Biodiversity crisis: Technological advances in agriculture are not a sufficient response
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 08:10
in Biology & Nature
Rapid population and economic growth are destroying biological diversity—especially in the tropics. This was reported by a research team led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A growing demand for agricultural products requires new cultivated areas. Even though technological advances are making agriculture more efficient, growing populations quickly absorbs these increases. According to the study, an effective nature conservation policy needs concepts to curb population growth and for sustainable consumption.