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Bringing the sharing-sparing debate down to the ground—Lessons learnt for participatory scenario development

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  • Hagemann, N.
  • van der Zanden, E.H.
  • Willaarts, B.A.
  • Holzkämper, A.
  • Volk, M.
  • Rutz, C.
  • Priess, J.A.
  • Schönhart, M.

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.

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  • Hagemann, N. & van der Zanden, E.H. & Willaarts, B.A. & Holzkämper, A. & Volk, M. & Rutz, C. & Priess, J.A. & Schönhart, M., 2020. "Bringing the sharing-sparing debate down to the ground—Lessons learnt for participatory scenario development," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:91:y:2020:i:c:s0264837718302552
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104262
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