Sustainable Agroforestry Landscape Management: Changing the Game

Meine van Noordwijk, Erika Speelman, Gert Jan Hofstede, Ai Farida, Ali Yansyah Abdurrahim, Andrew Miccolis, Arief Lukman Hakim, Charles Nduhiu Wamucii, Elisabeth Lagneaux, Federico Andreotti, George Kimbowa, Gildas Geraud Comlan Assogba, Lisa Best, Lisa Tanika, Margaret Githinji, Paulina Rosero, Rika Ratna Sari, Usha Satnarain, Soeryo Adiwibowo, Arend Ligtenberg, Catherine Muthuri, Marielos Peña-Claros, Edi Purwanto, Pieter van Oel, Danaë Rozendaal, Didik Suprayogo and Adriaan J. Teuling
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Meine van Noordwijk: Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Erika Speelman: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Gert Jan Hofstede: Information Technology Group, Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Ai Farida: Applied Climatology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Ali Yansyah Abdurrahim: Research Centre for Population, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta 12190, Indonesia
Andrew Miccolis: World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 66095-903 Belém/PA, Brazil
Arief Lukman Hakim: Agroforestry Research Group, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran no 1, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Charles Nduhiu Wamucii: Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Elisabeth Lagneaux: Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Federico Andreotti: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
George Kimbowa: Water Resources Management, Wageningen University & Research, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Gildas Geraud Comlan Assogba: Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Lisa Best: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Lisa Tanika: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Margaret Githinji: Information Technology Group, Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Paulina Rosero: Information Technology Group, Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Rika Ratna Sari: Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Usha Satnarain: Environmental Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Soeryo Adiwibowo: Rural Sociology, IPB University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Arend Ligtenberg: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Catherine Muthuri: World Agroforestry (ICRAF), 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Marielos Peña-Claros: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Edi Purwanto: Tropenbos Indonesia, Bogor 16163, Indonesia
Pieter van Oel: Water Resources Management, Wageningen University & Research, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Danaë Rozendaal: Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands
Didik Suprayogo: Agroforestry Research Group, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran no 1, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Adriaan J. Teuling: Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-38

Abstract: Location-specific forms of agroforestry management can reduce problems in the forest–water–people nexus, by balancing upstream and downstream interests, but social and ecological finetuning is needed. New ways of achieving shared understanding of the underlying ecological and social-ecological relations is needed to adapt and contextualize generic solutions. Addressing these challenges between thirteen cases of tropical agroforestry scenario development across three continents requires exploration of generic aspects of issues, knowledge and participative approaches. Participative projects with local stakeholders increasingly use ‘serious gaming’. Although helpful, serious games so far (1) appear to be ad hoc, case dependent, with poorly defined extrapolation domains, (2) require heavy research investment, (3) have untested cultural limitations and (4) lack clarity on where and how they can be used in policy making. We classify the main forest–water–people nexus issues and the types of land-use solutions that shape local discourses and that are to be brought to life in the games. Four ‘prototype’ games will be further used to test hypotheses about the four problems identified constraining game use. The resulting generic forest–water–people games will be the outcome of the project “Scenario evaluation for sustainable agroforestry management through forest-water-people games” (SESAM), for which this article provides a preview.

Keywords: boundary work; ecohydrology; forest–water–people nexus; landscape approach; participatory methods; scenario evaluation; social-ecological systems; tropical forests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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