Soil microbiomes and one health

S Banerjee, MGA Van Der Heijden - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
The concept of one health highlights that human health is not isolated but connected to the
health of animals, plants and environments. In this Review, we demonstrate that soils are a …

Beyond organic farming–harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes

T Tscharntke, I Grass, TC Wanger, C Westphal… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative
to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Certification of …

Complex agricultural landscapes host more biodiversity than simple ones: A global meta-analysis

N Estrada-Carmona, AC Sánchez… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

Getting the message right on nature‐based solutions to climate change

N Seddon, A Smith, P Smith, I Key… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nature‐based solutions (NbS)—solutions to societal challenges that involve
working with nature—have recently gained popularity as an integrated approach that can …

The productive performance of intercropping

C Li, TJ Stomph, D Makowski, H Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Crop diversification has been put forward as a way to reduce the environmental impact of
agriculture without penalizing its productivity. In this context, intercropping, the planned …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

P Meyfroidt, A De Bremond, CM Ryan… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon farming: are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation?

C Paul, B Bartkowski, C Dönmez, A Don… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils removes carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere and contributes towards achieving carbon neutrality. For farmers …

[HTML][HTML] Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation: Implications for sustainable land use transformation in the Global South

TT Nguyen, U Grote, F Neubacher, MH Do… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and environmental degradation remain the most complex challenges that
present and future generations of humankind face and raise several security risks that have …

Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services

D Beillouin, T Ben‐Ari, E Malézieux… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the
delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop …

Organic and conservation agriculture promote ecosystem multifunctionality

RA Wittwer, SF Bender, K Hartman, S Hydbom… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Ecosystems provide multiple services to humans. However, agricultural systems are usually
evaluated on their productivity and economic performance, and a systematic and …