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Agriculturisation and trade-offs between commodity production and cultural ecosystem services: A case study in Balcarce county

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Increased production of commodities in Latin America has transformed the rural landscape with a potential loss of cultural ecosystem services (CES). The aim of our study was to assess the extent and mechanisms by which the agriculturisation process in Balcarce County in the Pampas region of Argentina has affected the supply of CES of the rural landscape and consequently, the well-being of local inhabitants. Data were obtained through exploratory [ver mas...]
Increased production of commodities in Latin America has transformed the rural landscape with a potential loss of cultural ecosystem services (CES). The aim of our study was to assess the extent and mechanisms by which the agriculturisation process in Balcarce County in the Pampas region of Argentina has affected the supply of CES of the rural landscape and consequently, the well-being of local inhabitants. Data were obtained through exploratory interviews with selected inhabitants of Balcarce County (Argentina). We focused on people's perceptions regarding landscape changes in the last two decades and the rural landscape aspects that provide identity, sense of place and cultural heritage. Interviews were qualitatively analyzed through content analysis. Results showed that twenty years ago the landscape sustained food provision along with CES. Agriculturisation has implied an undeniable increase of commodity production (i.e. soybean) and economic benefits at the expense of a significant loss of natural environments and changes in the rural livelihoods that sustain CES. The sierras (low mountains) emerge as the last remnants of natural environments sustaining identity, sense of place and cultural heritage. [Cerrar]
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Auer, Alejandra Denise;   Maceira, Nestor Oscar;   Nahuelhual, Laura;  
Fuente
Journal of rural studies 53 : 88-101. (2017)
Date
2017
ISSN
0743-0167
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/616
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016716301942
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.05.013
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Agroecosistemas; Agroecosystems; Valores Culturales; Cultural Values; Balcarce, Buenos Aires; Servicios Ecosistémicos;
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