Biodiversity is essential for agriculture to prosper.
Beneficial ecosystem services that agriculture relies on include pest regulation, fertile soil formation, flood management, pollination, and more.
Direct and indirect drivers of change that are contributing to global declines in nature and biodiversity
Figure 6.2
Source: IPBES Global Assessment, 2019
Biodiversity and agribusiness
Biodiversity, interdependency among nature, people, and society, both affects and is affected by agriculture.
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