A crusade against pastoralism in the @guardian. So should we give up the idea of agroecology & high nature value farming? As a landscape researcher, I am very uncomfortable with George Monbiot‘s view. Some thoughts in a thread.
theguardian.com/environment/20… ▶️Unlike Monbiot claims, there is evidence that extensive grazing lands can be similarly or even more biodiverse than „natural“ ecosystems (e.g. doi.org/10.1007/s10457…). Further, farmland abandonment is not necessarily beneficial for biodiversity. doi.org/10.1890/120348