Abstract
The concepts of Land Sharing (LSH) and Land Sparing (LSP) shall help to manage trade-offs between land use and biodiversity conservation but applications in real world contexts are scarce. We review the literature on scenario and stakeholder processes and present a participatory approach to translate the LSH/LSP concept into practice. It is based on a scenario definition process harmonized across five case studies in Europe and resulted in semi-quantitative participative LSH and LSP scenarios. Harmonization eases comparability among case studies despite fundamentally different scenarios due to heterogeneous conditions across the regions. A key challenge was the right level of standardization for the scenario process to reach a common understanding across case study regions while acknowledging regional peculiarities. The resulting scenarios support for regional specific planning recommendations and can be input to quantitative ecosystem service and biodiversity models.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 104262 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Land Use Policy |
| Volume | 91 |
| Early online date | 27 Nov 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
Funding
This research was funded through the 2013–2014 BiodivERsA/FACCE-JPI joint call for research proposals, with the national funders The Austrian Science Fund (FWF; I 2046-B25), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Förderkennzeichen 01LC1404), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (PCIN- 2014-080) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (40FA40_158391). The authors would like to thank the patient and supportive reviewer who put exceptional efforts in his/her reviews to improve this paper. Furthermore, we thank all stakeholders of the project for their input and the discussions. Appendix A
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 40FA40_158391 |
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | 01LC1404 |
| Austrian Science Fund | I 2046-B25 |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | |
| Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España | PCIN- 2014-080 |
Keywords
- Case studies
- Land management
- Land sharing
- Land sparing
- Participatory scenarios
- Transdisciplinary