A new paper in Applied Soil Ecology by researchers from CIAT and the University of Western Australia reports that smallholder agroforestry systems can retain relatively abundant, diverse populations of soil invertebrates

It is said that earthworms ventured out from the sea 500M years ago and colonized terrestrial environments. Since then, they have developed a large diversity of life forms distributed among several thousand species able to exploit any ecological niche in the soil and litter environment. They have developed strong interactions with all soil organisms through
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The EC just published a large report on Soil biodiversity: functions, threats and tools for policy makers prepared by a consortium formed by BIO Intelligence Service, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and NIOO-KNAW (Netherlands Institute of Ecology) on behalf of the Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission. Patrick Lavelle, Associate staff member posted
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