Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getting Worse
I guess it was alluded to in the article but my main concern is the amount of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides we use. As we clear more land for Ag we are of course limiting habitat for animals but also zapping them constantly with these chemicals.<p>Fertilizers get into water and decimate the life in there. Herbicides coupled with pesticides decimate insect ecosystems. The development of land gives larger animals nowhere to go.<p>I get why we farm like we do - abundant food for everyone. So much so that we waste so much.  I just wish there was some way to develop effective farming that didn’t do all this. But it feels like a catch-22.