Knowra Land sharing Land sharing Land sharing is a conservation strategy that combines lower-intensity farming with wildlife habitat on agricultural land. It contrasts with concentrating production on intensively farmed land while protecting separate natural areas.
Land sparing : A conservation strategy that concentrates agriculture on high-yield land while protecting separate areas for nature. It separates farming and habitat rather than combining them on the same land.
Agroforestry : A land-use system that combines trees with crops or livestock on the same area. Trees can provide habitat and resources while remaining part of a working farm.
Shade-grown coffee : Coffee cultivated beneath a canopy of trees rather than in fully exposed fields. Tree cover can preserve habitat within a commercial crop system.
Biodiversity : The variety of life across genes, species, and ecosystems. Land sharing is judged partly by the species and ecological communities it can sustain.
High-yield agriculture : Agriculture that produces large harvests per unit of land, often through intensive inputs and management. Its production model can reduce pressure to convert habitat, but often conflicts with sharing land with wildlife.
Hedgerow : A line of shrubs or trees marking a boundary, often used as habitat or a wildlife corridor. Hedgerows add shelter and movement routes within agricultural landscapes.
Silvopasture : A livestock system that integrates trees, forage, and grazing animals on the same land. It combines animal production with woody habitat and other ecological functions.
Agricultural landscape : A landscape shaped by farming and its associated habitats, infrastructure, and settlements. The strategy's effects depend on how farms and habitat are arranged across the wider landscape.
Agricultural intensification : Increasing agricultural output per unit of land through changes in inputs, technology, or management. Intensification can undermine the low-impact farming central to land sharing.
Integrated pest management : A pest-control approach that combines monitoring and multiple methods to limit damage while reducing reliance on pesticides. Reducing pesticide pressure can make farmed areas more compatible with wildlife.
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