Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal

Local breeds are key components of livestock farming systems. They are part of livestock biodiversity and this diversity has been threatened since the second half of the 20th century by their replacement with animals from specialized breeds. The multiple benefits of farming systems using local bree...

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Main Authors: Anne Lauvie, Gisèle Alexandre, Valérie Angeon, Nathalie Couix, Olivia Fontaine, Claire Gaillard, Michel Meuret, Catherine Mougenot, Charles-Henri Moulin, Michel Naves, Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit, Jean-Christophe Paoli, Lola Perucho, Jean-Michel Sorba, Emmanuel Tillard, Etienne Verrier
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Published: Bioversity International 2023-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/123
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author Anne Lauvie
Gisèle Alexandre
Valérie Angeon
Nathalie Couix
Olivia Fontaine
Claire Gaillard
Michel Meuret
Catherine Mougenot
Charles-Henri Moulin
Michel Naves
Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit
Jean-Christophe Paoli
Lola Perucho
Jean-Michel Sorba
Emmanuel Tillard
Etienne Verrier
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Gisèle Alexandre
Valérie Angeon
Nathalie Couix
Olivia Fontaine
Claire Gaillard
Michel Meuret
Catherine Mougenot
Charles-Henri Moulin
Michel Naves
Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit
Jean-Christophe Paoli
Lola Perucho
Jean-Michel Sorba
Emmanuel Tillard
Etienne Verrier
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description Local breeds are key components of livestock farming systems. They are part of livestock biodiversity and this diversity has been threatened since the second half of the 20th century by their replacement with animals from specialized breeds. The multiple benefits of farming systems using local breeds – provision of goods, landscape and environmental management, and uses related to cultural and heritage dimensions – have long been recognized and used to argue for their conservation. However, the notion of ecosystem services is rarely used to analyze those benefits. This article presents a qualitative approach to the provision of ecosystem services by farming systems that use livestock biodiversity. Based on diverse case studies of breeds from several species, we propose an analytical framework that accounts for how a service is qualified, who is concerned by the services identified, the role of the breed in the process of service provision, and interactions between services. Finally, the framework considers the links between the provision of services and the management of the breeds. We discuss to what extent the notion of ecosystem services is useful in dealing with the multiple benefits from farming systems using local breeds.
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spelling doaj.art-9475ccd62d1c4c618cf258008ae696e92023-09-06T09:32:28ZengBioversity InternationalGenetic Resources2708-37642023-09-014810.46265/genresj.MRBT4299Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposalAnne Lauvie0Gisèle Alexandre1Valérie Angeon2Nathalie Couix3Olivia Fontaine4Claire Gaillard5Michel Meuret6Catherine Mougenot7Charles-Henri Moulin8Michel Naves9Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit10Jean-Christophe Paoli11Lola Perucho12Jean-Michel Sorba13Emmanuel Tillard 14Etienne Verrier15UMR Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceASSET (Agroécologie, génétique et SystèmeS d’Elevage Tropicaux), INRAE, 97170 Petit-bourg, FranceUR Ecodéveloppement, INRAE, 84914 Avignon cedex 9, FranceUMR AGIR, INRAE-Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet Tolosan cedex, FranceUMR Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceAgroSup Dijon, INRAE UMR Territoires, 21079 Dijon Cedex, FranceUMR Syst`emes d’´elevage m´editerran´eens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceArlon Campus Environnement, Université de Liège, 6700 Arlon, BelgiumUMR Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceASSET (Agroécologie, génétique et SystèmeS d’Elevage Tropicaux), INRAE, 97170 Petit-bourg, FranceUMR Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceINRAE Selmet-LRDE, 20250 Corte, FranceINRAE Selmet-LRDE, 20250 Corte, France h Universit´e Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAEINRAE Selmet-LRDE, 20250 Corte, FranceUMR Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (SELMET), INRAE – CIRAD – Institut Agro Montpellier – Univ. Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier cedex 01, Montpellier, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE UMR GABI, 91120 Palaiseau, France Local breeds are key components of livestock farming systems. They are part of livestock biodiversity and this diversity has been threatened since the second half of the 20th century by their replacement with animals from specialized breeds. The multiple benefits of farming systems using local breeds – provision of goods, landscape and environmental management, and uses related to cultural and heritage dimensions – have long been recognized and used to argue for their conservation. However, the notion of ecosystem services is rarely used to analyze those benefits. This article presents a qualitative approach to the provision of ecosystem services by farming systems that use livestock biodiversity. Based on diverse case studies of breeds from several species, we propose an analytical framework that accounts for how a service is qualified, who is concerned by the services identified, the role of the breed in the process of service provision, and interactions between services. Finally, the framework considers the links between the provision of services and the management of the breeds. We discuss to what extent the notion of ecosystem services is useful in dealing with the multiple benefits from farming systems using local breeds. https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/123Livestock biodiversityecosystem servicesinductive approachinterdisciplinarylocal breeds
spellingShingle Anne Lauvie
Gisèle Alexandre
Valérie Angeon
Nathalie Couix
Olivia Fontaine
Claire Gaillard
Michel Meuret
Catherine Mougenot
Charles-Henri Moulin
Michel Naves
Marie-Odile Nozières-Petit
Jean-Christophe Paoli
Lola Perucho
Jean-Michel Sorba
Emmanuel Tillard
Etienne Verrier
Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
Genetic Resources
Livestock biodiversity
ecosystem services
inductive approach
interdisciplinary
local breeds
title Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
title_full Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
title_fullStr Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
title_full_unstemmed Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
title_short Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal
title_sort is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity a framework proposal
topic Livestock biodiversity
ecosystem services
inductive approach
interdisciplinary
local breeds
url https://www.genresj.org/index.php/grj/article/view/123
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