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that partitions policy formulation into short- and long-run perspectives. If the “magic bullet” cannot be found in the short-run, which we should assume, then we must focus on the age-old approach of restricting the supply of land to agriculture through protected areas. This is to say, we must let nature “constrain” the use of land while we continue the hard work of innovation, which requires time. Then, once successful, the constraint of nature relaxes naturally, as eco-agriculture spares and shares land, thereby achieving the difficult task of providing for human welfare at minimal to no ecological cost.
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