ABSTRACT
Around the world, many landscapes surrounding protected areas are caught between two conflicting forces – the need to conserve local ecosystems and the biodiversity they contain, and the drive to develop. Often, communities living around forests and protected areas are economically very poor, by both regional and international standards (Fisher and Christopher, 2007). In seeking to understand the role of landscapes and various land-use types by studying the livelihoods of people living between protected areas and market centres, the Landscape Mosaics project examined an array of wild flora and fauna species as case studies highlighting the relationships between livelihoods and landscapes. These case studies, especially when combined, yield insights into past and evolving governance practices and illuminate complex interactions among forests, governance, culture, gender, ecosystem services and markets.
