The best picture is this: People live longer, in good health, remaining productive, valued members of society who contribute in workplaces, communities and families through their later years, and are treated respectfully and supported economically and socially as they become frail.
The world's extensive and often remote arid landscapes are receiving increasing attention to maintain their ecological and productive values.
Claims to space entwine with social struggles about local development where territorial claims are based on different notions of history and interpretations of the esthetic and productive values of the landscape.
It also showed that if all productive values are taken into account, relatively speaking forest lands represent more important livelihood assets for the poorer segments of households than the more well-off ones.
In addition to being important as shade trees for cacao, the most important uses of shade trees in cacao systems were for their productive values e.g. fruit, timber, firewood, fodder and medicines (Additional file 1: Appendix 1).
