Getting Biodiverse About The Things We Eat
Just 15 crop plants, provide 90% of the world's food energy intake. Just three - rice, maize and wheat - make up two-thirds of human food consumption.
Just 15 crop plants, provide 90% of the world's food energy intake. Just three - rice, maize and wheat - make up two-thirds of human food consumption.
One interpretation of the term 'conservation', is to keep things the same as they are. This, I would argue, is precisely the last thing that we need to reach the lofty goal of a healthy and sustainable natural world.
Tree planting is, in my view, one of the simplest and best things you can do to support conservation.
Conservation is caught in a dualism. On the one hand it's this 'big idea' that needs global action on an unprecedented scale; that seems unlikely to..
Money. Best to start with a non-controversial one.
What's the best way to conserve wildlife? Is organic wildlife-friendly farming the way to go? How are we going to feed 9 billion people in 2050?
If ever there was an opportunity for the conservation community to leap on, then this is it.