Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Integrated land planning could ease food, energy and biodiversity conflicts worldwide

While the world is a big place, humans are making greater and greater demands on the same areas of land. "This means that, unless we use the same land to serve multiple needs and coordinate this effort through planning, it is unlikely that we will have enough land for conservation, food and energy,"...

Integrated land planning could ease food, energy and biodiversity conflicts worldwide
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While the world is a big place, humans are making greater and greater demands on the same areas of land. "This means that, unless we use the same land to serve multiple needs and coordinate this effort through planning, it is unlikely that we will have enough land for conservation, food and energy," said Grace Wu, a professor in UC Santa Barbara's Environmental Studies Program.

Originally published at Phys.org

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