TY - JOUR
T1 - Vinecology
T2 - Pairing wine with nature
AU - Viers, Joshua H.
AU - Williams, John N.
AU - Nicholas, Kimberly A.
AU - Barbosa, Olga
AU - Kotzé, Inge
AU - Spence, Liz
AU - Webb, Leanne B.
AU - Merenlender, Adina
AU - Reynolds, Mark
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - With some of the highest biodiversity on the planet, the Mediterranean Biome is experiencing a conservation crisis driven by high human population density, development, and habitat fragmentation. While protected areas safeguard some critical habitat, economic realities require conservation efforts in human-dominated landscapes to maintain biodiversity in practice. As an essential component of food security for a growing human population, agricultural landscapes must play a key role in such efforts because they occupy large areas of land, are adjacent to critical habitat, and both depend on and provide ecosystem services. Winegrapes are a high-value specialty crop that can both benefit from and contribute to conservation, as producers and consumers increasingly value environmental stewardship. At the same time, potential expansion of cultivated areas, either to meet future wine demand or in response to climate change, means that decreasing the environmental impact of viticulture is critical for biodiversity conservation. We propose that vinecology-the integration of ecological and viticultural practices-can produce win-win solutions for wine production and nature conservation, where the goal is a diverse landscape that yields sustainable economic benefits, species and habitat protection, and long-term provision of a full range of ecosystem services.
AB - With some of the highest biodiversity on the planet, the Mediterranean Biome is experiencing a conservation crisis driven by high human population density, development, and habitat fragmentation. While protected areas safeguard some critical habitat, economic realities require conservation efforts in human-dominated landscapes to maintain biodiversity in practice. As an essential component of food security for a growing human population, agricultural landscapes must play a key role in such efforts because they occupy large areas of land, are adjacent to critical habitat, and both depend on and provide ecosystem services. Winegrapes are a high-value specialty crop that can both benefit from and contribute to conservation, as producers and consumers increasingly value environmental stewardship. At the same time, potential expansion of cultivated areas, either to meet future wine demand or in response to climate change, means that decreasing the environmental impact of viticulture is critical for biodiversity conservation. We propose that vinecology-the integration of ecological and viticultural practices-can produce win-win solutions for wine production and nature conservation, where the goal is a diverse landscape that yields sustainable economic benefits, species and habitat protection, and long-term provision of a full range of ecosystem services.
KW - Best practices
KW - Footprint
KW - New world mediterranean
KW - Vineyard
KW - Viticulture
KW - Winelands
KW - Working landscapes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884698830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/conl.12011
DO - 10.1111/conl.12011
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 1755-263X
VL - 6
SP - 287
EP - 299
JO - Conservation Letters
JF - Conservation Letters
IS - 5
ER -