Pathways of agroforestry systems in Mediterranean protected landscapes: a social-ecological perspective

In the context of the ongoing global change, among the diversity of agroecological practices that intend to reach both food production and environmental issues, agroforestry systems (AFS) have the specificity to integrate woody vegetation, crops and/or livestock on the same area of land. Here we identified contrasted but inter-connected AFS and social-ecological processes, particularly socio-political ones, explaining their dynamics in two Mediterranean protected areas: Ventoux biosphere reserve and Verdon regional nature park. In both cases, ongoing changes (wolf resettlement, increased droughts, political changes…) call into question the arrangements implemented by stakeholders, inducing new coordination challenges.