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Protecting biodiversity strengthens food security - scenarios and policy pathways for Europe’s food systems

Agriculture, biodiversity, and climate change are interconnected. Biodiversity underpins agricultural production by providing a range of essential ecosystem services. Conversely, agricultural practices can contribute to biodiversity conservation or loss, undermining the ecological processes upon which agricultural production depends and hence threatening food security. This interrelationship calls for nuanced and integrated policy approaches that consider the co-benefits and trade-offs within the agriculture-biodiversity-climate nexus to promote shared positive outcomes and prevent unintended consequences.

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