Ecosystem services under different intensities of land use managed by family farmers

It is essential to investigate land use by local communities and ecological data from native areas. Different ecosystem dynamics affect the provision of ecosystem services, which in turn alter human outcomes.

Family farming has several land uses that must be considered when estimating ecosystem services. We investigated agricultural settlements adjacent to full protection conservation units in the Cerrado biome of Central Brazil, focusing on the variation in ecosystem services and their correlations with biodiversity data in different land uses by family farmers. We carry out forest inventories to estimate three ecosystem services: carbon storage, provision of edible native fruits and habitat provision.