Biodiversity loss hurts our soil health a lot. Here’s how:
Decreased Soil Fertility: When there aren’t many different organisms in the soil, it can’t cycle nutrients well. This makes the soil less productive for growing plants.
Increased Erosion: Without enough plants and organisms, the soil structure becomes weak. This increases the chances of erosion, where the soil washes or blows away.
Reduced Disease Resistance: When we only grow one type of plant (called monoculture), the soil can become more vulnerable to diseases and pests.
Solutions:
Using sustainable farming practices can help bring back biodiversity in the soil.
We can also teach communities about how important it is to have diverse ecosystems, which can help conservation efforts.
If we don’t take action, soil health will keep getting worse. This could put our food supply and natural ecosystems at risk.
Biodiversity loss hurts our soil health a lot. Here’s how:
Decreased Soil Fertility: When there aren’t many different organisms in the soil, it can’t cycle nutrients well. This makes the soil less productive for growing plants.
Increased Erosion: Without enough plants and organisms, the soil structure becomes weak. This increases the chances of erosion, where the soil washes or blows away.
Reduced Disease Resistance: When we only grow one type of plant (called monoculture), the soil can become more vulnerable to diseases and pests.
Solutions:
Using sustainable farming practices can help bring back biodiversity in the soil.
We can also teach communities about how important it is to have diverse ecosystems, which can help conservation efforts.
If we don’t take action, soil health will keep getting worse. This could put our food supply and natural ecosystems at risk.