Key role of #Indigenous communities as land stewards: we find #landsparing to be more likely for lands under Indigenous stewardship (or close to them), especially in South America. This is a huge opportunity: including Indigenous Peoples in planning processes and recognizing their inherent rights can be key for protecting forests!

"If other species could decide how people meet their needs, it seems that for the most part, they would ask us to concentrate rather than spread our footprint"
Andrew Balmford on #landsparing
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jzo.12920

Ah, the #LandSharing vs #LandSparing debate brings some data. Interesting.

"The study suggests that this “land sparing” approach would cost just 48% of the funds required to achieve the same outcomes for #biodiversity and the #climate through an approach known as “land sharing”, where conservation measures get mixed into farming by adding hedgerows to fields, reducing pesticides, and so on – all of which lowers food yield."

#agriculture #ClimateChange #cop15

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974837

"Enough #protein to feed the entire world could be produced on an area of land smaller than London if we replace animal farming with factories producing micro-organisms"

#PrecisionFermentation #FutureOfFood #Livestock #landsparing #ClimateSolutions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/12/replace-animal-farms-micro-organism-rewilding-food-precision-fermentation-emissions