Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

The researchers say this demonstrates that the wasp is effective at dispersing itself widely, which may be one reason for its success in human-modified environments, both in its native range in Europe and as an invasive species in Asia and elsewhere.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

Prior attempts to keep woolly adelgid at bay using predator beetles from East Asia had failed because they were difficult to breed and had a hard time surviving East Coast winters. In May 2017, his lab released its very first silver flies, just 740 of them, at four locations in New York over a period of three days.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Garden supporters had to raise $20 million by the end of 2017 to claim the city-owned property. The staff’s 30-year master plan includes conserving water, promoting biodiversity and providing habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife. The garden has been built from the ground up.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The plan calls for sourcing wood from areas that encompass eight National Forests, and activists in California have raised concerns that the production of this “renewable” power could endanger vital biodiversity in the forests, home to California’s endangered gray wolves. Credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife ( CC BY 2.0

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The recently-released United Nations Global Biodiversity Outlook opens with these words: "Humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy it leaves to future generations.". At the same time, it is also well-recognised that forest conservation delivers significant biodiversity and ecosystem services co-benefits.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

” Nestlé cites the sustainability benefits of reducing overfishing and protecting ocean biodiversity as motivators of these projects. Depending on who’s counting, about half of shrimp is farmed, which in Southeast Asia has been wiping out coast-protecting mangrove trees.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Outside of India, the GFI already has regional offices in Brazil, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Israel, and Europe (London and Brussels). Varun Deshpande became the managing director for GFI India in December 2017 which also made him the first GFI India employee. My job is centered around the unique context of India.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, edited by Wei-Yin Chen, Toshio Suzuki, Maximilian Lackner, 2017 There is a mounting consensus that human behavior is changing the global climate and its consequence could be catastrophic. Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change, edited by Melissa R.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nearly every nation on Earth has agreed to a joint goal of protecting 30 percent of Earth’s land and waters by 2030 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year. “The question is which 30 percent should we protect?” The question is which 30 percent should we protect?

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

In addition, climate and environmental threats loom large over WEF's long-term risk outlook, with climate action failure, extreme weather, biodiversity loss, natural resource crises, and human environmental damage making up the entire list of the top five risks facing the global economy over the next decade.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 6, 2020

Similarly, the MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) outbreak in 2017 spread from bats to camels to humans. Related: Coronavirus and its impact on carbon emissions The wildlife trade in Asia often includes the selling and transporting of animals while they are still alive, making it particularly risky to human health.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Going further back, a North Sea oil boss gave him a donation in 2017 to help with his general election campaign. At the start of the year, Zahawi defended North Sea oil and gas companies and rejected Labour’s call for a windfall tax, later adopted by the government in a more industry-friendly form. Vicky Ford – Minister for Development.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

She’s an advocate of " Absolute Sustainability, " a Quantis philosophy that challenges businesses to take planetary boundaries into account not just for carbon emissions but also for biodiversity, land use, freshwater consumption, the phosphorus cycle and the nitrogen cycle. . LinkedIn . Meg Wilcox.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 11, 2019

Incredible heat blanketed four continents this summer, with records falling across Europe and Asia. alone, it was $306 billion in 2017, shattering records. By the end of just the first half of 2018, businesses bought more clean energy than they did in 2017. Venezuela’s last glacier is disappearing. In the U.S.

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