Restoring biodiversity needs more than reducing pesticides

Affiliations

¹ Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: ttschar@gwdg.de.
² Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
³ Sustainability, Agriculture, & Technology Laboratory, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; GlobalAgroforestryNetwork.org, China. Electronic address: tomcwanger@westlake.edu.cn.
⁴ Functional Agrobiodiversity, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
⁵ 'Lendület' Landscape and Conservation Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary.

Comment

Teja Tscharntke et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;37(2):115-116.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.009. Epub 2021 Dec 15.

¹ Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: ttschar@gwdg.de.
² Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
³ Sustainability, Agriculture, & Technology Laboratory, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China; GlobalAgroforestryNetwork.org, China. Electronic address: tomcwanger@westlake.edu.cn.
⁴ Functional Agrobiodiversity, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
⁵ 'Lendület' Landscape and Conservation Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests The authors have no interests to declare.

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