biodiversity
03/25/2018
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By Tracey Watson
Working with nature to reduce pesticide use: Farmers around the world are rediscovering the increased yields offered by biodiversity
The face of agriculture has changed dramatically over the past century. Instead of working with what nature has provided, encouraging biodiversity and companion planting to ward off pests, farmers have been encouraged to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, with disastrous results. Despite being promised greater crop protection and increased yields, the results have been low-yielding […]
07/21/2017
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By Rhonda Johansson
Chemical pesticides, industrial pollution and ecological destruction causing sixth mass extinction on planet Earth
A peer-reviewed analysis published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences classified this age as one of “biological annihilation” — one that has prompted the planet’s sixth mass extinction event. Scientists behind the study threaten that should no policies be made to address this issue now, we may soon be facing catastrophic biodiversity changes. […]
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