Global Consequences of Land Use Export

@article{citeulike:764927, abstract = {Land use has generally been considered a local environmental issue, but it is becoming a force of global importance. Worldwide changes to forests, farmlands, waterways, and air are being driven by the need to provide food, fiber, water, and shelter to more than six billion people. Global croplands, pastures, plantations, and urban areas have expanded in recent decades, accompanied by large increases in energy, water, and fertilizer consumption, along with considerable losses of biodiversity. Such changes in land use have enabled humans to appropriate an increasing share of the planet's resources, but they also potentially undermine the capacity of ecosystems to sustain food production, maintain freshwater and forest resources, regulate climate and air quality, and ameliorate infectious diseases. We face the challenge of managing trade-offs between immediate human needs and maintaining the capacity of the biosphere to provide goods and services in the long term. 10.1126/science.1111772}, author = {Foley, Jonathan A. and DeFries, Ruth and Asner, Gregory P. and Barford, Carol and Bonan, Gordon and Carpenter, Stephen R. and Chapin, F. Stuart and Coe, Michael T. and Daily, Gretchen C. and Gibbs, Holly K. and Helkowski, Joseph H. and Holloway, Tracey and Howard, Erica A. and Kucharik, Christopher J. and Monfreda, Chad and Patz, Jonathan A. and Prentice, I. Colin and Ramankutty, Navin and Snyder, Peter K.}, citeulike-article-id = {764927}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1111772}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/309/5734/570.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/309/5734/570.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/309/5734/570}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16040698}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16040698}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1126/science.1111772}, journal = {Science}, month = {July}, number = {5734}, pages = {570--574}, posted-at = {2009-10-14 22:17:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Global Consequences of Land Use}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1111772}, volume = {309}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:764927 L3 - citeulike-article-id:764927 N2 - Land use has generally been considered a local environmental issue, but it is becoming a force of global importance. Worldwide changes to forests, farmlands, waterways, and air are being driven by the need to provide food, fiber, water, and shelter to more than six billion people. Global croplands, pastures, plantations, and urban areas have expanded in recent decades, accompanied by large increases in energy, water, and fertilizer consumption, along with considerable losses of biodiversity. Such changes in land use have enabled humans to appropriate an increasing share of the planet's resources, but they also potentially undermine the capacity of ecosystems to sustain food production, maintain freshwater and forest resources, regulate climate and air quality, and ameliorate infectious diseases. We face the challenge of managing trade-offs between immediate human needs and maintaining the capacity of the biosphere to provide goods and services in the long term. 10.1126/science.1111772 IS - 5734 JF - Science EP - 574 TI - Global Consequences of Land Use VL - 309 SP - 570 AU - Foley, Jonathan AU - DeFries, Ruth AU - Asner, Gregory AU - Barford, Carol AU - Bonan, Gordon AU - Carpenter, Stephen AU - Chapin, Stuart AU - Coe, Michael AU - Daily, Gretchen AU - Gibbs, Holly AU - Helkowski, Joseph AU - Holloway, Tracey AU - Howard, Erica AU - Kucharik, Christopher AU - Monfreda, Chad AU - Patz, Jonathan AU - Prentice, Colin AU - Ramankutty, Navin AU - Snyder, Peter PY - 2005/07/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1111772 ER -