Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification

T Tscharntke, Y Clough, TC Wanger, L Jackson… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward

J Fischer, DJ Abson, V Butsic, MJ Chappell… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a
framework has been proposed that distinguishes between the integration (“land sharing”) …

Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion

J Drescher, K Rembold, K Allen… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tropical lowland rainforests are increasingly threatened by the expansion of agriculture and
the extraction of natural resources. In Jambi Province, Indonesia, the interdisciplinary …

Food sustainability: problems, perspectives and solutions

T Garnett - Proceedings of the nutrition society, 2013 - cambridge.org
The global food system makes a significant contribution to climate changing greenhouse
gas emissions with all stages in the supply chain, from agricultural production through …

Three perspectives on sustainable food security: efficiency, demand restraint, food system transformation. What role for life cycle assessment?

T Garnett - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014 - Elsevier
Achieving food system sustainability is a global priority but there are different views on how it
might be achieved. Broadly three perspectives are emerging, defined here as: efficiency …

Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services

C Brittain, N Williams, C Kremen… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In diverse pollinator communities, interspecific interactions may modify the behaviour and
increase the pollination effectiveness of individual species. Because agricultural production …

On the hope for biodiversity-friendly tropical landscapes

FPL Melo, V Arroyo-Rodríguez, L Fahrig… - Trends in ecology & …, 2013 - cell.com
With the decreasing affordability of protecting large blocks of pristine tropical forests,
ecologists have staked their hopes on the management of human-modified landscapes …

Spatial patterns of county-level arable land productive-capacity and its coordination with land-use intensity in mainland China

S Ye, S Ren, C Song, C Cheng, S Shen, J Yang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of arable land ecosystem services capacity and arable land-use
intensity (ALUI) is important for recognising key regional factors that impact arable land …

[图书][B] Nature's matrix: linking agriculture, biodiversity conservation and food sovereignty

I Perfecto, J Vandermeer, A Wright - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the
conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the …

Spatial patterns of agricultural expansion determine impacts on biodiversity and carbon storage

R Chaplin-Kramer, RP Sharp… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The agricultural expansion and intensification required to meet growing food and agri-based
product demand present important challenges to future levels and management of …