Global identification and mapping of socio-ecological production landscapes with the Satoyama Index.

ABSTRACT: Production landscapes play an important role in conserving biodiversity outside protected areas. Socio-ecological production landscapes (SEPL) are places where people use for primary production that conserve biodiversity. Such places can be found around the world, but a lack of geographic information on SEPL has resulted in their potential for conservation being neglected in policies and programs. We tested the global applicability of the Satoyama Index for identifying SEPL in multi-use cultural landscapes using global land use/cover data and two datasets of known SEPL. We found that the Satoyama Index, which was developed with a focus on biodiversity and tested in Japan, could be used globally to identify landscapes resulting from complex interactions between people and nature with statis

SUBMITTER: Natori Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372939 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature