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'Earth's living systems are being compromised': World misses all UN biodiversity targets

Business Green

Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns. A decade ago, countries adopted a series of 20 biodiversity objectives after discussions in Aichi, Japan, marking the start of the UN's decade of biodiversity.

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Norwegian Green Roof Log Cabins in the USA

Green Roof Technology

Around 50 years ago there was trend in the USA of having Norwegian Log Cabins as a second home. Nevertheless the simple Green Roof systems (without plastics) lasted at least 3 decades without major maintenance and without any irrigation systems. Rather common in the USA: Norwegian Log Cabins. By Jörg Breuning.

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More than 500 fashion retailers back supply chain deforestation pledge

Business Green

The harvesting of trees to make fabrics has more than doubled over the past 30 years and is expected to grow by another 50-60 per cent within the next decade alone, according to Canopy, with more than 200 million trees currently being logged every year to produce materials such as viscose and rayon.

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More than half of Europes native trees face extinction

AGreenLiving

Europe’s endemic trees are threatened by extinction, states a recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment on biodiversity. The unfortunate decline is due to the combination of three paramount factors: problematic invasive species , unsustainable deforestation from logging and wood harvesting and urban development.

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Water-to-Air Ratio – GreenRoofs101

Green Roof Technology

Trays, pre-planted containers or AKA modular systems try to mimic the same layers within a small defined area like a plastic box, metal container or soil filled bags. Some Retention and Detention/Drainage Boards (mainly made from plastic) have no time-release overflow or no overflow that allows air between the water reservoirs.