Published December 26, 2020, 10:00 AM
Many forests have been converted to agricultural lands to meet the growing demand for food caused by the escalating human population. The unsustainable use of natural resources in agriculture has been a major contributor to biodiversity loss that threatens not only human lives, but also the animals’ existence that is essential for food production.
“We have to come up with ways to produce food even in a small space and to maximize the production of food to supply the needs of billions of people on Earth,” said Lisa Paguntalan, a biologist and executive director of the Philippine Biologist Conservation Foundation Inc. (PBCFI), on the fourth episode of the Slow Food Negros Community Food Talks series.