期刊
LAND
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10070704
关键词
protected areas; cropland; Half-Earth; biodiversity conservation; food security
资金
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0604401, 2019YFA0606601]
- National Key Scientific and Technological Infrastructure project Earth System Science Numerical Simulator Facility (EarthLab)
Biodiversity conservation is crucial for sustainable development and bold conservation targets to protect 30% or 50% of Earth have been proposed. Different targets, scales, and approaches will result in varying cropland losses, with the shared approach helping to reduce the number of countries facing significant losses. Adopting ambitious targets and the shared approach could ensure a sustainable future for Earth.
Biodiversity conservation is the cornerstone for sustainable development. Bold conservation targets provide the last opportunities to halt the human-driven mass extinction. Recently, bold conservation targets have been proposed to protect 30% or 50% of Earth. However, little is known about its potential impacts on cropland. We identify potential cropland losses when 30% and 50% of global terrestrial area is given back to nature by 2030/2050, at three spatial scales (global, biome and country) and using two approaches (nature-only landscapes and shared landscapes). We find that different targets, applied scales and approaches will lead to different cropland losses: (1) At the global scale, it is possible to protect 50% of the Earth while having minimum cropland losses. (2) At biome scale, 0.64% and 8.54% cropland will be lost globally in 2030 and 2050 under the nature-only approach while by contrast, the shared approach substantially reduces the number of countries confronted by cropland losses, demanding only 0% and 2.59% of global cropland losses in 2030 and 2050. (3) At the national scale, the nature-only approach causes losses of 3.58% and 10.73% of global cropland in 2030 and 2050, while the shared approach requires 0.77% and 7.55% cropland in 2030 and 2050. Our results indicate that bold conservation targets could be considered, especially when adopting the shared approach, and we suggest adopting ambitious targets (protecting at least 30% by 2030) at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) to ensure a sustainable future for Earth.
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