In
large watersheds such as the Cusiana watershed, there are complex and
diverse onsite and cumulative offsite impacts of land management in each
ecosystem (ranging from Andean Páramo at 4000 m, to the cloud forests
at 2000 m, to savannah lowlands at 200 m).
The iIllustrated Policy Brief presents for this case study the main impacts
of SLM both on- and offsite with facts, figures and latest insights. It shows
key messages, and the implications for practice, policy and research.
The most promising SLM Technologies and SLM Approaches with a range of
benefits both on-site and offsite were documented using the WOCAT SLM
Technologies and Approaches Questionnaire and Database
Agroforestry system of cacao crop under gallery forest shadow as family agriculture. It is located at the foothill ecosystem of the Andes, in the Cusiana River, Orinoco Watershed, Colombia.
Land Use Change Impacts in the Cusiana Watershed of the River Basin, Orinoco River Basin, Colombia
In
the large watershed of the Cusiana River in Colombia, land management
from the Paramo in the Andes to the cloud forests and the savannah
lowlands affects the behaviour of the river - changing their flows and
affecting people and the ecosystem downstream. Introduction to the
complex challenge to relate changes observed in the lowlands to change
of the land management upstream. Impressive landscape images.
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