Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy
Cameryn Brock · Patrick R. Roehrdanz · Tim Beringer · Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer · Brian J. Enquist · Amy E. Frazier · Justin A. Johnson · Christina M. Kennedy · Joseph Kiesecker · Ashley E. Larsen · Rafael Loyola · Pablo A. Marquet · Rachel A. Neugarten · James R. Oakleaf · Anand Roopsind · Richard Schuster · David R. Williams · Grace C. Wu · Alex Zvoleff · Lee Hannah
期刊Nature Communications / Nat Commun
类型Article
发表2026-03-07 (online)
卷期页17(1): 3623
收录2026-10-04
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关键词land allocationbiodiversity conservationnature's contributions to peoplerenewable energyagriculturefood demandclimate change mitigationcarbon lossconservation targetsglobal land use
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日益增长的粮食需求以及减少排放的气候承诺将导致更多土地被开发用于农业和可再生能源。与此同时,保护土地以维护生物多样性和自然对人类的贡献(NCP)对于实现国际气候、可持续发展和生物多样性目标至关重要。实现这些相互关联的目标需要跨部门进行高效的土地配置。本文提出了一个灵活的多目标框架,用于战略性地分配土地,以在气候变化背景下减轻生物多样性和自然对人类贡献的威胁,同时支持发展。通过国家层面的目标在全球范围内应用该框架表明,如果未来的发展规划不考虑自然因素,对土地的需求可能会影响近 100 万(平方公里)的高优先级保护区。多部门规划可以缓解潜在的冲突,减少碳损失和物种暴露。我们的研究结果强调了保护关键自然区域、减少粮食和能源用地需求以及有意识地协调跨部门土地利用的必要性。
Growing demand for food coupled with climate commitments to reduce emissions will result in more land development for agriculture and renewable energy. Simultaneously, conserving land for biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people (NCP) is imperative for achieving international climate, sustainable development, and biodiversity goals. Meeting these interconnected objectives requires efficient land allocation across sectors. Here, we present a flexible, multiple-objective framework for strategically allocating land to mitigate threats to biodiversity and NCP under climate change while supporting development. Application of this framework at a global scale through country-level targets shows that if future development is planned without consideration of nature, demands for land could impact nearly 1 million km 2 of high-priority conservation areas. Multi-sector planning can mitigate potential conflict, reducing carbon loss and species exposure. Our findings underscore the need to conserve critical areas for nature, reduce land demand for food and energy, and intentionally coordinate land use across sectors.

@article{brock2026,
author = {Cameryn Brock and Patrick R. Roehrdanz and Tim Beringer and Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer and Brian J. Enquist and Amy E. Frazier and Justin A. Johnson and Christina M. Kennedy and Joseph Kiesecker and Ashley E. Larsen and Rafael Loyola and Pablo A. Marquet and Rachel A. Neugarten and James R. Oakleaf and Anand Roopsind and Richard Schuster and David R. Williams and Grace C. Wu and Alex Zvoleff and Lee Hannah},
title = {Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable energy},
journal = {Nature Communications},
year = {2026},
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {3623},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-69952-6},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
}· END ·