Source: Fred Lewsey, GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 10/22/21

Farming should be as high-yield as possible so it can be limited to relatively small areas, allowing much more land to be left as natural habitats while still meeting future food targets, according to a major new analysis of over a decade of research. Most species fare better under this “land sparing” approach than if farming tries to share land with nature – as wildlife-friendly agriculture still damages most biodiversity and requires far more land to produce the same amount of food. This is the conclusion of research that takes into account over 2,500 individually assessed plant...

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