We need improved protection for wildlife and biodiversity must be enhanced, not threatened with genetically modified crops and intensive agriculture.
"There has been a dramatic decline in heath land in Brecknock due to land improvement schemes and intensive agriculture, " said Charles Morgan of Brecknock Wildlife Trust.
Populations of Chinese fir, a conifer which was once widespread throughout China and Vietnam, is being threatened by the expansion of intensive agriculture according to the IUCN.
Much more serious threats to many species of fungi are pollution, intensive agriculture and the disappearance of many of the fields, forests, meadows and verges where they used to flourish.
Founded in 2001 by a pair of Stanford grads, Blue River Technology is using that money to develop an alternative to chemical-intensive agriculture, which is both labor intensive (even with all that spraying fields still need to be weeded) and environmentally toxic.
Production of crops and livestock is water-intensive, and agriculture alone accounts for 70% of all water withdrawn by the combined agriculture, municipal and industrial (including energy) sectors.
Intensive development of agriculture and industry may become a reason of deterioration of underground water in various regions in the absence of water-protective measures which can prevent its pollution.
But is it coherent to scaremonger about food security in Europe and yet to call for less intensive (and thus less productive) agriculture?
The film highlights key water quality problems such as lack of access to safe water and sanitation, inefficient wastewater management in urban areas, water pollution caused by intensive use of nutrients and chemicals in agriculture, the invisible threat of new and emerging pollutants in water and the economic costs of water quality degradation.
He points to the transformation of the agriculture industry in the U.S., which was once labor-intensive and is now much more efficient despite having fewer employees.
应用推荐