News Headline
Wine Lovers Back Sustainability Research Funded By Wine Tourism
Source
The Drinks Business
Publication Date
2020-01-20
Biodiversity, which concerns the number of different kinds of of animals, plants and micro-organisms that populate vineyards, has become a bugbear in the global wine trade, as intensive farming is one of the key factors in the loss of species around the world. A recent report published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations found that 24% of nearly 4,000 wild food species – mainly plants, fish and mammals – are decreasing in abundance.