Why is biodiversity important?

Why is biodiversity important?

Melissa Kidd (Soil Association Information Officer) gives expert video advice on: Is eating organic better for the environment? and more...

Biodiversity is really important because nature has devised this incredibly complex web of life, and the more diverse and complex and intricate the system, the more robust it is. For organic farmers it's really important that they understand what eats what in nature. Organic farmers have got to be like nature's hotel managers and understand biodiversity. They've got to understand what hedgehogs like, where they like to live, what they like to eat. It's very important that organic farmers provide hedges, piles of dead leaves, ponds so ducks can eat the slugs, etc. The more the organic farmer understands biodiversity - the more habits, the more places that the farmer provides for nature's pest controllers to live - the better the farm will perform.