The future and benefits of mosaic landscapes have been a source of scientific and societal concern due to increasing population growth, climate change, urbanization, and expanding agricultural commodities. There is a growing call for integrated landscape approaches in which landscape actors discuss trade-offs between different land uses with a view to reaching a negotiated decision on the allocation of land uses. Yet, the operationalization of such approaches is still in its infancy, and integrated methodologies to visualize actors’ landscape visions are still scarce. This study therefore presents a participatory spatial scenario-building methodology that uncovers local perceptions of landscape dynamics and needed actions in a mixed cocoa-oil-palm landscape in Ghana’s Eastern Region. The methodology visualizes landscape actors’ perceived plausible changes and desired future landscapes, and is designed to trigger discussions on actions needed to achieve these desired futures. Findings show that farmers and institutional actors are aware of their landscapes with future preferences coming close to actual landscape composition and spatial configuration, and that—contrary to common assumptions—only those in the oil-palm-dominated landscape who already experienced the drawbacks of increasing landscape homogenization desire a mosaic landscape. The paper concludes that the collective mapping process makes actors aware of challenges at landscape level and increases farmers’ negotiation power through active engagement in the process and visualization of their knowledge and visions. Application of the methodology requires dedicated funding, political will, and capacity to apply it as an ongoing process, as well as monitoring feedback loops.

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展望马赛克景观的未来：加纳混合可可/油棕地区的演员认知

由于人口增长、气候变化、城市化和不断扩大的农产品，马赛克景观的未来和益处一直是科学和社会关注的焦点。对综合景观方法的呼声越来越高，其中景观参与者讨论不同土地利用之间的权衡，以期就土地利用分配达成协商决定。然而，这些方法的实施仍处于起步阶段，将演员的景观视觉形象化的综合方法仍然很少。因此，本研究提出了一种参与式空间情景构建方法，该方法揭示了加纳东部地区混合可可油棕榈景观中当地对景观动态和所需行动的看法。该方法将景观参与者感知到的合理变化和期望的未来景观可视化，旨在引发关于实现这些期望未来所需行动的讨论。研究结果表明，农民和机构参与者意识到他们的未来偏好接近实际的景观组成和空间配置，并且与普遍的假设相反，只有那些在油棕为主的景观中已经经历过增加的缺点的人景观同质化渴望马赛克景观。本文的结论是，集体制图过程使行为者意识到景观层面的挑战，并通过积极参与过程和可视化他们的知识和愿景来增强农民的谈判能力。