caa a22 4500 605526451 CHVBK 20210128100803.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0866-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0866-z Real-world complexity of food security and biodiversity conservation [Elektronische Daten] [Jan Habel, Mike Teucher, Berthold Hornetz, Ralph Jaetzold, Josphert Kimatu, Sichangi Kasili, Zachariah Mairura, Ronald Mulwa, Hilde Eggermont, Wolfgang Weisser, Luc Lens] Feeding the booming human population and at the same time conserving biodiversity is a global challenge. Yet, it is particularly acute in developing countries where biodiversity is high and food-security low. There is an ongoing debate whether land for nature and for agriculture should be segregated (land sparing) or integrated (land sharing). While these strategies still need unambiguous empirical validation, we here illustrate the real-word complexity of this issue by focusing on the case of Kenya, hosting one of the fastest growing populations in the world. We discuss historical effects and those arising from recent demographic pressure, and integrate these with biotic and abiotic constraints (soil fertility and climate) that additionally challenge land sparing and sharing strategies for biodiversity conservation. Generically, our contribution stresses the importance of recognising the specific context in which land-use strategies are to be applied, and underline the need of a deeper understanding of local conditions. This work goes beyond the current theoretical and highly abstract land-use debate that has been published in high impact journals but which may be less efficient on solving local conflicts. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Climate change nationallicence Colonial and cultural legacy nationallicence Soil fertility nationallicence Demographic pressure nationallicence Post-harvest nationallicence Habel Jan Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany aut Teucher Mike Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut Hornetz Berthold Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut Jaetzold Ralph Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut Kimatu Josphert Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut Kasili Sichangi Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut Mairura Zachariah Department of Agribusiness and Market Development, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 30028, Nairobi, Kenya aut Mulwa Ronald Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut Eggermont Hilde Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium aut Weisser Wolfgang Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany aut Lens Luc Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/6(2015-06-01), 1531-1539 0960-3115 24:6<1531 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0866-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0866-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Habel Jan Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teucher Mike Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hornetz Berthold Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jaetzold Ralph Department of Biogeography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kimatu Josphert Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kasili Sichangi Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mairura Zachariah Department of Agribusiness and Market Development, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 30028, Nairobi, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mulwa Ronald Department of Biological Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, P.O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eggermont Hilde Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weisser Wolfgang Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354, Freising, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lens Luc Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/6(2015-06-01), 1531-1539 0960-3115 24:6<1531 2015 24 10531