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Forum¹ – Response

Pathways for integration of biodiversity conservation into New Zealand’s agricultural production

Sarah Meadows^1,*

Markus Gradwohl¹

Henrik Moller¹

Chris Rosin¹

Catriona J. MacLeod²

Florian Weller¹

Grant Blackwell¹

Chris Perley¹

¹Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability
Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

²Landcare Research
PO Box 69
Lincoln 7640, New Zealand

*Author for correspondence:
sarahmeadows@mac.com

Our claim that integration approaches will be more effective than land allocation approaches for conserving biodiversity in New Zealand’s agricultural production landscapes (Moller et al. 2008b) has been challenged by Lee et al. (2008, this issue). Our critics also disagree with our conclusion that ongoing intensification is inevitable and assert that it must be counteracted if New Zealand’s globally important biodiversity is not to go extinct in our agricultural landscapes. Here, we reply to their critique and clarify our analysis of the possible pathways that New Zealand could take to integrate intensive agriculture and biodiversity conservation. For readers to better understand and evaluate our original viewpoint, it is necessary to discuss causes and contexts of agricultural intensification and consider barriers and enablers for changing farming practice to trigger more biodiversity-sympathetic agriculture in New Zealand.

 

¹The Forum section contains short opinion articles on topics within the scope of the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. Forum articles are not refereed, and editing is limited to style matters. They should be no more than the equivalent of 2500 words including references. Articles commenting on a specific paper will be referred to the author(s) of that paper for right of reply before publication. Forum articles should not be cited as scientific papers.

A08066; Online publication date 30 October 2008
Received 24 October 2008

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2008, Vol. 51:467–471
0028–8233/08/5104–0467 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2008

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