological functions in the agroecosystem, however, the metric provides a more inclusive and assertive management strategy for natural resources and advances towards the goal of reforestation and implementation of payment for environmental services (PES) schemes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gislaine Costa de Mendonça
- UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil.
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- Guarulhos University (UNG), Praça Tereza Cristina, 239, 07023-070 Guarulhos, SP, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- APTA - São Paulo Agency of Agribusiness Technology, Pindorama Pole, Washington Luis Highway, Km 371, s/n, Pindorama, SP 15830-000, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- CQVR-Chemistry Center of Vila Real, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Ap. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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- UNESP/FCAV - São Paulo State University, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil; POLUS-Land Use Policy Group, Paulista State University (UNESP), Access Way Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Jaboticabal, SP 14884-900, Brazil
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