[Link] Bee It Known: Biodiversity Is Critical to Ecosystems
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is consid…
Tag: biodiversity
[Link] Planning and planting for wildlife
It’s important to take the time and research the wildlife you want to attract, where you are doing your planting and the plants you want to plant.
[Link] ‘A poor man’s rainforest’: why we need to stop treating soil like dirt
Complex food webs move nutrients around the system, generating healthy soils that provide goods and services for humanity. Goods include food, fibre a…
[Link] Importance of soil biodiversity remains ‘largely underestimated’
About one-quarter of all biodiversity can be found in the soil. But despite being one of the main ‘global reservoirs’ of biodiversity, the soil is…
[Link] State of knowledge of soil biodiversity
This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global S…
[Link] World Soil Day highlights the role of soil biodiversity in boosting food production and nutrition
Soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, remediating polluted sites and co…
[Link] Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield
Enhancing biodiversity in cropping systems is suggested to promote ecosystem services, thereby reducing dependency on agronomic inputs while maintaini…
[Link] Better Living Through … Biology?
The microbe – in plants, soil, food, insect and animal guts and even in our own guts – has now become one of the hottest areas for innovation and …
[Link] 5 fundamentals to achieve healthy soils
Healthy soil is a farm’s number one asset, and is critical to growing crops and livestock, enriching ecosystems, sequestering carbon and preventing …
[Link] Ecologically friendly agriculture doesn’t compromise crop yields
Research -- based on an analysis of 5,188 studies comparing diversified and simplified agricultural practices --indicates crop yield was maintained or…
