Intensive farming identified as key factor behind Europe’s bird decline
20 May 2023 |
12:06 pm
The use of pesticides and fertilisers in intensive agriculture is the biggest cause of the dwindling number of birds in the UK and the rest of Europe, scientists have said.
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