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Fig. 1: A crop field in Denmark (left) following conversion from a fallow field (right).

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J.G. was funded by The Danish Independent Research council (grant 0165-00018B). N.S. and J.W.B were funded by EU Horizon 2020 SUPERB (grant agreement 101036849). N.D.B. was funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) through the Trade, Development and the Environment Hub project (project number ES/S008160/1).

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  1. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Niels Strange

  2. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jonas Geldmann & Neil D. Burgess

  3. UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK

    Neil D. Burgess

  4. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Joseph William Bull

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Strange, N., Geldmann, J., Burgess, N.D. et al. Policy responses to the Ukraine crisis threaten European biodiversity. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 1048–1049 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01786-z

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