Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review

  • Cozim-Melges F
  • Ripoll-Bosch R
  • Veen G
  • et al.
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Abstract

Intensive agriculture for food and feed production is a key driver of global biodiversity loss. It is generally assumed that more extensive practices are needed to reconcile food production with biodiversity conservation. In a literature review across biomes and for seven taxa, we retrieved 35 alternative practices (e.g. no-tillage, cover crops, organic fertilizer) from 331 studies. We found that no single practice enhanced all taxonomic groups, but that overall less intensive agricultural practices are beneficial to biodiversity. Nevertheless, often practices had no effects observed and very rarely contrasting impacts on aboveground versus belowground taxa. Species responses to practices were mostly consistent across biomes, except for fertilization. We conclude that alternative practices generally enhance biodiversity, but there is also variation in impacts depending on taxonomic group or type of practice. This suggests that a careful selection of practices is needed to secure biodiversity across taxa in future food systems worldwide.

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Cozim-Melges, F., Ripoll-Bosch, R., Veen, G. F., Oggiano, P., Bianchi, F. J. J. A., van der Putten, W. H., & van Zanten, H. H. E. (2024). Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review. Npj Biodiversity, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00034-2

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