Small-scale agriculture within the crater of Pululahua volcano in the Pululahua geobotanical reserve, Ecuador (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Small-scale agriculture within the crater of Pululahua volcano in the Pululahua geobotanical reserve, Ecuador

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In a conservation approach designed to protect as many different species and ecosystems as possible, the study found that 46% of all people worldwide would live inside or within 10 kilometres of a conservation area. This patchwork of small farms inside the Pululahua volcanic crater, Ecuador, is within a protected landscape shaped by local livelihoods.

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Javier Fajardo

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