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Andrew Balmford
Researcher at University of Cambridge
Publications - 316
Citations - 38321
Andrew Balmford is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Agriculture. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 290 publications receiving 33359 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew Balmford include EcoHealth Alliance & Zoological Society of London.
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Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature
Rhys E. Green,Rhys E. Green,Stephen J. Cornell,Stephen J. Cornell,Jörn P. W. Scharlemann,Jörn P. W. Scharlemann,Andrew Balmford,Andrew Balmford +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the best type of farming for species persistence depends on the demand for agricultural products and on how the population densities of different species on farmland change with agricultural yield, and that high-yield farming may allow more species to persist.
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Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature
Andrew Balmford,Aaron Bruner,Philip Cooper,Robert Costanza,Stephen Farber,Rhys E. Green,Rhys E. Green,Martin Jenkins,Paul Jefferiss,Valma Jessamy,Joah R. Madden,Kat Munro,Norman Myers,Shahid Naeem,Jouni Paavola,Matthew Rayment,Sergio Rosendo,Joan Roughgarden,Kate Trumper,R. Kerry Turner +19 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that the overall benefit:cost ratio of an effective global program for the conservation of remaining wild nature is at least 100:1.
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Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared
TL;DR: Compared crop yields and densities of bird and tree species across gradients of agricultural intensity in southwest Ghana and northern India, land sparing is a more promising strategy for minimizing negative impacts of food production, at both current and anticipated future levels of production.
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Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies
Tara Garnett,M.C. Appleby,Andrew Balmford,Ian J. Bateman,Tim G. Benton,P. Bloomer,Barbara Burlingame,Marian Stamp Dawkins,Liam Dolan,David Fraser,Mario Herrero,Irene Hoffmann,Pete Smith,Philip K. Thornton,Camilla Toulmin,Sonja J. Vermeulen,H. C. J. Godfray +16 more
TL;DR: Clearer understanding is needed of the premises underlying SI and how it relates to food-system priorities and climate change poses challenges to agriculture.
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Integrating economic costs into conservation planning.
Robin Naidoo,Andrew Balmford,Paul J. Ferraro,Stephen Polasky,Taylor H. Ricketts,Mathieu Rouget +5 more
TL;DR: This work focuses on what costs are, why they are important to consider, how they can be quantified and the benefits of their inclusion in priority setting, and considers prospects for integrating them into conservation planning.