生物多様性と人のために働く風景

C Kremen¹, A M Merenlender²

¹Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. ckremen@berkeley.edu.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|October 20, 2018

まとめ

生物多様性に基づいた耕地管理は気候変動と生物多様性の喪失への解決策を提供します自然と人のための持続可能な実践の実施には,共同体による行動が不可欠です.

科学分野:

エコロジー
保護生物学
持続可能な土地管理

背景:

生物多様性の喪失,気候変動,持続不可能な土地利用といった 3つの課題があります.
伝統的な保全はしばしば保護区域に依存しており,これらの相互に関連した問題に対処するには不十分である可能性があります.
耕地 (農地,森林,牧草地) は,適切に管理されれば,保護の大きな可能性を秘めています.

研究の目的:

生物多様性に基づいた耕地管理が人類時代における課題をどのように解決できるかを探求する.
これらの慣行に関連する社会経済的利益と障壁を強調する.
土地の管理を保全の目標に転換するための主要な要因を特定する.

主な方法:

農業林業,野生牧草,多様な農業,生態系に基づく森林管理を含む生物多様性に基づく管理技術の検討
生物多様性を維持し,生息地の接続性を確保し,気候変動への耐性を高めるためのこれらの方法の潜在能力を分析する.
これらの慣行の採用に影響を与える社会経済的要因の検討.

主要な成果:

耕地での生物多様性に基づく技術は生物多様性を維持し,生息地を結びつけ,気候変動に対する耐性を高めることができます.
これらの実践は,持続的に収穫と収益性を向上させ,生計と食糧安全保障に役立ちます.
生物多様性に基づく土地管理の普及を妨げているのは社会経済的課題です.

結論:

生物多様性に基づくアプローチを利用した土地の保全は,自然と人にとって有益な景観を生み出します.
土地の管理に変革をもたらすにはコミュニティの活動と広範な連携が不可欠です
持続可能な未来のために土地の保全が不可欠です

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