Biodiversity Benefits

Biodiversity Benefits

Biodiverse Farming systems produce nutritious food for human beings, can sequester large amounts of carbon and support the lives of many other plants and animals in the process.

They take C02 out of the atmosphere and store it in living things. This approach brings the carbon into the food web, supporting the lives of human beings and many other plants and animals.

Biodiverse Farming systems are designed to support greater biodiversity both on and off farm

It also stores carbon in trees, roots and soil which themselves support biodiversity by creating habitats and food sources.

Biodiverse Farming systems are designed to support greater biodiversity both on and off farm. On-farm a larger number of plants and animals are integrated into a single system than is common in conventional farming.

They perform different ecological functions and can create a more resilient landscape

These polycultures can be significantly more productive, and they do more: Each plant or animal has other plants and animals associated with it, attracting a web of other organisms together onto the farm. They perform different ecological functions and can create a more resilient landscape.

Off-farm biodiversity is supported by greater biodiversity on-farm biodiversity. Deep soils, perennial root systems and trees support organisms which travel beyond the boundaries of the farm. They go on to feed other plants and animals in the food web.

These systems have the power to accelerate the rate at which an ecology would develop if left to natural succession

These systems have the power to accelerate the rate at which an ecology would develop. In many cases they can bring about and maintain much greater biodiversity than would result from natural succession.

Soil microbial and insect biodiversity can support biodiversity of birds, small mammals and from there myriad other species in the food web.

Biodiverse Farming has the power to increase the resources available to life on earth. Carbon offsetting supports the proliferation of biodiverse farming systems.

Carbon offsetting supports the proliferation of biodiverse farming systems