A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation
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A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation. / Wittman, Hannah; Chappell, Michael Jahi; Abson, David James et al.
in: Regional Environmental Change, Jahrgang 17, Nr. 5, 01.06.2017, S. 1291-1301.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation
AU - Wittman, Hannah
AU - Chappell, Michael Jahi
AU - Abson, David James
AU - Kerr, Rachel Bezner
AU - Blesh, Jennifer
AU - Hanspach, Jan
AU - Perfecto, Ivette
AU - Fischer, Joern
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - The major challenges of improving food security and biodiversity conservation are intricately linked. To date, the intersection of food security and biodiversity conservation has been viewed primarily through an agricultural “production lens”—for example, via the land sparing/sharing framework, or the concept of sustainable intensification. However, a productionist perspective has been criticized for being too narrow, and failing to consider other relevant factors, including policy, equity, and diversity. We propose an approach that conceptualizes rural landscapes as social–ecological systems embedded within intersecting multi-scalar processes. Based on such a framing, empirical research can be more clearly set in the context of system properties that may influence food security, biodiversity conservation, or both. We illustrate our approach through a description of contrasting agricultural systems within Brazil’s Cerrado region. We emphasize the need for new empirical research involving systematic comparisons of social–ecological system properties in landscapes threatened by food insecurity and ecosystem degradation.
AB - The major challenges of improving food security and biodiversity conservation are intricately linked. To date, the intersection of food security and biodiversity conservation has been viewed primarily through an agricultural “production lens”—for example, via the land sparing/sharing framework, or the concept of sustainable intensification. However, a productionist perspective has been criticized for being too narrow, and failing to consider other relevant factors, including policy, equity, and diversity. We propose an approach that conceptualizes rural landscapes as social–ecological systems embedded within intersecting multi-scalar processes. Based on such a framing, empirical research can be more clearly set in the context of system properties that may influence food security, biodiversity conservation, or both. We illustrate our approach through a description of contrasting agricultural systems within Brazil’s Cerrado region. We emphasize the need for new empirical research involving systematic comparisons of social–ecological system properties in landscapes threatened by food insecurity and ecosystem degradation.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Brazil
KW - Cerrado
KW - Food security
KW - Food sovereignty
KW - Land sharing
KW - Land sparing
KW - Sustainable intensification
KW - Yield gaps
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991355206&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10113-016-1045-9
DO - 10.1007/s10113-016-1045-9
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 32025201
AN - SCOPUS:84991355206
VL - 17
SP - 1291
EP - 1301
JO - Regional Environmental Change
JF - Regional Environmental Change
SN - 1436-3798
IS - 5
ER -