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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

This includes both the physical and environmental conditions that the species is adapted to, and how it interacts with other organisms. Between 2004 and 2017, 43 million hectares of tropical forest were lost – an area roughly the size of Morocco (WWF).

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This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading

Grist

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , a nonprofit news organization. Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading.

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How Fossil Fuels Are Being Used To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

In 2004, over 90% of homes used kerosene for cooking. Now over 90% of homes are using LPG – almost the entire population of Indonesia since 2004. How does your organization facilitate LPG adoption? Rockall: Our organization brings together the LPG industry right across the world. Take Indonesia, for instance.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Note: You will need to create a Thomas account to access this directory.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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ESG and Sustainability: Your 101 Guide for Understanding Corporate Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

Climate change and carbon reduction reporting. Thinking about these three focus areas, are they enough to infer whether an organization is sustainable or not? This definitional dilution has meant organizations issue sustainability strategies, incentives, and policies that may not be focused on the original object of sustainability.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

In this article, we have organized the world’s top sustainability certifications by purpose, procedure, and cost so that you know how to select a sustainability certification with confidence. Below we have organized the world’s most popular sustainability certifications into these categories: Corporate sustainability reporting certifications.