Search
Search Results
-
Biodiversity in Agriculture Sustainability of Soil, Soil Fauna and Soil Flora
This book begins with the principal subject of biodiversity in agriculture. The onslaught of highly soil extractive chemical farming, euphemistically...
-
A Whole Earth Approach to Nature-Positive Food: Biodiversity and Agriculture
Agriculture is the largest single source of environmental degradation, responsible for over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 70% of...
-
Regenerative Agriculture as Biodiversity Islands
When the amount of biological diversityDiversity in an agricultural system is significantly higher than the baseline biodiversity of the surrounding...
-
Biodiversity: Concepts and Values
The chapter on “Biodiversity: Concepts and Values” delves into the multifaceted nature of biodiversity, encompassing the richness of life forms and...
-
Threats to Biodiversity
The chapter on “Threats to Biodiversity” examines the detrimental impact of various factors on the delicate balance of life on Earth. Habitat...
-
Biodiversity and Pest Outbreaks
The concept of biodiversity as a key factor influencing the stability of insect populations within ecosystems is explored. Biodiversity, encompassing...
-
Agriculture and Food Resources
Food provides nutrients and energy necessary for metabolism and bodily functions. Primitive man obtained food from natural forests, rich in diverse...
-
Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity conservation strategies encompass both in situ and ex situ methods. In situ conservation focuses on protecting species and ecosystems in...
-
Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review
Intensive agriculture for food and feed production is a key driver of global biodiversity loss. It is generally assumed that more extensive practices...
-
Toward climate-resilient and biodiverse agriculture in the Mediterranean region: experiences and perceptions of farmers engaged in sustainable food production
The abandonment of smallholder agriculture and the expansion of conventional intensive agriculture pose a potential threat to the multifunctionality...
-
Biodiversity and Functional Attributes of Rhizospheric Microbiomes: Potential Tools for Sustainable Agriculture
The quest for increasing agricultural yield due to increasing population pressure and demands for healthy food has inevitably led to the...
-
Colombian biodiversity is governed by a rich and diverse policy mix
We lack an understanding of how diverse policymakers interact to govern biodiversity. Taking Colombia as a focal case, we examined six decades of...
-
Agroforestry Systems As Biodiversity Islands in Productive Landscapes
Agroforestry systems (AFS) are an important strategy for conservation within human managed landscapes, given their ability to harmonize productivity...
-
Direct and indirect effects of agricultural land cover on avian biodiversity in eastern Canada
Agriculture is one of the largest threats to global biodiversity. However, most studies have focused only on the direct effects of agriculture on...
-
Biodiversity Conservation Strategies and Sustainability
Biodiversity is threatened globally, but most especially in Africa due to overexploitation and despite legislation in place to address concerns about...
-
Biodiversity–production feedback effects lead to intensification traps in agricultural landscapes
Intensive agriculture with high reliance on pesticides and fertilizers constitutes a major strategy for ‘feeding the world’. However, such...
-
Rangeland Biodiversity
In its simplest form, biodiversity is defined as species richness (the number of species in a given area). More complex definitions include the...
-
Soil, Water, and Biodiversity Conservation Through Agroforestry for Crop Production
Agroforestry is integrated with agriculture crops, perennial trees, and livestock or pasture. Agroforestry has the potential for sustainable...
-
Biodiversity Conservation Problems
Forty-four percent of the territory of Armenia is a high mountainous area. The degree of land use is strongly unproportional. The zones under...
-
Plant Biodiversity in the Context of Food Security Under Climate Change
Natural and human factors affect climate change which drastically alters agriculture, food security, and biodiversity. But little is known about it...