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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
Ecology and Society, Volume 22, No. 4, Article 8, Year 2017
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Description
We explore the role of agriculture in destabilizing the Earth system at the planetary scale, through examining nine planetary boundaries, or “safe limits”: land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, atmospheric aerosol loading, and introduction of novel entities. Two planetary boundaries have been fully transgressed, i.e., are at high risk, biosphere integrity and biogeochemical flows, and agriculture has been the major driver of the transgression. Three are in a zone of uncertainty i.e., at increasing risk, with agriculture the major driver of two of those, landsystem change and freshwater use, and a significant contributor to the third, climate change. Agriculture is also a significant or major contributor to change for many of those planetary boundaries still in the safe zone. To reduce the role of agriculture in transgressing planetary boundaries, many interventions will be needed, including those in broader food systems. © 2017 by the author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Campbell, Bruce M.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Beare, Douglas James
Denmark, Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Bennett, Elena M.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Hall-Spencer, Jason Michael
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Japan, Tsukuba
University of Tsukuba
Ingram, John S.I.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Jaramillo, Fernando
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholm Resilience Centre
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Ortiz, Rodomiro Octavio
Sweden, Uppsala
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Ramankutty, Navin
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Shindell, Drew T.
United States, Durham
Duke University
Statistics
Citations: 548
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.5751/ES-09595-220408
ISSN:
17083087
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security