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Bridging the gaps between agricultural policy, land-use and biodiversity

El vínculo entre el uso de la tierra y la biodiversidad es motivo de estudios que pretenden lograr un equilibrio. La conservación y la sustentabilidad pueden ser el resultado de un uso responsable de los recuros de la naturaleza. LECTURA RECOMENDADA.

Elizabeth H.A. Mattison and Ken Norris 
TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution Vol.20 No.11 (610-616)

The fate of biodiversity is intimately linked to agricultural development. Policy reform is an important driver of changes in agricultural land-use, but there is considerable spatial variation in response to policy and its potential impact on biodiversity. We review the links between policy, land-use and biodiversity and advocate a more integrated approach. Ecologists need to recognize that wildlife-friendly farming is not the only landuse strategy that can be used to conserve biodiversity and to research alternative options such as land sparing. There is also a need for social scientists and ecologists to bring their approaches together, so that land-use change and its consequences can be investigated in a more holistic way.