Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward

Conservation Letters

Joern Fischer¹  David J. Abson³  Van Butsic⁴  M. Jahi Chappell⁶  Johan Ekroos⁵  Jan Hanspach¹  Tobias Kuemmerle²  Henrik G. Smith⁵ 

[1] Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lueneburg, 21335 Lueneburg, Germany;Geography Department & Integrative Research Institute on Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany;Futures Research Center, Leuphana University Lueneburg, 21335 Lueneburg, Germany;Geography Department, Humboldt-University Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany;Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, 22362 Lund, Sweden;School of the Environment, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA

关键词: Agroecological intensification;    agroecology;    food security;    food sovereignty;    land scarcity;    matrix;    sustainable intensification;    wildlife‐friendly farming;   

DOI  :  10.1111/conl.12084

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a framework has been proposed that distinguishes between the integration (“land sharing”) and separation (“land sparing”) of conservation and production. Controversy has arisen around this framework partly because many scholars have focused specifically on food production rather than more encompassing notions such as land scarcity or food security. Controversy further surrounds the practical value of partial trade-off analyses, the ways in which biodiversity should be quantified, and a series of scale effects that are not readily accounted for. We see key priorities for the future in (1) addressing these issues when using the existing framework, and (2) developing alternative, holistic ways to conceptualise challenges related to food, biodiversity, and land scarcity.

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