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Tropical birds and farming

Postby Pajarita » Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:50 am

Now, this is real good news because, let's face it, deforestation is not going to disappear so the fact that they have identified certain practices that are better than others is great news!

http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrl ... ainability
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Re: Tropical birds and farming

Postby Wolf » Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:10 am

It is a start, let's hope they keep looking.
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Re: Tropical birds and farming

Postby liz » Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:32 am

When I lived in WV the farmer next door would leave part of his corn and wheat for the animals. While harvesting he would leave rows intact for animals to graze.
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Re: Tropical birds and farming

Postby pukeko » Fri Jan 01, 2016 8:37 pm

What an awesome paper, and what great reporting! I hope this is widely seen and implemented!
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