Land sparing or sharing? Exploring livestock fodder options in combination with land use zoning and consequences for livelihoods and net carbon stocks using the FALLOW model
- Publication Type
- Journal contribution (peer reviewed)
- Authors
- Lusiana, B., van Noordwijk, M., Cadisch, G.
- Year of publication
- 2012
- Published in
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
- Band/Volume
- 159/
- Page (from - to)
- 145– 160
Livestock as integral part of farming systems can increase resource use efficiency and land use intensity, but can also be a driver of forest conversion and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Forest policies that limit land use options may be able to halt forest change, if strongly enforced, but concurrently may also reduce livestock carrying capacity. This study explored the use of the spatially explicit FALLOW model, with a new livestock module, to assess the impact of land use zoning strategies, in combination with access to fodder harvesting, on welfare, fodder availability and landscape carbon stocks in the Upper Konto catchment, Indonesia. Simulation results revealed that the current approach to land zoning is in name ‘land-sparing’ but de facto combined with ‘land sharing’ approach with access to cut and carry fodder sources in watershed protection areas, balancing farmers’ welfare (total profits gained from production in the landscape minus products consumed by people living in the area) and ecosystem functions (with above-ground carbon stocks as indicator). Hence, careful integration of livestock systems into zoned conservation areas can achieve multiple goals including enhancing peoples’ livelihood and protecting environmental services.