4.6.4 Conservation and Farming Flashcards
1
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What modern farming practices have recently begun to produce a higher yield?
A
Fields are made bigger, use of pesticides and fertilizers, growing cereal crops, farms are more specialised, and the land is made more arable.
2
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What do modern farming practices impact?
A
The level of biodiversity present in farming areas.
3
Q
What do conservationists do to maintain or improve biodiversity around farmlands?
A
Remove all human interference and reintroduce native species, and farm organically.
4
Q
What effect does draining and fertilising land have?
A
Decreases the species richness.
5
Q
Why do farmer drain and fertilise land?
A
Plant species with the highest quality grazing (grassland) for animals only grow on that land.
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