Agricultural practices, from farm-scale management to landscape-scale decisions, have a significant impact on biodiversity. They can either sustain and restore (agro)ecosystems or contribute to the ongoing extinction crisis. At the same time, both food production and biodiversity conservation face growing threats from global climate change. Actions taken to mitigate climate impacts or adapt agricultural landscapes to changing conditions may create synergies that benefit biodiversity or introduce trade-offs that shift problems to other areas. However, these complex interactions are often unclear to farmers and other decision-makers. To address this, we propose to synthesize existing literature, develop a comprehensive framework, and produce a synthesis paper to identify knowledge gaps and provide actionable insights for policy and practice.

Funding Years 2025-2026

Seeking faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to join this team, contact Liba Pejchar for details.

Collaboratory Leads:

• Liba Pejchar, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
• Andrea Baudoin Farah, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
• Paúl Cisneros, School of Global Environmental Sustainability