syntropic agroforestry
Syntropic Agroforestry is a whole systems approach to agroforestry developed by a Swiss-Brazillian agronomist names Ernst Gotsch. It is a system of managed succession, where high-biodiversity plantings in rows and aisles are actively managed with pruning and harvest to accelerate evolution of a dynamic and productive ecosystem. The end point replicates the structure of native forest. Because is designs complex and productive systems that can then be “released” as mature native forest, it may provide a useful framework for more intensive and biodiverse restoration of native vegetation on disturbed sites, that also provides harvest opportunities (see Working Buffer Pilot Project and Native Riparian Agroforestry.
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Relationships
- broader: agriculture
- related to: agroforestry
- related to: national estuary program
- related to: vegetation processes
- related to: working buffer pilot project
- related to: Regenerative Riverscape Agroforestry Design Charrettes