Planet Zoo's Educational Content on Land Sharing vs. Land Sparing
2Here's some educational content provided by the game Planet Zoo on Land Sharing vs. Land Sparing, which can be found on the information of its Conservation Education Boards.
As the total human population of Earth increases, there are more people to feed but less space for farmland. The land sharing versus land sparing debate aims to determine what is better for sustainable agriculture; high yield farming on small areas of land (land sparing), or low yield farming across a larger area that allows biodiversity to be preserved on the agricultural land (land sharing).
This debate is a hot topic among conservation research – there has been a lot of discourse into which type of farming is better overall for the environment, and each has its pros and cons. On one hand, high intensity farms are likely to use more pesticides and fertilizer, and cause soil degradation through heavy planting in small areas. On the other hand, low intensity farms are likely to negatively impact a wider range of wildlife communities gradually over a larger area.
In terms of a positive impact, land sharing farms are more likely to have insect and bird life, due to the reduced use of pesticides and having hedgerows dividing fields. More insects mean greater pollination on farms, and more birds mean less pests on crops. Land sparing farms allow for more land that has not been changed by agriculture.
Different researchers have drawn different conclusions about what is better long term depending on the types of farms that have been researched. Both sides have positives and negatives; some research suggests that the most environmentally conscious farms should be a combination of both, and that both land sparing and land sharing techniques can be used in combination to provide the best outlook for the local environment.
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