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Which practices co‐deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?

Pete Smith, Katherine Calvin, Johnson Nkem, Donovan Campbell, Francesco Cherubini, Giacomo Grassi, В. Н. Коротков, Anh Le Hoang, Shuaib Lwasa, Pamela McElwee, Ephraim Nkonya, Nobuko Saigusa, Jean‐François Soussana, Miguel Ángel Taboada, Frances Manning, Dorothy Kalule Nampanzira, Cristina Arias‐Navarro, Matteo Vizzarri, Joanna I. House, Stephanie Roe, Annette Cowie, Mark Rounsevell, Almut Arneth

Global Change Biology · 2019

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Summary

eq/year) without adverse impacts on the other land challenges. Five options have moderate mitigation potential, with no adverse impacts on the other land challenges. Sixteen practices have large adaptation potential (>25 million people benefit), without adverse side effects on other land challenges. Most practices can be applied without competing for available land. However, seven options could result in competition for land. A large number of practices do not require dedicated land, including several land management options, all value chain options, and all risk management options. Four options could greatly increase competition for land if applied at a large scale, though the impact is scale and context specific, highlighting the need for safeguards to ensure that expansion of land for m

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1111/gcb.14878
Catalogue ID
BFmokjo7hj-vrortq
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