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World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
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Co-existence of people and orangutan in Sumatra. Stabilising gradients for landscape multifunctionality
Author
Hesti L. Tata, Atiek Widayati, Elok Mulyoutami and Meine van Noordwijk
Year
2011
Publisher
World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF, SEA Regional Office
City of Publication
Bogor, Indonesia
Series Number
ASB Policy Brief no. 20
Number of Pages
6
Call Number
PB0029-11
Abstract:
Multifunctional landscapes and species-rich agroforests can support biodiversity conservation. Command- and-control conservation approaches tend to create sharp distinctions between protected areas and surrounding agriculture. Can a village–agroforest–forest landscape gradient be stable? Or is it part of a continuous process of forest conversion that in the end will leave hardly any conservation values intact? The landscape of Batang Toru, Sumatra offers a case study. It is home to a genetically unique Sumatran orangutan population and to people of diverse backgrounds. It provides insight into the types of government policy and market-based instruments that are needed to stabilise the existing gradient.
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