ABSTRACT
Two contemporary crises are more than coincidentally related. First, the crisis of biodiversity loss and second, the crisis of world hunger. While both of these crises legitimately fan ames of concern, their intersection is widely misunderstood. Witnesses testifying to the ongoing decline in biodiversity, especially in the tropics, construct a scenario in which the encroachment of agriculture into natural “unspoiled” spaces is the key intersection. The more humanist of them nd covenant with human rights advocates and recognize the need for food and water of even those who would spoil the unspoiled wilderness. A passionate search for an analytical framework and action agenda that will satisfy both of these concerns is understandable. Yet the nature of any proposed agenda, of any analytical framework, is not as simple as frequently seems to be the case on rst glance. Reective contemplation is warranted for any proposed agenda or framework.
