Reframing the sharing vs sparing debate for tropical forestry landscapes

Bw griscom and rc goodman share their views on reframing the land sharing against sparing debate for tropical forestry landscapes. latest conservation studies tend to conclude that sparing is the best way to maintain agricultural yields while protecting biodiversity. support of the intensification sparing approach is adopted as the amount of native ecosystem area converted to agriculture is usually more predictive of ecological impacts than the intensity of production within the area lost in tropical frontier landscapes. new analyses are changing assumptions about the relationship between deforestation and shared forest management activities in the tropics.