Diverse agricultural ecosystems provide vital services, requiring multi-scale diversity for sustainability.
The article discusses the importance of understanding the various benefits nature provides us, like clean air and fertile soil. To better organize these benefits, a new system was created dividing them into ten key categories. By studying farms and their ecosystems, it was found that having a diverse mix of plants and animals is crucial for getting lots of different benefits from the land in a sustainable way, showing that a variety of life in agricultural areas is really important for a healthy environment and useful resources.