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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

Business Green

BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit. Forward-thinking businesses and financiers are set to be agents of change as governments look for ways to turn ambition into action - a role that is clearly not lost on the many business leaders represented at the SEC Centre in Glasgow.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. It addresses not just climate, but also biodiversity, livelihoods, the rights of indigenous peoples, and effective funding. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 The results are encouraging.