Easy Ways to Help Biodiversity
Any help in any manner is better than no help at all. Awareness is the most imporant aspect towards environment protection and conservation.
We are glad to share a few ways in which you can help Biodiversity.
Plant Native Species
Nothing can be more destructive to an ecosystem than the introduction of a new species. Invasive alien species are non-native plants or animals that are introduced accidentally or deliberately into an ecosystem where they are not normally found, with serious negative consequences for that ecosystem. So what can you do to ensure that local biodiversity is not impacted by invasive alien species? Very simply, you can help limit the spread of invasive alien species in your garden and instead plant local ones.
Support Sustainable agricultural methods
Agriculture had a tremendous impact on biodiversity. Intensive and monoculture farming depletes soil nutrients but it also strips the cultivated land from a range of organisms that help fight the spread of pests. Sustainable agriculture practices support integrating biodiversity in various ways including in terms of diversity of crops, traditional agriculture techniques to control pests and increase productivity as well as ensuring that farmed land is made up of a diverse mix of grazing land, crop land, orchards, wetlands and managed forests. So when you can, go organic!
Restoring Wilderness
Just as diversity in agriculture is important for biodiversity, diversity in flora and fauna more generally is also very important. But sometimes the damage is so extensive that local ecosystems and critical species are completely or almost extinct in the wild. In such cases, with sound scientific evidence, government authorities may consider “Restoring Wilderness” specific areas. “Rewilding” involves restoring connectivity between otherwise fragmented protected areas and the reintroduction of local predators.
Green infrastructure
An approach that seeks to marry modern development and infrastructure projects with biodiversity conservation. If when we make plans for building roads, railways and bridges we assess the impacts for local biodiversity and adapt our plans to minimise those, this will go a long way to helping increase biodiversity. For example, in urban areas properly designed parks, urban gardens, green roofs and walls can contribute to biodiversity⁹. Similarly, green bridges and eco-ducts cannot only help biodiversity but they can also reduce accidents involving wild animals and cars which can amount to several million euros each year.
We are glad to share a few ways in which you can help Biodiversity.Plant Native Species
Nothing can be more destructive to an ecosystem than the introduction of a new species. Invasive alien species are non-native plants or animals that are introduced accidentally or deliberately into an ecosystem where they are not normally found, with serious negative consequences for that ecosystem. So what can you do to ensure that local biodiversity is not impacted by invasive alien species? Very simply, you can help limit the spread of invasive alien species in your garden and instead plant local ones.
Support Sustainable agricultural methods
Agriculture had a tremendous impact on biodiversity. Intensive and monoculture farming depletes soil nutrients but it also strips the cultivated land from a range of organisms that help fight the spread of pests. Sustainable agriculture practices support integrating biodiversity in various ways including in terms of diversity of crops, traditional agriculture techniques to control pests and increase productivity as well as ensuring that farmed land is made up of a diverse mix of grazing land, crop land, orchards, wetlands and managed forests. So when you can, go organic!
Just as diversity in agriculture is important for biodiversity, diversity in flora and fauna more generally is also very important. But sometimes the damage is so extensive that local ecosystems and critical species are completely or almost extinct in the wild. In such cases, with sound scientific evidence, government authorities may consider “Restoring Wilderness” specific areas. “Rewilding” involves restoring connectivity between otherwise fragmented protected areas and the reintroduction of local predators.
Green infrastructure
An approach that seeks to marry modern development and infrastructure projects with biodiversity conservation. If when we make plans for building roads, railways and bridges we assess the impacts for local biodiversity and adapt our plans to minimise those, this will go a long way to helping increase biodiversity. For example, in urban areas properly designed parks, urban gardens, green roofs and walls can contribute to biodiversity⁹. Similarly, green bridges and eco-ducts cannot only help biodiversity but they can also reduce accidents involving wild animals and cars which can amount to several million euros each year.
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