Short project description

Denmark is dominated by agriculture, which covers 62% of the terrestrial land surface. One of the biggest threats towards biodiversity and nature is lack of space and large connected nature areas. Still, there is a need to sustain or even increase the current food production on a global scale. This raise the question whether an area should be prioritized as an integration (“land sharing”) or separation (“land sparing”) of nature and agricultural production. Finally, barriers and opportunities related to the implementation of land sharing versus land sparing at landscape scale could be assessed, considering the multifunctional landscape functions and links with national and European policies.
In this project, the aim is to define and map areas where nature and production can coexist and areas, which should be prioritized only for nature or only production. A national map can be produced showing these relationships. For the analysis the student can use various geographical data handled in GIS such as land use, biodiversity, soil, production, historical maps etc.