Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife-friendly farming?
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Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification
Under the current scenario of rapid human population increase, achieving efficient and productive agricultural land use while conserving biodiversity is a global challenge. There is an ongoing debate whether land for nature and for production should be segregated (land sparing) or integrated on the same land (land sharing, wildlife-friendly farming). While recent studies argue for agricultural ...
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