This initiative generated multiple benefits: protecting native biodiversity, increasing local water supply, and enabling the company to use the cleared vegetation as biomass fuel.
But can massive quantities of biomass be harvested sustainably without eroding/degrading soils, destroying biodiversity, increasing food insecurity and displacing marginalized peoples?" Moreover, the report states, simply "moving beyond petroleum" does not address high consumption patterns that drive many of these environmental ills.
Biodiversity increases resilience: more species means each individual species is better able to withstand impacts.
Isbell, F. et al. Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes.
Baert, J. M., De Laender, F., Sabbe, K. & Janssen, C. R. Biodiversity increases functional and compositional resistance, but decreases resilience in phytoplankton communities.
We show that biodiversity increased ecosystem resistance for a broad range of climate events, including wet or dry, moderate or extreme, and brief or prolonged events.
Even though most classes are better recorded today than before, the gap between birds and the rest of biodiversity (i.e. ∼99% of known biodiversity) increases with time because bird occurrences accumulate much faster than other class occurrences.
At the other extreme, annual and perennial non-crop vegetation may be integrated with cropping, and biodiversity increased at the landscape level.
Growing interest in conservation and biodiversity increased the demand for accurate and consistent identification of biological objects, such as insects, at the level of individual or species.
Vermont says that GMOs contribute to "loss of biodiversity, increased vulnerability of crops to pests" and pose "potential risk" for the environment.
In many countries, the loss of native forests has had serious negative consequences including loss of biodiversity, increased landslides, soil erosion and flash flooding, and deteriorating water quality.
