1/Feel like this #thread is useful enough to lift from replies to Grunwald and re-post for all those curious about #landsparing / #landsharing aka the “do we need to grow more food to save biodiversity & fight climate change” debate. Turns out it’s neither necessary nor sufficient. #sparesharethread

Living in the Hedge: #Farmland #reptile diversity is driven by #hedgerow structural complexity and #landscape connectivity - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #agroecology #habitatquality #landsharing #biodiversity @wileyecology.bsky.social

New study tests #landsparing vs. #landsharing in six Italian cities: #bird diversity declines with #urban density, while disservices rise. Sparing wins for forest birds—protect #urbangreenspaces at the fringe!
Assandri et al. 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

🌳 Have you read 'Share The Land' yet?

Our report models several scenarios for an agroecological #LandSharing approach to land use.

Our conclusion? W/ the right trade policy, dietary changes & approach to land use, we can source the majority of our food via domestic agroecological local food webs.

Land sharing - prairie farmers lead the way June is National Indigenous History month in Canada, with June 21 designated as National Indigenous Day.

"TSLN is a unique and rare network that attests to how innovative reconciliation efforts can happen when individuals begin exploring ways to move forward collaboratively."
#CDNpoli #Reconciliation #LandSharing #LandBack

Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes - Nature An analysis of habitat fragmentation using a dataset of more than 4,000 species worldwide shows that fragmentation reduces biodiversity at all scales, and that increases in β diversity do not compensa...

Habitat fragmentation cannot increase #biodiversity at landscape scales. Habitat must be restored & connectivity increased to minimize biodiversity losses: doi.org/10.1038/s415... >> To restore habitat, #landsparing (high-yielding agriculture) is better than #landsharing (e.g. in #organic farming)?

Tiger recovery amid people and poverty Recovery of large yet ecologically important carnivores poses a formidable global challenge. Tiger (Panthera tigris) recovery in India, the world’s most populated region, offers a distinct opportunity...

India’s Tiger Recovery: enabled by prosperity & politics 🐅🌏
#Megafauna #ConservationOptimism #Landsharing
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Is land sharing the future? Christmas is a time for visiting, and boy, did we visit. Up in humid hills around Nimbin, a few sunsets on a MO near Main Arm, long long lunch/dinner/breakfast at a grass castle at Wilsons Creek, dinn...

“And before you tsk tsk & start quoting the reasons to justify every single one of the millions of regulations being breached by these involved communities, ask yourself this…” #landsharing #housing #affordablehousing #housingcrisis #nswpol #auspol
www.echo.net.au/2025/01/is-l...

Sustainable high-yield farming is essential for bending the curve of biodiversity loss | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Food production does more damage to wild species than any other sector of human activity, yet how best to limit its growing impact is greatly contested. Reviewing progress to date in interventions tha...

(2/2) In terms of production, high-yield #farming to spare natural habitats consistently outperforms #landsharing, esp. for species of highest #conservation concern. It also offers considerable potential for #climatechange mitigation: doi.org/10.1098/rstb... #yields #diets