Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Instead, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at even greater risk. Rather than pursuing its deregulation agenda, we need the UK Government to: Strengthen the rules that protect our most important wildlife and habitats – don’t remove them. They defend 18.8

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

A growing number of businesses, governments and civil society organizations are coming together to drive the change through the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE). The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Boost economies.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. Moreover, only 11 per cent of asset managers have policies requiring portfolio companies to mitigate harmful impacts on biodiversity.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The UK government has today launched a new multi-million pound fund designed to protect tropical rainforests that cover an area equivalent to the size of Wales. And the health of the Earth's tropical forests is critical to the health of our planet - we need to do all we can to protect and preserve this vital ecosystem.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Whether you’re a backyard chicken keeper setting up your first few poultry nesting boxes or a seasoned farmer, keeping up to date with modern practices is crucial to ensure the health and productivity of your poultry. This reduces the risk of antibiotic resistance, a significant public health risk targeted by the World Health Organization.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

UK government announces 45 countries have signed up to new coalition designed to accelerate efforts to expand nature based solutions to the climate crisis ?. The government pledges come on the same day as a group of nearly 100?high-profile We need to put people, nature and climate at the core of our food systems.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Reward sustainable farming.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

These emissions, together with the biodiversity damages caused by fertilizer runoff, have spurred a race to commercialize low-impact alternatives. One option is to deploy microbes that grab nitrogen from the air and add it to soils, a route pioneered by first movers such as Pivot Bio. emissions. . Atomo Coffee.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Proposals to block solar farms, revive fracking, and roll back planning rules are further fuelling the impression the government really is engaged in an 'attack on nature'. Healthy soils and clean water underpin sustainable food production, keeping food on our plates and providing for our next generations. Far from it.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Government-commissioned report argues UK's food system must be transformed to protect the climate, nature, and the NHS. The amount of land taken up by the animal livestock sector is disproportionate to the benefits it delivers to the UK's diets, while also posing a major threat to the UK's climate and biodiversity goals, the report concludes.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

As part of the plan, farmers are provided with training and support as they adopt regenerative farming methods that reduce pesticide use, carbon emissions, and soil erosion, while simultaneously improving organic soil matter and biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The key outcomes are expected to include: improvements in soil health and its carbon sequestration potential; enhanced biodiversity; reduction in synthetic fertiliser use; enhanced water quality; and improved farmer livelihoods. The ambition is for the barley grown to be used to brew beautiful tasting Guinness.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Policy makers, business leaders, financial sectors, and communities all have a part to play in this sweeping vision.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

More than 20 projects across England aimed at restoring nature, reducing flood risk, cutting carbon, and boosting biodiversity win support through Landscape Recovery Scheme fund. This is such good news A major boost for biodiversity, carbon storage, drought mitigation, reduced flooding, improved water quality… & jobs.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years. JBS , the world’s second-largest food company, also shared its plan to support regenerative agriculture practices, which are said to improve soil health and biodiversity. based environmental organization.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It came, and came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health, scarring families for generations. Introduction.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The government has today set out its much-anticipated roadmap for delivering "the biggest change in agricultural policy in half a century", as it seeks to gradually replace the EU's farming subsidy framework over the next seven years with a system that rewards farmers for enhancing the environment and protecting the climate.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government insists its plans are on track, but with just weeks to go before the UK leaves the EU farming subsidy regime, campaigners and farmers alike are 'hugely concerned' about the lack of clarity over what comes next. It is meant to be the green jewel in the government's Brexit crown.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

The Strategy 2030 document sets out three overarching goals for the group, which comprises 46 grassroots charities with a collective 850,000 members, largely focused on harnessing the restoration of nature to help enhance biodiversity, drive down emissions, and boost climate resilience.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As part of the initiative, launched late last week, the CEOs of McCain Foods, McDonald's, Waitrose & Partners, Olam, and PepsiCo have produced a joint action plan detailing how to boost adoption of regenerative farming practices globally, in a bid to reduce the food system's significant impacts on climate and biodiversity.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Sustainable agricultural practices offer net zero and biodiversity benefits, the frozen chips giant claims. Our global sustainability report is an annual progress report for McCain to keep track of the commitments and goals we have set," said Charlie Angelakos, vice-president of global government and external affairs for McCain.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

Details of the England's first pilot agricultural subsidy scheme designed to reward farmers for carrying out works that benefit the environment and curb greenhouse gas emissions have been unveiled, as the government looks to test out several options before a planned nationwide rollout of its flagship reforms from 2024.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 5, 2023

The world’s mangroves alone sequester more than 31 million tons of carbon in their soils and biomass each year. In today’s current carbon market, verifiable data enables governments to receive global incentives to protect and restore their carbon sinks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This situation will become much more widespread without decisive action from all governments. Governments will negotiate how to pay for this loss and damage. And business and wealthier governments will also discuss how to cut emissions faster - what's known as mitigation. This is known as loss and damage.

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Business Green

JULY 25, 2021

We should claim back our food heritage and fight climate change with nutritious foods that benefit the soils we're rapidly depleting, argues Bold Beans founder Amelia Christie-Miller. If the government acts decisively, we can tackle the three pronged challenges of climate change mitigation, biodiversity net gain and the obesity crisis.

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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. It could also worsen the impacts of flooding and undermine public health and wellbeing. Our once green and pleasant land is increasingly devoid of biodiversity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Climate and greenhouse gas emissions have been at the forefront of risk and investor conversations around the environment but recently biodiversity and nature have been working their way into corporate commitments. Nature and biodiversity do not. And investors have started to take notice.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Environmental groups warn measures farming incentive plans unveiled today fall far short of delivering the ‘nature-positive’ agriculture sector promised by government. Eustice also reassured delegates that the scheme, set to launch next year, would be more generous than previous EU schemes, while having "fewer rules and more trust".

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Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”. People have altered 70 percent of Earth’s lands from their natural state and degraded up to 40 percent.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

According to the report, those involved in the beef sector in Devon's 'Ruby Country' are taking steps to promote biodiversity and soil health, but their efforts are being hampered by a lack of clarity about future incentives, such as which net zero and sustainable farming approaches will be provided with government subsidies and to what extent.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil.

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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

JULY 1, 2020

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. It is climate change that is sadly driving the loss of much of our nature and much of our biodiversity.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The group added that the targets could be met through the development of a "climate smart" supply chain, including the adoption of science-based land management practices to maintain healthier soils, enable additional carbon sequestration, promote efficient water use, and increase biodiversity.

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