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More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected

Grist

The problem, according to the researchers of the study, is that when they measured the geographic distribution of insect populations using global biodiversity data and maps of protected areas, they found that 76 percent of insect species were inadequately covered, and more than 1,800 species not covered at all.

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How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats

GreenBiz

The soil becomes richer and healthier, runoff that pollutes water is reduced, biodiversity and habitat for the birds, bees and other wildlife increases, farm animals live better, and the food produced is more nutritious. How Goliath won the battle for America’s farmland . Department of Agriculture’s latest data , released in October.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

She is at the center of the NGO’s working relationship with Walmart , among other retailers and consumer brands, helping it launch in 2017 an expansive strategy to reduce its chemical footprint for consumables by 10 percent by 2022. . She was executive producer of the 2017 documentary "Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America." .

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The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens

Grist

White-nose syndrome, a fungal illness in bats, has killed millions of the winged critters across North America. And, of course, fungi threaten humans, too — not just by decimating the biodiversity of the world around us, but also by infiltrating our bodies and causing new illnesses. Some researchers theorize that C.

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Will water pricing be the next carbon pricing?

Business Green

"In the same way carbon pricing will put a different thought process around the cost of emitting, that same lens is meant to be applied on the water front," Simon Fischweicher, head of corporations and supply chains at CDP North America, said of water pricing strategies. A seldom used approach. times more than the purchase cost.

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WWF shocking report on wildlife, and why the response will be inadequate

Low Impact

Biodiversity” gained traction as an issue in the 1990s, but seems to have slipped off the public’s radar. Unlike most of the headlines, the report does use the phrase “biodiversity,” which the WWF finds has declined 68%—just since 1970! What is their measure of biodiversity? Populations of wildlife. What rubbish. Isn’t it true?

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Anatomy of a 'moonshot': Microsoft's Lucas Joppa on CO2 removal, supply chains and building a carbon negative future

Business Green

Even before Covid-19, 2020 was already a big year for the tech giant and its environment lead, who spoke to BusinessGreen from his home office in mid-April as coronavirus shutdowns snowballed across North America and Europe. So, with biodiversity and carbon completed, plans for water and waste are on their way next.