The challenge of feeding the world while conserving half the planet

被引:119
作者
Mehrabi, Zia [1 ,2 ]
Ellis, Erle C. [3 ]
Ramankutty, Navin [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, UBC Sch Publ Policy & Global Affairs, Vancouver, BC, Canada
[2] Univ British Columbia, Inst Resources Environm & Sustainabil, Vancouver, BC, Canada
[3] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Dept Geog & Environm Syst, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
BIODIVERSITY; CROPLAND; WATER; FOOD;
D O I
10.1038/s41893-018-0119-8
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Amid widespread concerns about biodiversity loss, a single clear conservation message is engaging leading conservationists: the proposal to give half the surface of the Earth back to nature. Depending on the landscape conservation strategy, we find that, globally, 15-31% of cropland, 10-45% of pasture land, 23-25% of non-food calories and 3-29% of food calories from crops could be lost if half of Earth's terrestrial ecoregions were given back to nature.
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页码:409 / 412
页数:4
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