Contemporary Water Management and Agroforestry Ecosystem Services Nexus Contribution in Addressing Global Issues from Local Perspective

The majority of Global issues are more or less connected to water, since it has a crucial role for various aspects of life and the environment. In spite of being practiced by many centuries across the Globe, the consideration of agroforestry benefits in comparison to intensive agriculture is increasing, especially from the local level perspective due to different natural features, climate patterns, legal and policy framework, etc. Link between agroforestry ecosystem services and contemporary water management is documented in literature within different concepts, namely Natural Water Retention Measures, Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, Ecosystem-based adaptation, Green Infrastructure, Nature-based solutions. Regardless various definitions of these concepts, the common ground are services provided by ecosystems and their benefits for humanity and biodiversity. In this study, contribution of the proposed nexus to tackle global issues is underlined and natural water retention measures within agroforestry ecosystem services benefits are presented from the Integrated Water Management Perspective.