none 10.19103/AS.2024.0134.26 Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited 8180 167722533 5380333 2242117 20241122104511021 10.19103 2026-04-01T13:50:47Z 2024-11-22T06:23:45Z 0 20596936 University of New England Nick Reid Rhiannon Smith University of New England 10 05 2024 9781801464543 Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 10.19103/AS.2024.0134 https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/?id=3-190-136546 University of New England Nick C. H. Reid David C. Paton University of Adelaide This chapter reviews current bottom-up and top-down approaches to achieving this ambitious goal. As it points out, agricultural regions where wild nature is now closer to 1% than 30% by area are unlikely to retain some or perhaps most native species using bottom-up biodiversity-friendly farm management approaches, valuable as these are. The solution in such regions is the restoration of large areas of farmland, perhaps whole farms and clusters of farms, to habitats managed for native biodiversity. This chapter highlights how this might be achieved through a case study based on the Mount Lofty region of South Australia. It also discusses ongoing challenges in meeting this goal by assessing the impact of over-extraction of water on the ecological health of the Murray–Darling Basin in south-eastern Australia and the effectiveness of attempts to address this problem. 10 05 2024 10 05 2024 503 532 10.19103/AS.2024.0134.26 https://www.bdspublishing.com/webshop/chapters/crops/regenerative-techniques/promoting-biodiversity/biodiversity-and-agricultural-landscapes-where-are-the-gaps/ https://link.springer.com/10.19103/AS.2024.0134.26