Low‐impact agriculture requires urgent attention not greater caution: response to Phalan and colleagues

At least some degree of land sparing may be crucial in frontier regions where the emphasis is on conservation of forest biota. [...]responses to anthropogenic land use may differ in grassland and savannah biomes and landscapes with a long history of human transformation, particularly in systems of e...

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Published in:Conservation letters 2012-08, Vol.5 (4), p.325-326
Main Authors: Wright, Hugh L., Lake, Iain R., Dolman, Paul M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Anthropogenic factors
Biodiversity
Biota
Birds
Conservation
Cultivation
Farming
Forest conservation
Forest management
Grain cultivation
Grasslands
Human influences
Land sharing
land sparing
Land use
low‐impact agriculture
Pastoralism
Political factors
rural livelihoods
Savannahs
seminatural habitat
Wildlife conservation
wildlife‐friendly farming
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Summary:At least some degree of land sparing may be crucial in frontier regions where the emphasis is on conservation of forest biota. [...]responses to anthropogenic land use may differ in grassland and savannah biomes and landscapes with a long history of human transformation, particularly in systems of extensive pastoralism and traditional cereal cultivation. Furthermore, strategies must also account for a range of other, often context‐specific, social, political, and ecological considerations that the simple trade‐offs model does not yet incorporate ( Phalan et al. 2011a, b); for example the size, range, and conservation significance of individual species’ populations.
ISSN:1755-263X
1755-263X
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00247.x