Around 80 percent of the land area in Europe is used for settlement, agriculture and forestry. In order to increase yields even further than current levels, exploitation is being intensified. Areas are being consolidated in order to cultivate them more efficiently using larger machines. Pesticides and fertilisers are increasingly being used and a larger number of animals being kept on grazing land. "Such measures increase yield but, overall, they also have negative impacts on biodiversity," says UFZ biologist Dr. Michael Beckmann. "This is because even agricultural areas offer fauna and flora a valuable habitat—which is something that is frequently not sufficiently taken into consideration."
Betteridge's law of headlines says no, but is more intensive farming really crowding out native species more than less intensive farming?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 12 2019, @10:49PM (1 child)
On a separate topic: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/trump-cbp-commissioner-pardon/index.html [cnn.com]
Please explain how McConnel and Trump are NOT leading us into the jaws of fascism? Is "owning the libs" truly worth selling out the idea of a democratic republic and the basic rule of law?
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday April 13 2019, @01:33AM
No explanation possible, we voted for a fascist, we got a fascist. Hopefully we'll get a pendulum swing away from the jaws in 2020 - the 2018 elections seemed to indicate that's where we're headed...
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