Restoration of riparian habitats on sugarcane plantations for bird diversity, bird - regulated ecosystem services (cont)

恢复甘蔗种植园河岸栖息地以实现鸟类多样性和鸟类调节的生态系统服务（续）

• 批准号: 2879351
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2879351
• 关键词: Restoration; riparian; habitats; sugarcane; plantations

Title cont - and climate change mitigation and adaptation in rural tropical landscapes, TanzaniaLand use change for agricultural intensification to meet increasing food demands is a main driver of habitat loss and fragmentation within tropical regions. Leading to increased levels of biodiversity loss and adverse impacts to ecosystem functionality. However, high levels of agricultural productivity are considered important to reducing poverty levels and ensuring food security, particularly in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Riparian habitats, adjacent to rivers and freshwater channels traversing through farmed land and providing water for crops, are subject to increasing degradation due to human encroachment and agricultural expansion. These habitats are transitional zones between aquatic and terrestrial areas. They are important, particularly within farming landscapes, due to the high levels of biodiversity they support and range of ecosystem services they provide. Therefore, developing sustainable restoration of degraded riparian habitats that allows for high agricultural productivity whilst maintaining their functionality will be pertinent for ensuring positive outcomes for farming stakeholder groups, local community health and well-being and biodiversity. Largely, research regarding riparian zones in tropical regions has focussed on water quality and hydrology. Contrastingly, there is limited research to address the effectiveness of these habitats for the provision of beneficial ecosystem services (e.g. biodiversity regulated pest control, erosion control), disservices (e.g. crop pest species) and for maintaining landscape connectivity for wildlife. This research will focus on the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania, an agricultural landscape where sugarcane is farmed at both an industrial and subsistence scale. It aims to address key knowledge gaps surrounding riparian zones, specifically assessing their influence on landscape connectivity, biodiversity and provision of biodiversity-regulated ecosystem services and disservices. Furthermore, it will look to integrate socio-economic and ecological evidence, collaborating with stakeholders, specifically industry and small-holder farmers, to inform restoration approaches and management interventions for riparian zones within the landscape.

标题10-坦桑尼亚农村热带景观的气候变化减缓和适应为满足日益增长的粮食需求而进行的农业集约化土地利用变化是热带地区生境丧失和破碎化的主要驱动因素。导致生物多样性丧失程度加剧，对生态系统功能产生不利影响。然而，人们认为，高水平的农业生产力对于降低贫困水平和确保粮食安全，特别是在撒哈拉以南非洲的农村地区，具有重要意义。河岸生境毗邻河流和穿过农田的淡水渠道，为作物提供水源，由于人类入侵和农业扩张，这些生境日益退化。这些生境是水生和陆地区域之间的过渡地带。它们很重要，特别是在农业景观中，因为它们支持高水平的生物多样性和它们提供的生态系统服务范围。因此，发展退化河岸生境的可持续恢复，使农业生产力高，同时保持其功能，将是相关的，以确保农业利益攸关方群体，当地社区的健康和福祉和生物多样性的积极成果。最近，关于热带地区河岸带的研究主要集中在水质和水文方面。与此形成对照的是，关于这些生境在提供有益的生态系统服务（如生物多样性管制的虫害防治、侵蚀控制）、有害生物（如作物虫害物种）和维持野生动物景观连通性方面的有效性的研究有限。这项研究将集中在坦桑尼亚的基隆贝罗山谷，这是一个以工业和生计规模种植甘蔗的农业景观。它旨在解决围绕河岸带的关键知识差距，特别是评估其对景观连通性、生物多样性和提供生物多样性调节的生态系统服务和损害的影响。此外，它将寻求整合社会经济和生态证据，与利益攸关方，特别是工业和小农户合作，为景观中河岸带的恢复方法和管理干预提供信息。