Components of landscape matrix

Ecological benefits

Socio-economic benefits

Implication for climate change adaptation

Bamboo tickets in the highland

-Regulate micro-climate

-Income generation

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems

-Reduce soil erosion

-House and fence construction

Eucalyptus woodlots

-Climate regulation

-Income generation

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people

-Fuelwood and poles

Agroforestry (Parkland and homestead)

-Carbon sequestration

-Improve food security by providing alternative food during drought

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems

-Increases soil fertility

-Income, fuelwood

-Increase agrobiodiversity

Forest patches in agricultural landscapes

-Regulate micro-climate

-Reduce erosion

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems

-Habitat provision

-Habitat for wildlife

Woodlands

-Regulate climate

-Fuelwood, NTFPs

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems

-Habitat provision

Mountain forests

-Regulate water quality and quantity

-Timber and NTFPs

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems

-Fuelwood

Managed farm plots

-Agricultural intensification rather than expansion which leads to deforestation

Boost food production and enhance food security

Builds resilience and adaptive capacity of people and ecosystems