The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature

Rebecca Neville DelaRosa, James Moore, Jahi Chappell, Jessica Zemaitis

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Abstract

The "Goldilocks hypothesis" refers to the idea of “sparing land for nature” as a version of the story of Goldilocks: that there’s an amount of food production that is “just right” such that all the rest of the world’s land-base can be saved for nature while everyone will still be fed. Unfortunately, land-use policy has nothing to do with number of people who are fed, and empirically conservation policy is neither typically nor strongly connected to either agricultural yield or food policy. Here we attempt to address some of the failings of the land-sparing argument and propose alternatives attempting to address those failings, namely, in the areas of production, waste, equality and biodiversity.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2015
EventClimate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach - Pullman, WA
Duration: 26 Jun 2012 → 26 Jun 2012

Conference

ConferenceClimate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach
Period26/06/12 → 26/06/12

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food production
biodiversity
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yield (agricultural)
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conservation policy

Keywords

  • Land sparing
  • Land sharing
  • agroecology
  • food security
  • gender

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Neville DelaRosa, R., Moore, J., Chappell, J., & Zemaitis, J. (2015). The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature. Poster session presented at Climate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, .

The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature. / Neville DelaRosa, Rebecca; Moore, James; Chappell, Jahi; Zemaitis, Jessica.

2015. Poster session presented at Climate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, .

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

Neville DelaRosa, R, Moore, J, Chappell, J & Zemaitis, J 2015, 'The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature' Climate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, 26/06/12 - 26/06/12, .
Neville DelaRosa R, Moore J, Chappell J, Zemaitis J. The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature. 2015. Poster session presented at Climate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, .
Neville DelaRosa, Rebecca ; Moore, James ; Chappell, Jahi ; Zemaitis, Jessica. / The ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis’: Misspecification, omissions and errors in ‘sparing land for nature. Poster session presented at Climate, land use, and agricultural and natural resources: Activities in interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, .
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