Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward
Leuphana University of Lüneburg · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · +5 more institutions
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 18.64
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 78
Authors
9- JFJoern FischerCorresponding
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- DJDavid J. Abson
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- VBVan Butsic
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
- MJM. Jahi Chappell
Washington State University Vancouver, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- JEJohan Ekroos
Lund University
Topics & keywords
- Scarcity
- Food security
- Biodiversity
- Production (economics)
- Land use
- Natural resource economics
- Commodity
- Environmental resource management
- Zero hunger