Beyond 'land sparing versus land sharing': environmental heterogeneity, globalization and the balance between agricultural production and nature conservation

• Autores: Grau, Ricardo; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Macchi, Leandro
• Año de publicación: 2013
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Land Sparing; Land Sharing; Land Use Change; Jevons Paradox
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

By addressing the trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation at landscape and ecoregion scales, the land sparing/sharing debate has made a significant contribution to land use science. However, as global population and food consumption grow, and urbanization and transnational trade intensify, land use trade-offs need to be analyzed at broader scales. These analyses should specifically consider the role of environmental heterogeneity on biodiversity distribution and agricultural suitability, the costs and benefits transferred far away from the focal land use, institutional and economic factors influencing stability and resilience, technology-related factors as mediators of agriculture suitability, and bundles of different environmental services. In addition, land use strategies to balance agriculture and biodiversity conservation must consider local socioeconomic constraints and trade-offs.
Fil: Grau, Ricardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; Argentina;
Fil: Kuemmerle, Tobias. University Berlin. Geography Department, Humboldt; Alemania;
Fil: Macchi, Leandro. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman. Facultad de Cs.naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto Miguel Lillo; Argentina; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Earth System Analysis; Alemania;