**Pankaj Panwar**

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**1. Introduction**

**Chapter 1**

**Abstract**

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non-destructive and destructive methods.

Designation of Traditional

Handling Climate Change Based

on the Sustainability Index in the

Many people already understand that the impact of climate change is directly related to forestry, agroforestry, and agricultural crop production, as well as the preservation of biodiversity in small islands, which supports the local community's economy by producing various types of plants. According to studies, the dynamics of climate change directly impact the availability of food and island communities' readiness to maintain local economic resources. Therefore, agroforestry clusters can be determined based on the agroecological conditions directly related to the distribution of plant species, such as their ecological, conservation, landscape, and economic aspects. Furthermore, the area of land and the composition of the types of agricultural crops grown were taken into account based on the form of cluster analysis variables, in the villages on the small island of Maluku, which are only in the good (average sustainability index score is 89.2) and moderate (average sustainability index score 69.7) categories. Agroforestry also contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation, therefore, to determine the magnitude of the contribution of agroforestry in absorbing carbon, it is necessary to measure biomass using

**Keywords:** sustainability index, traditional agroforestry, local wisdom, biomass, sasi,

The adequate management of the biodiversity and biological resources of natural products in a sustainable manner is one of the efforts used to maintain their benefits in such a way that they do not cause damage to the ecosystem. The application of a forest management system is based on the principle of sustainability by increasing the overall land yield. This is also achieved by sequentially combining the production of agricultural crops (including trees), forest plants, and animals on the same land unit, using management methods that are culturally appropriate to local

residents, are a feature of the traditional agroforestry [1].

Agroforestry Clusters for

*Jan Willem Hatulesila and Gun Mardiatmoko*

ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Center, Chandigarh, India
