Context

We describe how large landscape-scale conservation initiatives involving local communities, NGOs and resource managers have engaged with landscape scientists with the goal of achieving landscape sustainability. We focus on two landscapes where local people, practitioners and landscape ecologists have co-produced knowledge to design conservation interventions.

Objective

We seek to understand how landscape ecology can engage with practical landscape management to contribute to managing landscapes sustainably.

Methods

We focus on two large tropical landscapes: the Sangha Tri-National landscape (Cameroon, Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic) and the Batéké-Léfini Landscape (Gabon and Republic of Congo). We evaluate (1) a participatory method used in the Sangha Tri-National landscape that embeds interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners within a landscape to apply transdisciplinary learning to landscape conservation and (2) a participatory landscape zoning method where interdisciplinary teams of conservation practitioners analyse local land and resource use in the Batéké-Léfini landscape.

Results

We find that landscape ecology’s tradition of understanding the historical context of resource use can inform landscape conservation practice and natural resource mapping. We also find that the Sangha Group provides an example for landscape ecology on how to integrate local people and their knowledge to better understand and influence landscape processes.

Conclusions

Place-based engagement as well as the uptake of co-produced knowledge by policy makers are key in enabling sustainable landscapes. Success occurs when researchers, local communities and resource managers engage directly with landscape processes.

中文翻译：

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将景观生态学纳入中非雨林的景观实践

语境

我们描述了涉及当地社区，非政府组织和资源管理者的大型景观保护计划如何与景观科学家合作，以实现景观可持续性。我们专注于两个景观，当地人，从业人员和景观生态学家共同创造了知识，以设计保护措施。

客观的

我们试图了解景观生态学如何与实际景观管理相结合，从而为可持续地景观管理做出贡献。

方法

我们专注于两个大型热带景观：Sangha Tri-National景观（喀麦隆，刚果共和国和中非共和国）和Batéké-Léfini景观（加蓬和刚果共和国）。我们评估（1）在Sangha Tri-National景观中使用的一种参与性方法，该方法将跨学科的研究人员和从业人员嵌入景观中，以将跨学科的学习应用于景观保护，以及（2）一种参与性的景观分区方法，在该方法中，养护实践者的跨学科团队分析当地土地和Batéké-Léfini景观中的资源利用。

结果

我们发现，景观生态学了解资源使用历史背景的传统可以为景观保护实践和自然资源测绘提供信息。我们还发现，Sangha集团为景观生态学提供了一个范例，说明如何整合当地人及其知识，以更好地理解和影响景观过程。

结论

基于地点的参与以及决策者对共同生产的知识的吸收对于实现可持续景观至关重要。当研究人员，当地社区和资源管理人员直接参与景观过程时，就会取得成功。