Monday, July 1, 2019

Global agriculture: Impending threats to biodiversity


SCIENCE NEWS
Wine crops in Chile. A dreamstime photo.

A new study finds that expanding cropland to meet growing food demands, 
poses a far greater threat to biodiverity in the tropics than intensification. More here.
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