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Changing the agriculture and environment conversation

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The land sharing/sparing debate has stagnated. Finding a way forward requires that we ask new questions and, crucially, focus on human well-being and ecosystem services.

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  1. Elena M. Bennett is in the McGill School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec H9X 3V9, Canada.,

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Bennett, E. Changing the agriculture and environment conversation. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0018 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0018

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