Maize (IMAGE)

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Maize

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The extension of bioenergy as the cultivation of maize leads to problems to biological diversity in agrarian regions. With different accompanying measures, such as the conservation of near-nature areas, however, these effects could be partly reduced.

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Photo: Jan Engel/ FSU Jena

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