Global Review Speed Presentation

1. Landscape Approaches to
Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Use
Dunja Mijatovic, Yasuyuki Morimoto, Patrick Maundu, Nadia
Bergamini, Devra Jarvis and Pablo Eyzaguirre
Bioversity International
Photo: USDA

2. A Global Review:
• Presenting evidence,
examples and key concepts.
Bioversity International’s research sites
• Interdisciplinary approach:
bringing together findings
from the fields of conservation
biology, ecology, ethnobotany
and anthropology.
• Meta-analysis of Bioversity
International’s in situ
conservation projects’
outcomes.
Farm fields: 24 crops Fruit tress in Central Asia Crop wild relatives
Home gardens Date palm in North Africa Tropical fruit trees in
Diversity for pest and Bananas in East Africa South-East Asia
disease mitigation Landscape mosaics

3. A landscape perspective on agrobiodiversity
• Agrobiodiversity as an emergent property of the
intended and unintended effects of human actions that
lead to modifications or transformations of landscape
and ecological relationships (Howard 2010).
• Agricultural resilience and sustainability as a function
of beneficial links between different agrobiodiversity
components (pollinators, soil biota, tree species) at a
landscape scale.

4. Culture, land use history and biodiversity
Production systems mimicking the
structure of surrounding ecosystems
Human-made vegetation
‘islands’ in harsh environments
Agricultural x
biodiversity x
x
Degree of landscape modification Photographs F. van Oudenhoven

5. Why a landscape approach to conservation?
Agrobiodiversity in a changing landscape
Maintaining the diversity of landscapes, agro-ecosystems, species
and varieties to sustain adaptation:
• Natural and cultural selection (diverse niches, multiple uses)
• Seed flow (informal exchange networks)
• Domestication (wild fruit tree species)
• Gene flow (cross-pollination)
• Crop wild relatives (stress-resistance)
• Innovation

6. Agrobiodiversity conservation and use in Kitui, Kenya
A case study
Photographs Yasu Morimoto

7. Maintaining agricultural biodiversity in mosaic
landscapes for continued evolution and
adaptation, sustainability and resilience
Landscape approach to agrobiodiversity conservation and use:
• Conserving agrobiodiversty (plants, animals, pollinators, soil
biota, crop wild relatives) at various scales (from genetic to
landscape level);
• Sustaining evolution and adaptation processes that maintain and
generate diversity;
• Encouraging the use of agrobiodiversity and innovation to
enhance resilience and sustainability;
• Empowering local communities and strengthening their role as
innovators and custodians of genetic resources.