Environmental impacts of farming http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/impacts/ Unsustainable agricultural and aquaculture practices present the greatest immediate threat to species and ecosystems around the world. Corn (Zea mays) growing in southern Ontario, Canada. ©…
Diversity and Monocultures https://www.le.ac.uk/se/centres/sci/selfstudy/eco5.htm There are three basic levels of diversity of life: ecosystem diversity is the number of different habitats within an ecosystem; species diversity is the number of species and…
Does conventional farming damage the environment? https://sustainabletable.org.au/Hungryforinfo/Conventionalfarmingdamagetheenvironment/tabid/117/Default.aspx Soil and water pollution Rain and irrigation can lead to agrochemical run-off, which contaminates waterways and causes adverse impacts on aquatic ecosystems as…