How to make land use policy decisions

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Our new research publication: How to make land use policy decisions

In our new paper we argue ‘policies that alter land use affect food production, wild species, and greenhouse gas emissions simultaneously. However, policy analyses rarely if ever consider these connections and instead typically address climate change, biodiversity loss and food security as separate challenges. To address these “system” connections we integrate natural, physical, and economic knowledge and models to deliver an integrated decision support tool. This is used to assess the performance of common approaches to land use policy and highlight alternatives which simultaneously address all these integrated challenges and deliver improved outcomes.’ Find out more…

I.J. Bateman, A. Binner, E.T. Addicott, B. Balmford, F.H.T. Cho, G.C. Daily, A. De-Gol, S. Eisenbarth, M. Faccioli, H. Ferguson-Gow, S. Ferrini, C. Fezzi, K. Gannon, B. Groom, A.B. Harper, A. Harwood, J. Hillier, M.F. Hulme, C.F. Lee, L. Liuzzo, A. Lovett, M.C. Mancini, R. Matthews, J.I.L. Morison, N. Owen, R.G. Pearson, S. Polasky, G. Siriwardena, P. Smith, P.P. Snowdon, P. Tippett, S.H. Vetter, S. Vinjili, C.A. Vossler, R.T. Watson, D. Williamson, B.H. Day, How to make land use policy decisions: Integrating science and economics to deliver connected climate, biodiversity, and food objectives, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

121 (49) e2407961121,

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407961121 (2024).