Dr Gregory Thaler receives 2026 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award Dr Gregory Thaler, Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies, has been awarded the 2026 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for his book ‘Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World’.

Congratulations to Dr Gregory Thaler, who has been awarded the 2026 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award by @isaess.bsky.social for his book ‘Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World’: https://bit.ly/4sAMX9i

#conservation #landsparing @osgaoxford.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

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

Let's Gooooooo! The more balcony, rooftop, and brownfield, solar we do, the less land footprint we need for other solar! #LandSparing #CheapGreenEnergy

Balancing Food Production and Biodiversity: Mixed Farming Strategies

A review of 57 studies found only 17 directly comparing land sparing and sharing; roughly half favored a mixed approach, 41 % preferred sparing, the rest supported sharing. getnews.me/balancing-food-productio... #landsparing #biodiversity

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...

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)?

Homepage - Humundi Humundi (formerly SOS Faim) is an international organisation that has been fighting hunger, poverty and inequality since 1964. Our mission is to build food

À quelques jours de la #COP15 #Biodiversité à Montréal, les ONG @SOSFAIM , @IlesDePaix et @Autre_Terre publient une étude sur les atouts et limites du « #landsparing » pour nourrir le monde et préserver la biodiversité 📝

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No contest. #landsparing best for #biodiversity #AndrewBalmford http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6047/1289