Several important trends such as increasing populations changing diets and a need for environmental preservation have led to
increased competition for land and land uses given limited land resources. Amid this competition economic dimensions have
often dominated over environmental and social aspects short-term outlooks over long term and global perspectives over local.
This research theme aims to understand the drivers of land-use changes their dynamics their consequences as well as how
decisions can be made regarding the role of forests and trees in the landscape their distribution and types (species modes of
management). It also looks at how that can help achieve multiple objectives (production nutrition ecosystem services) within a
landscape and what tools and institutions are needed to facilitate such decisions and enable their implementation given the various
perspectives and interests of numerous and diverse actors.
Publication year
2017
Keywords
Landscape, productivity, resilience, landscape
