AR 210 – BUILDING CODES & REGULATIONS

LAND SHARING
&
LAND SPARING

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1. LAND SHARING
Land sharing is a method whereby existing public or private land occupied by squatters is
redeveloped in a way that enables the regularization of the existing development through
resettlement housing to rehouse squatters. So that every person have the access of basic
amenities.
In a land sharing scenario farmland is less high yielding (measured in terms of, say, cereal output) but
more biodiverse. However, for the same level of food output, as compared with a land sparing scenario,
less land is available solely for nature conservation.
A land-sparing scenario is one in which farmland is higher yielding (and therefore often less
biodiverse), but since high farm productivity means that less land is needed to achieve a given
level of output, this could allow more non-farm land to be spared for nature.

2. LAND SPARING
LAND SHARING VS LAND SPARING

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CHARACTERSTICS :
LAND SPARING
Production & Conservation in distinct
areas
Production Intensification
Less land allocated to production
More inputs to agricultural production
Mono Cropping
LAND SHARING
Conservation in agricultural areas
Agricultural Production benefits from
ecological system
More land allocated to Agriculture
Less inputs ( self sustained )
Diverse or associated cropping
EXAMPLE :

 On the left, an example of land sparing in Bolivia where farmland and land for nature conservation are
segregated. On the right, an example of land sharing on a shade-grown coffee plantation in Mexico, where
food production is integrated into native vegetation.

REFERENCES : -
1. https://foodsource.org.uk/building-blocks/what-land-sparing-sharing-continuum
2. http://www.jamesborrell.com/good-ideas-in-conservation-1-land-sparing-vs-land-sharing/#:~:text=Land%20Sharing%3A%
20A%20situation%20where,areas%20of%20natural%20habitat%20untouched
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3. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.21