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POSTnote by Jonathan Wentworth. It was first published on Friday, 1 February 2013. It was last updated on Thursday, 2 February 2017.


Balancing Nature and Agriculture

This POSTnote explores two approaches to managing land for balancing nature conservation with sustainable food production. Land sharing integrates the objectives of agriculture and benefits to wildlife on the same land. Land sparing on the other hand separates intensive farming areas from protected natural habitats at larger scales.

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Type
Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-418 
Subjects
Agriculture Countryside Biodiversity Land Environment protection Food Food supply Nature conservation Wildlife Common agricultural policy
Published by
POST
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk