Agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
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Agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries. / Campbell, Bruce Morgan; Beare, Douglas J.; Bennett, Elena M.; Hall-Spencer, Jason M.; Ingram, John S.I.; Jaramillo, Fernando; Ortiz, Rodomiro; Ramankutty, Navin; Sayer, Jeffrey A.; Shindell, Drew.
In: Ecology and Society, Vol. 22, No. 4, 8, 2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Agriculture production as a major driver of the earth system exceeding planetary boundaries
AU - Campbell, Bruce Morgan
AU - Beare, Douglas J.
AU - Bennett, Elena M.
AU - Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
AU - Ingram, John S.I.
AU - Jaramillo, Fernando
AU - Ortiz, Rodomiro
AU - Ramankutty, Navin
AU - Sayer, Jeffrey A.
AU - Shindell, Drew
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Aerosol loading
KW - Biogeochemical flows
KW - Biosphere integrity
KW - Chemical pollution
KW - Climate change
KW - Diversity
KW - Freshwater
KW - Land-system change
KW - Nitrogen
KW - Ocean acidification
KW - Ozone depletion
KW - Phosphorous
U2 - 10.5751/ES-09595-220408
DO - 10.5751/ES-09595-220408
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85032676098
VL - 22
JO - Ecology and Society
JF - Ecology and Society
SN - 1708-3087
IS - 4
M1 - 8
ER -
ID: 196141208