Space Education and Strategic Applications Journal • Vol . 2 , No . 1 • Fall 2020 / Winter 2021
In a case review of climate-smart agriculture practices in Mayan milpa farming communities in Belize ( Central America ), this paper reframes how small-scale agriculture practices can influence larger Earth systems sustainability . In what has been a sustainable form of farming for hundreds of years , the milpa has become less sustainable due to global climate change , forest loss , soil degradation , population growth , and other factors . This article reviews the findings of a 2020 study of positive socio-ecological systems ( SES ) influences — environmental , economic , socio-cultural , and technological — from climate-smart practices on local resource sustainability . SES considers several multidisciplinary linkages of human and ecological factors in the agroecological system . SES considers several multidisciplinary linkages of human and ecological factors in the agroecological system . SES influences from small-scale climate-smart agriculture ( CSA ) practices can have both micro-scale impacts as well as macro-scale implications for SES sustainability and food
79 doi : 10.18278 / sesa . 2.1.8