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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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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

“The link between climate change and expansion or change in mosquito distributions is real,” said Doug Norris, a specialist in mosquitoes at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Climate change presents another emerging threat, World Health Organization officials wrote in their latest global malaria report.

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ESG and Sustainability: Your 101 Guide for Understanding Corporate Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

Thinking about these three focus areas, are they enough to infer whether an organization is sustainable or not? It seems the boundaries of what constitutes business sustainability are fuzzy, making it difficult to ascertain whether an organization’s work should be promoted as sustainable or downgraded to merely greenwash.

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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. The roof above your head can do a lot of good for the Earth below your feet.

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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.

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Texas Border Town Demands Stronger Action to Tackle Cancer-Causing Chemical Pollution

DeSmogBlog

In many ways, EtO is a poster child for the ways that industry and regulators have, for decades , failed to effectively protect people from chemical safety hazards and health threats like cancer. Muller ranks in the top 25 schools where students’ long-term health is most at risk from toxic air pollution in the U.S.,