Resolving Conflicts between Agriculture and the Natural Environment.
Agriculture dominates the planet. Yet it has many environmental costs that are unsustainable, especially as global food demand rises. Here, we evaluate ways in which different parts of the world are succeeding in their attempts to resolve conflict between agriculture and wild nature. We envision that coordinated global action in conserving land most sensitive to agricultural activities and policies that internalise the environmental costs of agriculture are needed to deliver a more sustainable future.
Ecosystems and Global Change Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Andrew J
AJ
Tanentzap
Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Anthony
A
Lamb
Landcare Research, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Susan
S
Walker
Institute for European Environmental Policy, London, United Kingdom.
Andrew
A
Farmer
D000383:Agriculture; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem