TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing the application of Adaptation Pathways for agroforestry in Mediterranean drylands
AU - Vizinho, André
AU - Avelar, David
AU - Fonseca, Ana Lúcia
AU - Carvalho, Silvia
AU - Sucena-Paiva, Leonor
AU - Pinho, Pedro
AU - Nunes, Alice
AU - Branquinho, Cristina
AU - Vasconcelos, Ana Cátia
AU - Santos, Filipe Duarte
AU - Roxo, Maria José
AU - Penha-Lopes, Gil
N1 - UIDB/04647/2020
UIDP/04647/2020
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Adaptation Pathways is a decision support tool designed to create adaptation policies under different climate change scenarios. This tool has been used successfully in several sectors and contexts such as coastal and river adaptation, urban heat waves, floods and rural livelihoods but its use in natural resource management, has faced several challenges and limitations. In the sector of agroforestry its use has seldom been done or documented and one of the reasons for this may due to some of its specific challenges. In this study, these challenges were addressed when using the Adaptation Pathways for the adaptation planning of three case studies in the semi-arid Alentejo region, a Mediterranean dryland of southern Portugal. This tool was integrated in a participatory approach combined with the Scenario Workshop method, to plan the adaptation of the agriculture and forestry sector of one municipality (Mértola) and two agroforestry farms (221 ha and 1000 ha). The methodology included, for each case study, 20 interviews, two workshops, literature review, expert analysis and the use of indicators of efficacy of adaptation measures, to define tipping points. The adaptation process and the resulting adaptation plans were evaluated by questionnaire and expert review. This combination of methods has supported the choice of effective adaptation measures for the case studies and when combined with several adaptation pathways and a landscape approach it supported the creation of integrated climate change adaptation plans that are now in implementation. We discuss how this combination of methods deals with limitation to Adaptation Pathways identified in the literature, conclude that the method was able to create adaptation plans that are now under implementation and present avenues for future research.
AB - Adaptation Pathways is a decision support tool designed to create adaptation policies under different climate change scenarios. This tool has been used successfully in several sectors and contexts such as coastal and river adaptation, urban heat waves, floods and rural livelihoods but its use in natural resource management, has faced several challenges and limitations. In the sector of agroforestry its use has seldom been done or documented and one of the reasons for this may due to some of its specific challenges. In this study, these challenges were addressed when using the Adaptation Pathways for the adaptation planning of three case studies in the semi-arid Alentejo region, a Mediterranean dryland of southern Portugal. This tool was integrated in a participatory approach combined with the Scenario Workshop method, to plan the adaptation of the agriculture and forestry sector of one municipality (Mértola) and two agroforestry farms (221 ha and 1000 ha). The methodology included, for each case study, 20 interviews, two workshops, literature review, expert analysis and the use of indicators of efficacy of adaptation measures, to define tipping points. The adaptation process and the resulting adaptation plans were evaluated by questionnaire and expert review. This combination of methods has supported the choice of effective adaptation measures for the case studies and when combined with several adaptation pathways and a landscape approach it supported the creation of integrated climate change adaptation plans that are now in implementation. We discuss how this combination of methods deals with limitation to Adaptation Pathways identified in the literature, conclude that the method was able to create adaptation plans that are now under implementation and present avenues for future research.
KW - Adaptation planning
KW - Agriculture management
KW - Climate adaptation
KW - Farm adaptation
KW - Participatory planning
KW - Scenario Workshop
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UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000634554800001
U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105348
DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105348
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101612348
VL - 104
SP - 1
EP - 33
JO - Land Use Policy
JF - Land Use Policy
SN - 0264-8377
M1 - 105348
ER -