Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: an implementation framework

Locke, Harvey; Ellis, Erle C.; Venter, Oscar; Schuster, Richard; Ma, Keping; Shen, Xiaoli; Woodley, Stephen; Kingston, Naomi; Bhola, Nina; Strassburg, Bernardo B. N.; Paulsch, Axel; Williams, Brooke A.; Watson, James

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“…For example, land stewardship pacts between working-lands stakeholders have delivered species conservation plans, sustainable farming practices, and habitat restoration initiatives by capitalizing on common interests (Bartomeus & Dicks, 2019;Ellis, 2019). Clearly, to succeed, NWL restoration will require global and national policy targets, such as those outlined here, alongside local implementation agreements and plans, tailored to different socioeconomic conditions (Locke et al, 2019). Instruments such as eco-labeling (which creates markets for products grown in landscapes with NWL) and strengthening of social networks (to build trust and dialog among different land users and between them and policy, extension and research agents) are critical comple-ments to national legislations for the success of the NWL implementation.…”

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Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat

Garibaldi

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Miguez

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CONSERVATION LETTERS

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International agreements aim to conserve 17% of Earth's land area by 2020 but include no area-based conservation targets within the working landscapes that support human needs through farming, ranching, and forestry. Through a review This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat

Garibaldi

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Miguez

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CONSERVATION LETTERS

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“…Penetrating the world's last large wild areas creates one set of risks, landscapes which are semi-wild with strong edge effect create a different set of risks 4 , and intensely transformed landscapes with high human population density present an even greater suite of risks 42 . Thus, a practical approach is to organize conservation and distancing measures aimed at sustaining landscape immunity by the Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use framework 43 .…”

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A call to action: Understanding land use-induced zoonotic spillover to protect environmental, animal, and human health

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Reaser²,

Locke³

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The rapid, global spread and human health impacts of SARS-CoV-2, the agent of COVID-19 disease, demonstrates humanity’s vulnerability to zoonotic disease pandemics. Although anthropogenic land use change is known to be the major driver of zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife to human populations, the scientific underpinnings of land use-induced zoonotic spillover have rarely been investigated from the macro-ecology perspective. We call on colleagues to advance our knowledge of land use implications for zoonotic disease emergence. A wide range of disciplinary cosmologies, approaches, and tools are needed to identify the environmental triggers of spillover and inform the decisions needed to protect public health by reducing spillover risk as a biosecurity priority. We call for a mechanistic focus on the zoonotic pathogen “infect-shed-spill-spread” cascade and review the relevant literature, elucidating the current biases and information gaps. We also consider the opportunities for better instituting the necessary scientific collaboration, primary technical challenges, and policy and management issues that warrant particular attention.

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“…developing indicators could be the '3Cs' framework (Locke et al, 2019 The FABLE initiative is an example of the long-term pathways approach that will be needed for transition policies at national scale. These approaches unfortunately often fail to include evaluations of biodiversity and agricultural practices that are key to address the challenge of soil health and biodiversity preservation in agriculture landscapes.…”

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Common ground: restoring land health for sustainable agriculture

Larbodière¹,

Davies²,

Schmidt³

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Common ground: restoring land health for sustainable agriculture 3. Establish targets and indicators at national and global levels for sustainable agriculture Adoption of sustainable agriculture approaches should be up-scaled by establishing clear targets for sustainability metrics. More specifically, the agriculture sector should aim for a net-positive impact on key indicators of biodiversity by 2030, including the stabilisation of the total land area under agriculture, increase of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, and reduced pollution and greenhouse gas emission. These indicators should complement socioeconomic data on incomes, employment, poverty reduction, and livelihood resilience, especially for those most in need, including youth and women. 4. Reward ecosystem services to incentivise sustainable farming The global transition to sustainable agriculture requires a shift from thinking of agriculture in terms of 'food, fibre and fuel' (and other products), to thinking in terms of 'production, water, climate and nature' (and other services). The agriculture sector's overriding policy goal should be to enhance the overall value of farming, promoting all values of agricultural soil, land and landscapes and the services provided to society, and putting in place relevant regulations and incentives. Innovative incentives and de-risking measures need to be designed and tested, which requires creative and coherent policy frameworks. 5. Promote change throughout the global food system to enhance sustainability Restoring and conserving soil and land health must be promoted as an integral part of wider system transformation, focusing on national and international policy convergence to connect soils and land health with sustainable and healthy diets. Public subsidies and private financial flows should be redirected from conventional to more sustainable agriculture, while unlocking factors that block the transformation, such as input subsidies, specialisation of systems, standardised supply chains, and power asymmetries. Greater attention should be given to responsible landscape and supply chain investments that protect healthy soils and reward sustainable farming practices. 6. Build consensus on environmental stewardship in the agricultural sector Dialogue between the agriculture and conservation communities must be intensified at local, national and international levels. The agriculture sector need improved information on the ecological and living nature of soils as natural capital. Conservation actors need greater appreciation of sustainable agriculture as a solution for increasing biodiversity, and agricultural landscapes as an opportunity to expand global conservation area coverage. New or adapted institutions may be required to incentivise action and secure sustainability outcomes at the agroecosystem or landscape level. xii Common ground: restoring land health for sustainable agriculture We wish to express our sincere thanks to our peer reviewers Bruce Campbell (CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agr...

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Three global conditions for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: an implementation framework

Cited by 118 publications

References 3 publications

Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat

Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat

A call to action: Understanding land use-induced zoonotic spillover to protect environmental, animal, and human health

Common ground: restoring land health for sustainable agriculture

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