Biodiversity @WUR: our work to prevent the loss of species

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Ycq_halYg

Resumen

TLDRThe video addresses the ongoing crisis in biodiversity, emphasizing its significance in ecosystems including agricultural settings. The speaker describes the work being conducted at Wageningen University & Research to restore biodiversity through various land management practices. Successful results, such as the significant increase in partridge populations, highlight the positive impact of these initiatives. The university also engages in translating research into practical policies to aid farmers, promoting wildlife-sensitive farming practices to support biodiversity.

Para llevar

  • 🌿 Biodiversity is crucial for ecosystems and agriculture.
  • 🌱 Wageningen University focuses on enhancing biodiversity on farms.
  • 🐦 Partridge populations have significantly increased due to conservation efforts.
  • 📊 Research is translated into effective policies for farmers.
  • 💚 Promoting wildlife-sensitive farming helps restore ecosystems.
  • 🌍 Biodiversity impacts food production and human health.
  • 💡 Nature-inclusive business plans are essential for farmers.
  • 🚜 Sustainable land management practices play a key role in biodiversity.
  • 🌻 The biodiversity garden showcases the relationship between plants and wildlife.
  • 🔍 The university helps target funding to improve biodiversity outcomes.

Cronología

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    In this video's initial segment, the speaker discusses the urgent biodiversity crisis affecting plants and animals, highlighting their importance to humanity. Standing in a biodiversity garden at Wageningen University & Research, the speaker emphasizes the presence of diverse life forms, such as plants, trees, and various species in both water and land. Transitioning to the farm behind the garden, the speaker notes that crops also contribute to biodiversity, which is critical for food production and human health. The farming practices aim to enhance biodiversity and mitigate the adverse effects contributing to the extinction of numerous species. A noteworthy success mentioned is the resurgence of partridge populations from fewer than five pairs to over twenty breeding pairs within a year, showcasing effective biodiversity management.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is the main focus of the video?

    The video focuses on the importance of biodiversity and efforts to restore it at Wageningen University & Research.

  • What achievements in biodiversity are mentioned?

    The video mentions that the number of partridges has increased from less than five pairs to over twenty pairs.

  • How does the university support farmers?

    The university helps farmers by providing policy guidance and assistance with nature-inclusive business plans.

  • Why is biodiversity important according to the speaker?

    Biodiversity is crucial for food production, health, and maintaining ecosystems.

  • What type of farming practices are encouraged?

    Wildlife-sensitive farming practices are encouraged to enhance biodiversity.

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    If you saw the news this week, you'd know that we are heading for a major crisis
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    for biodiversity: the plants and animals that we value so much.
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    I'm standing now in the biodiversity garden behind the buildings at
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    Wageningen University & Research. This is biodiversity: it's the green, it's
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    the plants, the trees, the birds, in the water and on the land.
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    The biodiversity garden was over there and we've just moved to the other side of the hedge
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    We're now on our farm and here we are growing biodiversity because
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    crops are biodiversity as well and there's biodiversity in the soil.
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    Vitally important for food production and keeping us healthy and alive actually.
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    And across our farm system, we're looking at different ways of managing the land
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    in order to increase biodiversity and try to reverse some of the impacts that
  • 00:01:05
    have caused the loss of these million species we were talking about earlier
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    and one of the fantastic results that we've had in recent years is that the
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    partridge numbers, which were less than five pairs, have increased to over 20, now
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    in this year, breeding. So now I come in from the fields and as much as I'd rather
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    be out there, this is actually my natural ecosystem. Here is where we take the
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    research that we've done out there and turn it into policy and practice. We help
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    policymakers to target their funding to farmers in order that they can make some
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    of the changes for wildlife-sensitive farming that we've seen out in those
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    fields. We can also help them to write business plans that are nature-inclusive
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    and actually that kind of process is a kind of magic and that's why we work here.
Etiquetas
  • biodiversity
  • Wageningen University
  • wildlife-sensitive farming
  • policy
  • agricultural practices
  • ecosystems
  • partridges
  • land management
  • food production
  • nature-inclusive