TY - JOUR

T1 - Land sparing versus land sharing

T2 - moving forward

AU - Fischer, Jörn

AU - Abson, David

AU - Butsic, Van

AU - Chappell, M Jahi

AU - Ekroos, Johan

AU - Hanspach, Jan

AU - Kuemmerle, Tobias

AU - Smith, Henrik G.

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

PY - 2014/5

Y1 - 2014/5

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Biology

KW - Agroecological intensification

KW - Agroecology

KW - food security

KW - Food sovereignty

KW - Land scarcity

KW - MATRIX

KW - Sustainable intensification

KW - wildlife-friendly farming

KW - Ecosystems Research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901055768&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/9685d38a-754b-3581-8105-6a1176d5db72/

U2 - 10.1111/conl.12084

DO - 10.1111/conl.12084

M3 - Scientific review articles

VL - 7

SP - 149

EP - 157

JO - Conservation Letters

JF - Conservation Letters

SN - 1755-263X

IS - 3

ER -