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Multiple Species Production Systems
Author(s) -
UHART MARCELA,
MILANO FERNANDO
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04345.x
Subject(s) - threatened species , natural resource economics , diversification (marketing strategy) , productivity , subsidy , latin americans , production (economics) , sustainability , agricultural productivity , business , wildlife , agriculture , economics , ecology , economic growth , market economy , political science , macroeconomics , marketing , habitat , law , biology
A bstract : Latin America (LA) is suffering the environmental consequences of worldwide increased productivity and agricultural expansion as well as strong economic restrictions. To survive, LA landowners must turn to higher income products and/or increase productivity. Alternatives are few. But while intensification relies on unaffordable and nonsustainable subsidies, diversification is solely dependent on improved management of available resources. Diversified, multiple‐species production systems (MSPS) add wildlife use to traditional production systems, promoting economic and ecological stability. We present examples of MSPS in Latin America. Although results are technically encouraging, their future sustainability is threatened by: i) local subvaluation of wildlife and ii) restricted international markets.