Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). We know that large-scale agriculture threatens biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Diseases affecting different UK tree species appear to have a multiplying effect on the loss of associated biodiversity, according to new research by James Hutton Institute scientists and partners in the UK and Portugal. Pedunculate oaks host 326 species that are only found on oak trees (image credit: Theophilos Papadopoulos , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. Defra is relying on a private sector market for biodiversity units emerging but does not know how rapidly it can scale up or satisfy demand.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Conducted international sustainability research network Future Earth, the survey identifies five global risks — failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation; extreme weather events; major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; food crises; and water crises — as the most severe in terms of impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

This will have direct benefits for health and wellbeing as well as improving the resilience of the sites.”. million boost for Wales’ biodiversity: Projects invited to pitch first appeared on Envirotec. The Nature Network Fund will also support communities in and around these sites to become involved in this crucial work. The post £9.8

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Lead author Dr Charlie Outhwaite (UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, UCL Biosciences) said: “Many insects appear to be very vulnerable to human pressures, which is concerning as climate change worsens and agricultural areas continue to expand.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. These criteria include biodiversity impact, pollution impact, carbon impact, readiness level, costs, trade-offs and scalability.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A group researchers – from University of South Australia (UniSA) – seems to have found that grey mangroves ( Avicennia marina ) can tolerate high lead, zinc, arsenic, cadmium and copper in contaminated sediment – without sustaining adverse health impacts themselves.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

To investigate this, the researchers collaborated with local partners to set up the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment on 500 hectares of logged forest in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Commentators seemed unanimous that the new requirements were a step in the right direction, if a little unambitious, with a government impact assessment acknowledging that 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) may not go beyond “no net loss”. Green roof systems and bio-active concrete were also mentioned as supportive of biodiversity improvements.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Forests are crucial for the health and economies of our planet, but they must be better planned, managed and monitored to ensure sustainable benefits for people as well as nature,” he said. He said careful planning of future forest projects could boost the biodiversity of species, carbon sinks, economic development and people’s livelihoods.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. They can, if done right, tremendously advance environmental justice — they provide human health benefits, biodiversity, bird and pollinator habitat, slope stability and the list goes on.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Now, in an independent study for the Scottish Government, a team of experts, led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and NatureScot, has predicted other non-native species that could arrive, establish and have negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, economies or human health over the next 10 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This refines municipal wastewater effluent and safeguards the ecological health of our rivers. These chemical pollutants then enter the human food chain and water supply, detrimentally impacting the health of approximately 92 million individuals annually.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Academics and experts at The University of Manchester are calling for large-scale behavioural change in a bid to improve the UK’s air quality (“the biggest environmental health issue facing the UK”), in a new publication, On Air Quality. Says Professor Coe.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It states that oceans are crucial for global food security and human health, while also hosting huge reservoirs of biodiversity. According to the UN, oceans contribute to poverty eradication by creating sustainable livelihoods and decent work, and over 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal resources for their livelihoods.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Deep-sea mining is an emerging, extractive industry that could threaten the health of the ocean in as little as two years. The potential impacts on biodiversity and globally important carbon sinks have led more than 600 scientists and policy experts from 44 countries to call for a halt to the industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

RSPB’s warning of an ‘attack on nature’ has brought to national attention the risk of any deregulation of UK environmental policy when we face collapsing ecosystems and widespread biodiversity loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rosie Hails, Nature & Science Director at the National Trust: “When the government committed to the 30×30 goal they underlined the urgency, saying that ‘we cannot afford dither and delay because biodiversity loss is happening today and it is happening at a frightening rate’.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oxford and their collaborators have launched a new approach to tackling biodiversity loss “in a coordinated way.” The loss of biodiversity is increasingly recognised as a crisis, linked to climate change, which needs urgent action. OxPOCH’s Principal Investigator, Professor E.J.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

Through investment in some of Plymouth’s natural spaces, the project will support nature recovery, bringing benefits for biodiversity and improved recreational spaces for residents. Ocean City Nature by Plymouth City Council was also highly commended for demonstrating doughnut economics in action.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Accelerate and integrate the efficacy of climate/biodiversity actions to achieve greater impact and effect. We need to think of protected areas as serving both the biodiversity they help to protect and the carbon sequestration ability of the ocean – MPAs protect and retain carbon. Time is not on our side.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Natural Environment Plan sets out the actions the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and its partners will take over the next five years to enhance the region’s biodiversity, protect endangered species, and improve access to green spaces and waterways for residents.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Collecting data on seagrass health (image courtesy of Seawilding). “Seagrass is notoriously hard to restore once it is lost, so these new beds are incredibly valuable for both biodiversity and carbon capture,” said Danny Renton, CEO of Seawilding.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The Government’s Food Security Report 2021 is clear: ‘‘The biggest medium to long term risk to the UK’s domestic production comes from climate change and other environmental pressures like soil degradation, water quality and biodiversity”. The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 billion each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

This is now affecting the health of the entire planet, making it significantly less resilient to shocks,” says lead author Lan Wang-Erlandsson from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University. Other transgressed boundaries are: climate change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical cycles, land use and, in 2022, chemical pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

The public can get involved in citizen science projects to monitor the health of their rivers in order to gather evidence on the issues and opportunities for water quality improvements. Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42 million people, as well as £321bn-worth of homes.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2019

An ever-expanding population and declining planetary health could lead to gigantic air domes combatting the leading cause of death, air pollution, and the total destabilisation of global weather patterns. The report considers what shape the world will be in by 2050. With the global population expected to increase by 2 billion people, from 7.7

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. Live hard coral cover is a scientifically based indicator of coral reef health, while increases in algae are a widely accepted signal of stress to reefs. in 73 countries. across 12,000 sites. collected by more than 300 scientists.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A group of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in New South Wales, will lead a symposium on the impact of climate change and other environmental challenges on Antarctica, and what can be done to preserve the continent’s biodiversity in response to these threats.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

For example, the application of digestate to agricultural soils can improve water retention and water cycling, boost soil organic carbon and biodiversity, and reduce soil erosion. Not all of these benefits can be easily quantified.

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