Landscape and farm scale management to enhance biodiversity conservation in the cocoa producing region of southern Bahia, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorCamila R. Cassano
dc.contributor.authorDeborah Faria
dc.contributor.authorGotz Schroth
dc.contributor.authorLucio Bede
dc.contributor.authorJacques H.C. Delabie
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-11T06:40:32Z
dc.date.available2014-04-11T06:40:32Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn southern Bahia, Brazil, large land areas are used for the production of cocoa (Theobroma cacao), which is predominantly grown under the shade of native trees in an agroforestry system locally known as cabruca. As a dominant forest-like landscape element of the cocoa region, the cabrucas play an important role in the conservation of the region’s biodiversity. The purpose of this review is to provide the scientific basis for an action plan to reconcile cocoa production and biodiversity conservation in southern Bahia. The available research collectively highlights the diversity of responses of different species and biological groups to both the habitat quality of the cabrucas themselves and to the general characteristics of the landscape, such as the relative extent and spatial configuration of different vegetation types within the landscape mosaic. We identify factors that influence directly or indirectly the occurrence of native species in the cabrucas and the wider landscape of the cocoa region and develop recommendations for their conservation management. We show that the current scientific knowledge already provides a good basis for a biodiversity friendly management of the cocoa region of southern Bahia, although more work is needed to refine some management recommendations, especially on shade canopy composition and density, and verify their economic viability. The implementation of our recommendations should be accompanied by appropriate biological and socioeconomic monitoring and the findings should inform a broad program of adaptive management of the cabrucas and the wider cocoa landscapeen_US
dc.identifier.citationBiodivers Conserv (2009) 18:577–603en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/368
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAtlantic foresten_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectCabrucaen_US
dc.subjectCocoa agroforesten_US
dc.subjectConnectivityen_US
dc.subjectFragmentationen_US
dc.subjectLandscape managementen_US
dc.subjectTheobroma cacaoen_US
dc.titleLandscape and farm scale management to enhance biodiversity conservation in the cocoa producing region of southern Bahia, Brazilen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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