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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively. Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution. It’s crucial for corporations to make strides to protect biodiversity.

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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively Takeshi Yamada Tue, 06/29/2021 – 00:10 Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution.

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Coral in the Mediterranean threatened by heatwaves

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Related: An underwater forest of sculptures attracts marine life in the Mediterranean Sea The study was done by researchers from the Faculty of Biology, the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) at the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona. Via Newswise Lead image via Pixabay.

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Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

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In all, the investigation identified five factory-scale poultry companies in as many countries that have received financial support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), or both since 2003, and that supply chicken to KFC.

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The European bison population is no longer vulnerable

AGreenLiving

Thanks to long-term conservation work, the population has increased to more than 6,200, up from a 2003 figure of only 1,800. Its mission is to create a viable population of bison in Romania that would breed in the wild, promoting biodiversity. Rather than vulnerable, the European bison is now classified as “almost threatened.”

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Are carbon offsets the answer to the climate change crisis?

Business Green

One such organisation is The Gold Standard, established by 2003 by WWF and a group of NGOs, whose aim it is to ensure projects adhere to the highest levels of environmental integrity and contribute to sustainable development. So far, Cazenove has reduces CO2 emissions by 855 tonnes and planted 5,030 as part of the project.

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Then And Now: Scientific Investigations Of Colorado River Drought A Quarter Century Apart

Energy Innovation

Trends indicate that annual temperatures are increasing both in terms of extreme events (seven of the eight years on record in which annual temperature exceeded 54 degrees F have occurred since 2003) and average trends (see the 30-year distributions to the right). Figure from McCoy et al., Colorado River Delta as seen from space.