Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 365
Special Issue Editor
Interests: agricultural landscape; eco physiological crop response; agro-forestry systems; ecosystems services; urban agriculture; green practices; agro-ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Biodiversity conservation and agriculture are increasingly considered to be in contrast. The recent declines in the diversity of genotypes, species, and habitats have been connected to intensive agricultural production. Agricultural sustainable intensification—an emerging paradigm of agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences—looks at whole landscapes, territories, and ecosystems to optimize resource utilization and management and to increase the “knowledge per hectare”. This Special Issue promotes selected papers which focus on the identification of strategies to enhance conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, on the quantification of ecosystem services to benefit agricultural systems, and on increasing their resilience and reducing environmental footprint, land protection, and conservation.
Dr. Elena Brunori
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- agricultural landscape resilience
- ecosystem services
- ecological functional areas
- multifunctional agriculture
- natural capital
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