10.3 - Human activity + species diversity

• 5 ways in which farming removes habitats and reduces species diversity ?

  • Removal of hedgerows
  • Over-grazing of land
  • Use of pesticides and inorganic fertilisers
  • Absence of crop rotation and lack of intercropping
  • Filling in ponds and draining marsh
• 5 farming techniques that can increase species and habitat diversity ?

  • Maintain hedgerows and plant hedgerows instead of fences
  • Maintain ponds and create new ones
  • Reduce use of pesticides
  • Use crop rotation that includes a nitrogen-fixing crop
  • Create natural meadows