Concepts & Theory

Beyond ‘land sparing versus land sharing’: environmental heterogeneity, globalization and the balance between agricultural production and nature conservation
By addressing the trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation at landscape and ecoregion scales, the land …
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Challenges and opportunities in mapping land use intensity globally
Future increases in land-based production will need to focus more on sustainably intensifying existing production systems. …
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Hot moments for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity conservation requires prioritization to be effective. Biodiversity hotspots and conservation planning identify where to …
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Mapping global land system archetypes
Land use is a key driver of global environmental change. Unless major shifts in consumptive behaviours occur, land-based production …
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Analytical solutions to trade-offs between size of protected areas and land-use intensity
Land-use change is affecting Earth’s capacity to support both wild species and a growing human population. The question is how …
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Challenges for land system science
While considerable progress has been made in understanding land use change, land system science continues to face a number of grand …
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Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes
Many traditional farming landscapes have high conservation value. Conservation policy in such landscapes typically follows a …
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Refugee species: which historic baseline should inform conservation planning?
Understanding species’ historical ranges can provide important information for conservation planning in the face of environmental …
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Conservation: limits of land sparing
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