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Parliamentary recognition of the importance and decline of invertebrates

Envirotec Magazine

Both the diversity and abundance of insects are in decline with data collected by the Bugs Matter survey suggesting that the abundance of flying insects has fallen by 64% between 2004 and 2022, with similar trends have been detected by scientific studies around the world.

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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. When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix.

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AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming

Business Green

AeroFarms was founded in 2004, and its products are sold in 200 grocery stores across the Northeast including Whole Foods. There's the pollution side. There's the soil degradation side. It operates one vertical farm in New Jersey, with more on the way. So it's doing wonderful things there.". There's the environmental picture.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Established in 2004, GBI has since become a leader in advancing green building practices and developing a range of resources for those interested in sustainable building. Green Building Initiative (GBI) Green Globes Certification.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Importantly, this does not require its highly polluting supporters to cut greenhouse gas emissions – or even to have a plan for doing so. But instead of reducing its pollution, improving efficiency has only enabled it to produce more milk – and with it, more emissions.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. Soil erosion, wildfires, floods, monocultures, and pollution can all pose a serious threat to life and the viability of the economies and communities that are dependent on the land.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data.