'Land sparing' on farms could revitalise UK bird populations, study says

Claim that more intensive farming would allow rewilding of greater areas of countryside"Land sparing" could lead to dramatic increases in wild bird populations, according to research that bolsters the case for rewilding.Farming intensively to increase yields while turning over much larger areas of farmland to wildlife could - if combined with measures to cut food waste and meat consumption - would meet Britain's food needs and more than double the populations of breeding birds. Continue reading...