Biodiversity and pollination benefits trade off against profit in an intensive farming system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(28)

Published: July 3, 2023

Agricultural expansion and intensification have boosted global food production but come at the cost of environmental degradation biodiversity loss. Biodiversity-friendly farming that boosts ecosystem services, such as pollination natural pest control, is widely being advocated to maintain improve agricultural productivity while safeguarding biodiversity. A vast body evidence showing agronomic benefits enhanced service delivery represent important incentives adopt practices enhancing However, costs biodiversity-friendly management are rarely taken into account may a major barrier impeding uptake by farmers. Whether how conservation, delivery, farm profit can go hand in unknown. Here, we quantify ecological, agronomic, net economic an intensive grassland–sunflower system Southwest France. We found reducing land-use intensity on grasslands drastically enhances flower availability wild bee diversity, including rare species. furthermore resulted up 17% higher revenue neighboring sunflower fields through positive effects delivery. opportunity reduced grassland forage yields consistently exceeded pollination. Our results highlight profitability often key constraint hampering adoption biodiversity-based critically depends society’s willingness pay for associated public goods

Language: Английский

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What weeding robots need to know about ecology

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 364, P. 108861 - 108861

Published: Jan. 18, 2024

In weed control the aims of securing crop productivity and protecting biodiversity are often difficult to reconcile. Currently, development autonomous in-field intervention technology, such as field robots, is creating new potential for minimizing trade-offs between these two aims. To exploit this potential, management strategies need adapt. However, it currently unclear which kind input information (e.g. cover, number weeds, species identity) required a targeted approach, impacts robotic application has on trade-off yield biodiversity. Here, we used dataset from organically farmed fields assess several strategies, simulating robot-supported control. Specifically, within-field heterogeneity variables model effects different kinds hypothetical, spatially selective system. The results showed that, at defined loss, gamma diversity (number entire investigated area) maintainable large degree, even without or within being decide where weed. maintain alpha (average per plot), more explicit required, plot, quantity (weed cover species), competitiveness. Consequently, weeding robot would have be technically capable distinguishing individual species, measuring processing captured in real time removing weeds per-plant level. Further, could shown that success complex strategy independent degree spatial present level richness.

Language: Английский

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Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the field promotes plant colonization rate and yield

European Journal of Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 164, P. 127503 - 127503

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Crop diversification for pollinator conservation

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(1)

Published: Jan. 11, 2025

Abstract Context Intensive agriculture drives insect decline impacting insect-mediated ecosystem services that support production. Crop diversification shows promise in increasing crop productivity and enhancing services, however, the impact on biodiversity conservation, particularly of pollinators, is unclear. Objectives Here, we synthesize mechanisms current evidence base how spatial temporal diversity crops within across agricultural fields can benefit pollinator biodiversity. Methods We focus research highly intensified regions, Western Europe North America, from which know a lot about decline, but use inspiration tropical regions. Results find higher diversity, with sequentially flowering cultivars, intercropping practices, larger coverage crops, for example through integrating cultivation forgotten, novel, woody increases flower resource availability throughout active flight period pollinators. All practices increase landscape heterogeneity, further enhanced by decreasing field sizes. As result, functional connectivity increases, improves accessibility foraging ranges Conclusions Our review highlights potential various measures supporting pollinating insects without taking land out production, as well limitations, including only subset species may benefit. Empirical suggest could landscape-wide studies are needed to properly evaluate true conservation part solution bending curve decline.

Language: Английский

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Honeybees and colony collapse disorder: understanding key drivers and economic implications

DELETED, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainable finance, biodiversity, and greenwashing: how contested values, metrics, and causation facilitate information distortion, information omission, and information pollution

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 74, P. 101522 - 101522

Published: March 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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Reassessing science communication for effective farmland biodiversity conservation

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39(6), P. 537 - 547

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Effects of heavy metals and metalloids on plant-animal interaction and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems—an overview

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 197(1)

Published: Dec. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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An integrated analysis framework of supply, demand, flow, and use to better understand realized ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 69, P. 101649 - 101649

Published: Aug. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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The current status of the use of genetic modification and editing to improve biodiversity and ecological sustainability

All Life, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: Oct. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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