Agroforestry in Southeast Asia: bridging the forestry–agriculture divide for sustainable development (in Thai Language)

Abstract

The national leaders who adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and subsequentlysigned the Paris Climate Accord agreed to an integrated approach across many now-separatepolicy domains. Partial solutions that cause larger problems elsewhere are no longer acceptable.In the land-use sector, the separate histories and institutions for agriculture and forestry work againstintegration. Agroforestry can help as integrating concept to bridge the sectors in a unified landscapeperspective. ASEAN Member States have an opportunity to use the SDGs, climate-policy articulation and the newstrategic thrust of ASEAN�s Food, Agriculture and Forestry sector to create a more level playing field.By integrating agriculture and forestry as land uses, focus can shift to function over form in achievingmultifunctional tree cover, and helping adaptation, mitigation and ecosystem services