Sustainable, agriculture must be low-input - and this can only achieved in diverse, tightly integrated agro-ecological systems. The real future of farming lies in complex polycultures ... in short, mixed farming.
… Low input farming - diversity is the key Colin Tudge Graham Harvey … the energy that's needed. Efficiency means diversity Common sense and many a field and laboratory study show that diversity above all is the key to …
Seeds are essential to our food and our entire lives, writes Rowan Phillimore. So join in celebrating and sharing them at a series of events this month in London, Bristol, Devon, Oxford, Lancaster, Herts - and begin the fightback against corporate domination of seeds and oppressive government regulation.
… that in the last 100 years alone, the diversity of crops around the world has fallen … and the FAO states plainly that "loss of biodiversity will have a major impact on the … future." As the origin of all crops and crop diversity it is ultimately the loss of seed …
Evolutionary diversity should be an important consideration when identifying priority areas for conservation.
… Evolutionary diversity in the Amazon Staff Reporter | 19th November 2019 News Diversity Productivity Evolution Amazon … International 6-evolutionary.jpg Evolutionary diversity should be an important consideration …
Eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity is found in Indigenous lands. Endangered cultures are leading the fight for climate justice.
… Eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity is found in Indigenous lands. … a will for change. The link between cultural diversity and biodiversity has long been recognised; we must …
The new People Need Nature report - published to coincide with this week's annual Oxford Real Farming Conference - warns that modern farming practices are not good for wildlife. But they're not good for humans either. And with predictions that we will need to produce 70 per cent more food to feed a third more mouths by 2050 the question of seed ownership and diversity cannot be ignored. KATHRYN HINDESS reports
… Hindess | 6th January 2016 News Seed Biodiversity Agribusiness Food Farming … by 2050 the question of seed ownership and diversity cannot be ignored. KATHRYN HINDESS … went pear-shaped. Since the 1900s, crop diversity has been narrowing at a dramatic …
To feed the world we must abandon not just GMOs but all diversity-destroying selective crop breeding, organic farmer John Letts told Oliver Tickell. Only by using biodiverse local seed mixtures that evolve in the field can food production adapt to climate change without ever-increasing chemical inputs, and meet human needs for wholesome nourishment.
… November 2016 Other Farming Food Organic Biodiversity Seeds GMOs UK letts-cut.jpg To feed … world we must abandon not just GMOs but all diversity-destroying selective crop breeding, … And then the fields. A treasure of genetic diversity in every handful The first thing you …
MEPs have voted against a proposed EU sed regulation that would further concentrate the seed market and discriminate against genetically diverse traditional seeds.
… traditional plant varieties rich in genetic diversity. Blatant support for an … policies must be based on the principle of diversity, not corporate uniformity and … on agro-chemical inputs." Supporting genetic diversity Green environment spokesperson Satu …
Farmers' first line of defence against pests is the ecosystem in and around their fields, write Jonathan Lundgren & Scott Fausti. With widespread or indiscriminate use of pesticides essential biodiversity is lost - and the result is more frequent and serious infestations, and a decline in food security.
… Biodiversity is the best defence against corn … indiscriminate use of pesticides essential biodiversity is lost - and the result is more … and a decline in food security. Biodiversity performs critical ecosystem …
The unsung heroes of conservation, botanic gardens are quietly acting as 'arks' for our planets endangered plant species. And we should be very glad they are too...
… it’s hard to imagine that there is a plant diversity crisis. But worldwide it is … can and should be done to tackle the plant diversity crisis. In 2002, governments … the current and continuing loss of plant diversity. The Strategy was developed under …
This is Seed Week 2019 in the UK and Ireland- an opportunity to celebrate the farmers, gardeners.
… this year. The FAO’s State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture report reveals that plant diversity in farmers’ fields is plummeting … who are protecting and growing back the diversity of seed that is our heritage and our …
Indigenous communities in Latin America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from their practices.
… The guardians of biodiversity Ulrike Prinz | 7th May 2020 Comment Biodiversity Amazon Indigenous Peoples Editor’s … are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from …
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds
… Cloned animals a 'threat to genetic diversity' The Ecologist | 4th August 2010 News Cloning Food And Farming Biodiversity cows.jpg The EU Parliament recently … campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds An increase in the …
Findings have important implications for management of urban rivers - including how river clean-ups are conducted.
… Montague | 25th January 2021 | News Biodiversity University Of Nottingham Rivers … masonry samples consistently had the highest diversity, meanwhile, glass and rock samples … rivers which are otherwise lacking in habitat diversity. "A diverse community of …
A lack of diversity is destroying the green movement.
… A lack of diversity is destroying the green movement. … the largest issue. While stocks last! Diversity Minority ethnic people make up 13 … of Fundraisers recognised the lack of ethnic diversity in their sector as a problem in …
Gorillas develop the most complex relationships in teams of 12 to 20 - rather than larger groups.
… gorillas Nina Massey | 29th July 2020 News Biodiversity Science & Systems Gorillas Mountain … sometimes up to 65 gorillas - there was less diversity of social relationships. Dr Robin … "However, our study suggests that social diversity is lower in very large groups where …
For just 8% of the fish landed, extraordinary, beautiful, ancient, diverse deep sea habitats are routinely destroyed by fishing gear. And as J. Murray Roberts writes, it's all for a one-off hit as the fish are so slow to grow and reproduce. If the same damage happened on land, there would be uproar.
… have begun to uncover their true extent and diversity. Using acoustic technologies … These surveys are revealing not only the diversity of habitats in Scotland's deep seas, … are connected ecologically. Celebrate the diversity of our seabeds - then we might care …
Vandana Shiva explains why Seed Satyagraha – a non-cooperation movement in the footsteps of Gandhi – will be crucial in blocking the introduction of the proposed Seed Law
… seed supply system, and the erosion of seed diversity and seed sovereignty. Seed … It is based on reclaiming the seed and biodiversity as commons and public good. The last … years have seen a very rapid erosion of seed diversity and seed sovereignty, and an intense …
The government continues to grapple with the complexities of Brexit, and lurching from crisis to crisis. In the meantime, former Green Party leader NATALIE BENNETT, a regular contributor to The Ecologist, sets out her vision for a stable, successful Britain
… The three things Britain needs: security, diversity, democracy Natalie Bennett | 24th … a list of just three ingredients: security, diversity, democracy. First, security. The … Food that won’t cost the Earth Second, diversity. We’re in a land - a life - of …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
… 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming Water Biodiversity Seeds Trade gaia-cut.jpg We cannot … commit ourselves to protect our soils and biodiversity. Our living soils will become … to defend themselves." 2. Our seeds and biodiversity, our soils and water, our air, …
Ecological restoration and 'microbiome rewilding' could have significant health benefits for humans.
… leading to a loss of trophic and genetic diversity, and shifts in ecological … outcomes associated with higher microbial diversity such as reduced atopic sensitivity … forest with high compositional and structural diversity”. The authors also point out that …
Building a new more sustainable future is surely best done by creating inspiring alternatives rather than criticising the old. DANIEL CHRISTIAN WAHL celebrates the work of Gaia Education - an educational NGO that is at the forefront of locally focused sustainability education on six continents
… We need to come together in all our wonderful diversity as one Re-Generation facing our … as much as constructive ways to celebrate diversity and work creatively with differences … Participants learn to reframe biocultural diversity as a source of resilience and the …
Voices of people of colour make up just three percent of discussions about climate breakdown even in progressive Bristol.
… Diversity needed for climate justice Tess de … | 8th October 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Diversity Racism Bristol University Editor’s … Bristol. There is a worrying lack of diversity in climate change decision making, …
Competition for land, water and energy are increasing, exacerbated by climate change and a growing population. But why does the Food and Agriculture Organisation now believe indigenous people could provide a solution? Peter Giovannini investigates
… People Food And Farming Food Security Biodiversity Investigations 1gaia.jpg Competition … food demand and supply, maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem services, and mitigating … but related, fields of development. Biodiversity conservation In the last two decades …
With the diversity of food crops falling dramatically and just three giant corporations controlling over 75 per cent of the global seed supply, it's no wonder people feel disconnected from their food. LAURA BRIGGS learns more about a new UK Seed Co-operative which aims to redress the balance
… Resilience seed cooperative.jpg With the diversity of food crops falling dramatically … we can, but they are not going to sustain biodiversity forever. Sustainability will need … looking to establish the Seed Co-operative. "Diversity is the striking thing that links my …