Götz Schroth is with the Center for International Forestry Research in Brazil.

GUSTAVO A.B. DA FONSECA is with Conservation International, USA.

CELIA HARVEY is professor at the Centro Agronomico de Investigacion y Ensenanza in Costa Rica.

CLAUDE GASCON is with Conservation International, USA.

HERALDO L. VASCONCELOS is professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia in Manaus, Brazil.

ANNE-MARIE N. IZAC is at the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) in France.

Contents



Preface

Introduction: The Role of Agroforestry in Biodiversity Conservation in
Tropical Landscapes



Part I: Conservation
Biology and Landscape Ecology  in the Tropics: A Framework for
Agroforestry  Applications

1. Biodiversity Conservation in Deforested and  Fragmented
Tropical Landscapes: An Overview

2. Ecological Effects of Habitat Fragmentation in the  Tropics

3. Landscape Connectivity and Biological Corridors



Part II: The Ecological
Economics of Agroforestry:  Environmental Benefits and
Effects  on Deforestation

4. The Economic Valuation of Agroforestry’s 
Environmental Services

5. Is Agroforestry Likely to Reduce Deforestation?

6. Chocolate Forests and Monocultures: A Historical Review of Cocoa
Growing and Its Conflicting Role in Tropical Deforestation and Forest
Conservation

7. Achieving Biodiversity Conservation Using  Conservation
Concessions to Complement  Agroforestry



Part III: The
Biodiversity of Agroforestry Systems:  Habitat, Biological
Corridor, and Buffer  for Protected Areas

8. The Biodiversity and Conservation Potential of Shifting Cultivation
Landscapes

9. Biodiversity Conservation in Neotropical Coffee  (Coffea
arabica) Plantations

10. Complex Agroforests: Their Structure, Diversity,  and
Potential Role in Landscape Conservation

11. Live Fences, Isolated Trees, and Windbreaks: Tools  for
Conserving Biodiversity in Fragmented Tropical Landscapes

12. Agroforestry Systems: Important Components in  Conserving
the Genetic Viability of Native Tropical  Tree Species?



Part IV: Biodiversity as
Burden and Natural Capital:  Interactions between Agroforestry
Areas, Natural Ecosystems, and Rural Communities in Tropical Land Use
Mosaics
13. Wildlife Conservation in Agroforestry Buffer Zones: Opportunities
and Conflict

14. Hunting in Agroforestry Systems and Landscapes: 
Conservation Implications in West-Central Africa  and
Southeast Asia

15. Invasive Agroforestry Trees: Problems  and Solutions

16. Diseases in Tropical Agroforestry Landscapes: The Role of
Biodiversity



Part V: Matrix Management in Practice: Agroforestry Tools in Landscape
Conservation

17. Agroforestry Buffer Zones and Stepping Stones:  Tools for
the Conservation of Fragmented Landscapes  in the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest

18. Agroforestry and Biodiversity: Improving Conservation Outcomes in
Tropical Northeastern Australia

19. Silvopastoral Systems: Ecological and Socioeconomic Benefits and
Migratory Bird Conservation

20. Agroforestry and Climate Change–Integrated 
Conservation Strategies



Conclusion: Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical
Landscapes

About the Contributors

Index