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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. And replacing one grass with another is labor-intensive; a 2004 report by the University of Georgia said it would take farmers who made the switch about three years to break even.

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SatAgro: The Startup That’s Helping to Drive Digital Agriculture in Poland

Planet Pulse

SatAgro provides customers access to Planet’s daily satellite imagery, alongside data from NASA and ESA missions, and complementary information like weather and soil sampling, to increase the efficiency of their farms via their app. The Polish government joined the EU in 2004 and has since pushed to preserve small scale farms.

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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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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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Waste & Recycling Innovations • 4/21/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Her thesis work analyzed the migration of pharmaceuticals and personal care products through soils and groundwater at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Sara draws on her experience working as an educator and Vice-Chair of the Women in CleanTech and Sustainability organization, where she is a beloved mentor.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

But who is in this group and what do the various organizations backing it really want? In these systems, dairy herds cover wide areas, eating as they go and leaving their waste on the ground where it fertilises the soil. Neither Land O’Lakes, Nestlé, USAID, nor ILRI responded to requests for comment.

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