Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation
The global challenges of food security and biodiversity are rarely addressed together, though recently there has been an increasing awareness that the two issues are closely related. The majority of land available for agriculture is already used for food production, but despite the productivity gain...
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| author | Amy Molotoks Matthias Kuhnert Terence P. Dawson Pete Smith |
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| description | The global challenges of food security and biodiversity are rarely addressed together, though recently there has been an increasing awareness that the two issues are closely related. The majority of land available for agriculture is already used for food production, but despite the productivity gains, one in nine people worldwide are classified as food insecure. There is an increasing risk that addressing food insecurity through methods such as agricultural expansion or intensification could lead to biodiversity loss through destruction of habitats important for conservation. This analysis uses various indicators of biodiversity at a global scale, including biodiversity hotspots, total species richness, and threatened and endemic species richness. Areas where high biodiversity coexists with high food insecurity or a high risk of agricultural expansion, were examined and found to mainly occur in the tropics, with Madagascar standing out in particular. The areas identified are especially at risk of biodiversity loss, and so are global priorities for further research and for policy development to address food insecurity and biodiversity loss together. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c51e345a8b02434b89e6cfadd094c7282022-12-22T01:04:18ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2017-10-01646710.3390/land6040067land6040067Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity ConservationAmy Molotoks0Matthias Kuhnert1Terence P. Dawson2Pete Smith3Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UKInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UKDepartment of Geography, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UKInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UKThe global challenges of food security and biodiversity are rarely addressed together, though recently there has been an increasing awareness that the two issues are closely related. The majority of land available for agriculture is already used for food production, but despite the productivity gains, one in nine people worldwide are classified as food insecure. There is an increasing risk that addressing food insecurity through methods such as agricultural expansion or intensification could lead to biodiversity loss through destruction of habitats important for conservation. This analysis uses various indicators of biodiversity at a global scale, including biodiversity hotspots, total species richness, and threatened and endemic species richness. Areas where high biodiversity coexists with high food insecurity or a high risk of agricultural expansion, were examined and found to mainly occur in the tropics, with Madagascar standing out in particular. The areas identified are especially at risk of biodiversity loss, and so are global priorities for further research and for policy development to address food insecurity and biodiversity loss together.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/6/4/67biodiversity conservationfood securityland use |
| spellingShingle | Amy Molotoks Matthias Kuhnert Terence P. Dawson Pete Smith Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation Land biodiversity conservation food security land use |
| title | Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation |
| title_full | Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation |
| title_fullStr | Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation |
| title_short | Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation |
| title_sort | global hotspots of conflict risk between food security and biodiversity conservation |
| topic | biodiversity conservation food security land use |
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