Shade-grown coffee retains biodiversity at higher levels than more intensely farmed, full-sun or monoculture systems2,3,4,5.
The newsprint we use for newspapers, however, is more than 70% recycled, and sourced in a way that retains biodiversity, which is really important to us.
Researchers find that conservation and landscape management practices are key for retaining biodiversity, especially with the increasing threat of climate change.
It has been proposed that it retains biodiversity values better than clearfelling, although, to date, there has been limited research on small mammal responses to this practice, especially in southern hemisphere systems.
Protected areas with more restrictive management objectives are expected to retain more biodiversity.
Now that the boundaries have been set, the zoning of the MPAs is intended to offer protection to all examples of marine habitats and retain coastal biodiversity.
To aid the conservation of T. lamproides the managing authority planned to retain a "biodiversity spine" (i.e. a string of contiguous coupes (logging units) that would be regenerated to native forest rather than converted to plantation) within areas earmarked for major plantation development.
After forest conversion, agroforestry systems and fallows provide multiple functions and valued products, and retain significant biodiversity.
We need to know how to build complex landscapes that can endure extremes and retain functional biodiversity while continuing to contribute to agricultural productivity (Lovell and Johnston 2008).
The National Farmers Unionn's countryside adviser, Claire Robinson, said: "We believe efforts, and finances, would be better focused on retaining current biodiversity".
