@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
So Wales is the last place we should be rewilding!
Concentrate on Lincolnshire perhaps or the South East
#monocultures

When I pass by #monocultures, I see torture chambers and concentration camps. I see humans torturing emotional & intelligent beings from birth till death.

Here is what land, #soil, #water, #pesticides and #fertilizer are used for where I live.

The National Park part of the #Harz is essentially a vast #rewilding project. #ClimateChange has resulted in more frequent #droughts. Sap flow in the spruce #monocultures is reduced, and with less resin, the trees are more susceptible to bark-beetle infestations.

The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions. Is it breaking the planet? Stunning photos document the vast, fragile enterprise that feeds us

Good read: This Nov '24 piece delves into countries reliance on the #GlobalFoodSupplyChain and potential shocks to it from various upheavals - as seen with Covid-19. Trumps #tariffs make it more relevant now.

Eating The Earth
#agsky #geopolitics #monocultures
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New Research Reveals: “Sustainable” Palm Oil No Different in Land Conflicts New research published in the journal Political Geography reveals that there is no significant difference between RSPO-certified “sustainable” palm oil companies and non-certified ones …

#SustainablePalmOil is NOT sustainable

#BoycottPalmOil
#Boycott4Wildlife

#RSPO#PalmOilCorporations
#PR
#Monocultures
#Greenwashing
#Gaslighting
#Deforestation
#Ecocide
#BiodiversityHotspots
#GlobalSouth

#PalmiticAcid
#Metastasis
#Cancers
#SalvadorAznarBenitah
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#envhis #aquaculture #oysters #pestinspection #MiyagiPrefecture #WashingtonState #politicsofinvasiveness #monocultures #coastalhistory

Photograph taken in the tree row of an alley cropping system in Germany. Photo credits: Peter Hahn

#Agroforestry is often mentioned for its potential to mitigate #GHG emissions in #agriculture. In a new paper headed by Guodong Shao and @gomartinson.bsky.social, we show that alley cropping agroforestry had higher #soil #CH4 uptake compared to #monocultures

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[3/5] Les #monocultures, souvent dominées par des espèces invasives comme l’ailante, appauvrissent les #écosystèmes et remplacent les mosaïques de #paysages agricoles qui favorisaient une riche #biodiversité. Ces terres désertées illustrent un défi écologique majeur. #geography

Motivation: Large-scale conversion of tropical forests into #monocultures is a major threat to the conservation of tropical #biodiversity. While restoring native biodiversity in these ecosystems is a priority, effective #restoration strategies have yet to be identified

When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests Scientists are teasing out the benefits of intercropping, but getting the right mix of plants is key

Fascinating. Some crops planted together fight pests - with the potential to reduce crop spraying. Mixed crops are more resilient than #monocultures
When maize screams, beans listen: How the Three Sisters crop trio repels pests
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New publication: Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil #microbiotas as compared to #monocultures in a multilocation field experiment. #biodiversity #agriculture #microbiome #covercrops #pathogens #soil
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105573

#Agriculture: Productivity benefits from field #biodiversity can arise when compatible #pathogen hosts are buffered by unrelated neighbors, diluting pathogen impacts. Specialist pathogens in #monocultures decrease host plant yields: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #yields

Monoculture Rice Production Outperformed by Traditional Techniques that Integrate Aquatic Animals - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, March 15, 2022) Adding animal diversity to rice paddy farms reduces weed pressure, increases food production, and makes fertilizer use more efficient, according to a study published late last month in the journal eLife. As chemical-dependent, industrialized agriculture has spread across the world, local farmers are increasingly pressured into eschewing traditional agricultural practices in favor of monocultures in an attempt to meet the demands of global markets. This one-size-fits-all approach oversimplifies the interdependency within ecosystems, failing to incorporate the complexity of nature that many traditional and organic practices embrace. As the present study shows, research and investment into systems that promote natural diversity can provide insights that allow these approaches to leapfrog the chemical-dependent, monoculture paradigm of industrial agriculture. Rice paddy fields are intentionally flooded, and crops are often grown in shallow water. In industrialized fields, monocultures of rice are planted out, and fertilizers and weed killers are applied at regular intervals. However, many traditional rice farmers around the world integrate aquatic animals into their paddies. In the present experiment, researchers conducted a 4-year long evaluation comparing the benefits of monoculture production against co-cultures of rice and aquatic animals. Co-culturing animals and rice differs slightly from traditional practices […]

Adding #animal #diversity to #rice paddy #farms reduces weed pressure, increases #food production, and makes #fertilizer use more efficient. #monocultures #organic

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Pesticides damage survival of bee colonies, landmark stud... The world’s largest ever field trial demonstrates widely ...

"The current model of farming based on #monocultures and #pesticides is causing devastating environmental harm."
www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/29/...