Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. Across 60 pilot projects the programme created an equivalent of 1.6 What is it?

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2021

Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively Takeshi Yamada Tue, 06/29/2021 – 00:10 Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The theme of this year's event is Scientific Insights towards Ecological Restoration. It will also address the latest advances in computational approaches in the field of soil management and research on ecosystem sustainability as well as many other topics.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

A new study published today by Forest Research has estimated that by protecting communities from flooding, the UK's forests and woodlands provide £843m and £420m of economic benefits when compared to bare soil and grass, respectively. The report outlines how forests help to reduce flooding in a number of ways.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Flooding events are now becoming more common, with the adverse impacts of climate change taking the world to its grips. These flooding events have long been known for having a direct or indirect link with biodiversity loss. Based on these factors, a flooding event can last from days to weeks or even more.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

C limate projections for the UK suggest that rainfall will increase in winter and decrease in summer, and that individual rainfall events may increase in intensity, especially in winter. These land use techniques are designed to reduce the soil compaction which increases run-off. This paradigm predicates an increased risk of flooding.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As the AP reported , “grassroots anti-hunger groups and food experts blasted the event as too corporate, tech-focused.”. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years. based environmental organization.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

Kaitiaki Consulting, which is based in Scotland and New Zealand, has brought in specialists in forestry, ornithology, botany, soil science and a raft of other key sciences as it ramps up its activities. It then finds and develops habitats to plant trees and enhance biodiversity as part of a sustainable cycle.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 17, 2021

The threat of climate change is radically changing the world and farmers are feeling the effects as they seek to increase yields while battling extreme weather events, accelerating crop diseases, and price uncertainty. First, let’s discuss the challenge we face.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 11, 2019

Vendors will introduce the latest advancements in the fields of ecology, soil microbiology, and biochemistry. Noble laureates, Presidents, Vice-presidents, Deans, Chairs, Co-chairs, Department Heads, Environmentalists, Researchers, PhD Students, Non-PhD Students, etc.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 20, 2024

And as extreme weather events become more rampant, it’s increasingly important that farmers have the resources they need to integrate climate smart agriculture practices to ensure our communities have a reliable food supply.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2023

By adding Forest Carbon to the catalog of Planetary Variables, including Soil Water Content, Land Surface Temperature, and Biomass Proxy data, Planet aims to expand its offerings of global analysis-ready data. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

However, last week’s Food Systems Summit illustrated the rift between agribusiness giants and smaller food producers about how to transform the food system to achieve these cuts and address hunger, malnutrition and biodiversity loss. This data typically isn’t owned by farmers.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

Patrick Holden CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, HRH Prince of Wales, NFU President Minette Batters, Morrisons CEO David Potts, and others, are set to launch the initiative later today with at a virtual TEDx event titled Farming and Climate Change: Measuring Success.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said. "At The traditional weekend climate march was held in the UN venue, after the Egyptian authorities banned the protest event from the streets of Sharm el Sheikh.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The GMA declined to offer a formal comment, however a spokesperson told DeSmog in an email that the group works to “simplify and distil public information” around international events which are “often dominated by an anti-meat narrative”. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The RSPB's Mark Varney sets out why the outcome of the upcoming biodiversity talks in Montreal matters for anyone with a stake in the UK food system. Next month, COP15 on biodiversity will take place in Montreal, seeking to implement the protocols of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. But why does biodiversity matter?

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The are beneficial in so many ways, including biodiversity, community cohesion, local food, carbon storage and human well-being. It is important that they provide benefits to both biodiversity and human wellbeing. NbS must support or enhance biodiversity.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Environment Secretary George Eustice’s address at the COP26 Business Leaders Event hosted the Council for Sustainable Business. It's illustrated again the importance of our relationship with nature and the importance of treating nature with respect, and that the loss of biodiversity and climate change are two sides of the same coin.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Again, the research doesn’t account for the cost of inaction.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Unveiled by Environment Secretary George Eustice this morning, the new system would see farmers in England incentivised to protect and nurture their soils - a vital store of carbon - as well as for taking actions to enhance their moorland and grassland management. per hectare, for efforts to assess the habitats and features of moorland.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

The UK must rally the international community behind the to drive to protect nature at the upcoming UN Biodiversity Summit, argues Henry Smith MP. Our once green and pleasant land is increasingly devoid of biodiversity. Nature is in long term decline, with one million animal and plant species currently facing extinction.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The best regulation will stop environmental damage at the source, rather than the costly impact to the public purse and the environment of responding to damage after the event.". Last year the Natural Capital Committee warned there had been virtually no progress against the government's own biodiversity, water, air and soil quality goals.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

Fluctuating temperatures and extreme weather events are creating an ever-increasing cocktail of risk for companies, including volatile commodity and energy prices, stranded assets, increased political and litigation risks and distinct new demands.

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Grist

AUGUST 23, 2023

It was June 21, 2023 — the edge of summertime in Acadia National Park, and I was schlepping soil to help restore biodiversity to the park’s summits. “One reason for that is that there probably isn’t any soil left in these degraded areas,” Nadeau said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 18 works in the exhibition encompassed visual art, sculpture, film, and sound, taking visitors on a journey through forests, soils, seas, cities, and innovations. It's beautifully done and really breath-taking," she tells BusinessGreen. They can also potentially help inspire new initiatives, collaborations or action on the ground.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

The company said the new protocols had been created to help buildings, organisations, events or products to secure certification based on meeting various milestones on the path to reaching net zero emissions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

The trial will see the bottles made available in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, Poland, Germany, and France, with customers given the chance to experience the bottles at select festivals and flagship events, as well as through targeted product samplings.

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Besides some increase in agricultural and forestry production, most natural systems that support us — like rich soil carbon and pollinator health (i.e., Understand your biodiversity footprint. Hope comes through action…].

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Besides some increase in agricultural and forestry production, most natural systems that support us — like rich soil carbon and pollinator health (i.e., Understand your biodiversity footprint. Hope comes through action.].

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 22, 2023

France is the second largest market in the EU for pesticides, which have been found to harm biodiversity , soil health and human health. A spokesperson from Bayer’s crop science division said: “Like all companies, Bayer may establish partnerships with influencers to promote information or events.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Incremental improvements to production efficiency will not be enough to turn the tide on biodiversity loss. Many of the risks related to fats and oils, such as human rights abuses, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor working conditions, are recurring features of agricultural commodity supply chains.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

The impact of this resource use - associated GHG emissions and pollution and plunging biodiversity - accelerates climate change and the decline of life-sustaining ecosystem services such as the maintenance of clean water and productive soils. These impacts unequally affect the most vulnerable communities and economies around the world.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Industry Voice: A recent study by Boston Consulting Group underscores the huge economic value created through biodiversity — and how pressures on natural ecosystems poses risks to business growth. The value of biodiversity to business. Biodiversity is at the heart of all human life and activity.

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