This report by The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) identifies opportunities to reduce species loss by improving practices in corn, beans and coffee. It warns that conservation offers biodiversity gains but can also lead to agricultural intensification which drives biodiversity loss, a phenomenon known as the Jevons paradox.
Publisher’s key messages
Sustainability of agriculture requires reconciling conflicts with living nature, strategically protecting and restoring it without undermining food security, economic, or climate goals.
Few one-size-fits-all blanket prescriptions will reconcile agricultural production with biodiversity conservation; rather, successful solutions will take systems approaches and vary by location, scale, and production system.
Transition towards sustainable agriculture involves ecological, economic, environmental, and social trade-offs that must be recognised and managed.
Align agricultural and economic policies with conservation of living nature offers key opportunities to advancing sustainability.
Reform food policy can greatly advance conservation.
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