New German Research on Butterflies & Big Agriculture
Significant Population Decline from High Intensity Agriculture with Pesticides
Butterfly Populations Down by Two-Thirds
This is important new research from the Technical University of Munich on how industrial agriculture and the use of pesticides are decimating butterfly populations. The research is focused on Germany but it is a wake-up call globally. In Germany, meadows adjacent to high intensity farming areas are now home to less than half of the butterfly species than areas in nature preserves. The number of individual butterflies is down by a third. It's the pesticides that are destroying species of butterflies and the negative impact of industrialized farming. Why is that important? Butterflies are pollinators and critical to global food supplies.
Need for New Green Solutions
The research is based in Germany, its farms and environment, which is home to 189 butterfly species. Of that number, an alarming 99 species of butterflies are on a Red Alert list, 5 are now extinct and 12 are threatened. The TUM scientists say their research underscores the need for ecologically, sustainable, farming cultivation methods to save species like butterflies and the environment.
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Butterfly Populations Down by Two-Thirds
This is important new research from the Technical University of Munich on how industrial agriculture and the use of pesticides are decimating butterfly populations. The research is focused on Germany but it is a wake-up call globally. In Germany, meadows adjacent to high intensity farming areas are now home to less than half of the butterfly species than areas in nature preserves. The number of individual butterflies is down by a third. It's the pesticides that are destroying species of butterflies and the negative impact of industrialized farming. Why is that important? Butterflies are pollinators and critical to global food supplies.
Need for New Green Solutions
The research is based in Germany, its farms and environment, which is home to 189 butterfly species. Of that number, an alarming 99 species of butterflies are on a Red Alert list, 5 are now extinct and 12 are threatened. The TUM scientists say their research underscores the need for ecologically, sustainable, farming cultivation methods to save species like butterflies and the environment.
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