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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Between 2001-2015, 27% of forest disturbance was attributed to commodity-driven deforestation.

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Clare Shine as new director

Business Green

Prior to that, Shine worked for over two decades as an independent environmental lawyer and sustainable development consultant for NGOs, governments, and businesses, leading influential projects on biodiversity, climate change, oceans and coastal development, international trade, and conflict prevention and reconciliation.

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Groundwater monitoring underpins management of the Great Fen

Envirotec Magazine

In 2001, five organisations came together to set out a vision for the Great Fen, with the aim of providing a more sustainable future for the area. Firstly, there has been a huge impact in local ecology and biodiversity with the loss of a large area of wetland. The ground level at Holme Post is now 2.75

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Claire Shine as new director

Business Green

Prior to that, Shine worked for over two decades as an independent environmental lawyer and sustainable development consultant for NGOs, governments, and businesses, leading influential projects on biodiversity, climate change, oceans and coastal development, international trade, and conflict prevention and reconciliation.

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Can the private sector make it a super year for nature?

AGreenLiving

Biodiversity crisis is gaining traction in the private sector but a big disparity still exists between knowledge and action on climate and biodiversity. More here: Can the private sector make it a super year for nature?

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Media brief: What are carbon offsets and how can they be used?

Clean Energy Canada

Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. Other research has highlighted the risks of offsets potentially leading to negative outcomes for biodiversity, for example by introducing invasive species or negatively affecting key ecosystem processes.

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What Is ESG and Why Is It Important for Your Business? (+ ESG Image Infographic)

Green Business Bureau

In addition, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022, the top risks facing our economy are climate action failure , extreme weather , and biodiversity loss. The company’s stock price plummeted from $90 a share in mid-2000 to less than $12 a share by the beginning of November 2001.

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