News Headline
Declining biodiversity for food and agriculture needs urgent global action
Source
Nature
Publication Date
2020-02-24
Conserving biodiversity while meeting the needs of human populations for food, fibre, fuel, timber and other products from the world’s croplands, grasslands, forests and aquatic ecosystems is a major global challenge. Land- and water-use change, pollution, overharvesting and greenhouse gas emissions associated with food and agriculture are among the most serious threats to biodiversity.