Barbara Gemmill-Herren

Abstract Land-use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, including loss of wild pollinators. We examined pollinators in coffee plantations in Indigenous land holdings in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats (India), where changing agricultural practices and reducing tree shade diversity and cover type may threaten pollinator communities.

Introduction For at least a decade, proponents of agroecology have been hammering loudly at the gates of international policy arenas. In essence, their claim has been that agroecology has the potential to address the myriad and intertwined crises of food sustainability and social justice. Agroecology's move into the mainstream has been glacial, punctuated by numerous small victories—for example the FAO's symposia on agroecology beginning in 2014.