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First global atlas of rangelands launches, and reveals vulnerable state of a neglected ecosystem

Envirotec Magazine

Their goal is to make rangelands a prominent part of policy discussions around everything from confronting climate change to reducing poverty, managing threats to biodiversity and freshwater, and developing sustainable food systems. A neglected terrain? Until now, rangelands have rarely featured on international agendas.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing. For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14

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The daily life of a tree farmer with One Tree Planted

AGreenLiving

Because trees do so much for us, planting more of them is an eco-strategy touted by many environmental organizations. Founded in 2014, One Tree Planted works on reforestation projects in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. Or learn more about planting some trees yourself.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

AGreenLiving

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). percent. “Map your sourcing. You can’t do anything if you don’t know where to do it.”

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo, a GreenBiz 30 Under 30 recipient, is determined to make sports and organizations more sustainable.