Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

This has resulted in the release of greenhouse gases as well as the loss of biodiversity and natural buffer zones protecting properties and infrastructure from flooding. At present, the UK only has about 45,000 hectares of natural saltmarsh remaining. million tonnes of carbon.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The UK government has this week launched a major new consultation on how to reduce ammonia emissions from solid urea fertilisers, which have been widely blamed for exacerbating air pollution and soil degradation. To achieve these goals, the consultation presents three options which are open for consultation.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Increase biodiversity and find methods to reduce costs. These changes can bring many benefits to farmers the health of the soil is increased, fresh crops are produced, and benefits to the climate are increased. The meaning of regenerative farming is that farmers can increase the health of the land where they sow the seeds.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

By intertwining the realms of tech and nature, these illuminations present an eco-friendlier avenue to nurture plants and harvest food, slashing our carbon footprint and lessening our environmental toll. Precision agriculture, employing cutting-edge sensors and digital tools to real-time monitor crop vitality, soil moisture, etc.,

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 23, 2021

Related: Casa CBC incorporates greenery at every level Choose Your Own Adventure Balmori Associates from New York present this work, inspired by the effects of global warming. The message simplifies our relationship with the soil, water, air, plants and animals. The International Garden Festival presents new 2021 installations.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s becoming not just present but part of their normal pastures,” he said, noting that he increasingly gets calls from farmers in this region who are wondering what to do. Friendly fescue soil, by contrast, has more microbes than toxic fescue soil. A 2014 study showed that climate change could increase the endophyte’s toxicity.

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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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. The urgent first step for companies is to carry out a deep assessment on nature.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

In recent decades, growth in agricultural production has come with a heavy price; causing unsustainable harm to the environment and biodiversity. Agriculture is extremely sensitive to the effects of climate change, with higher temperatures, drought, flooding and extreme weather all presenting greater risks for farmers.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

These land use techniques are designed to reduce the soil compaction which increases run-off. The planting of shrubs and trees also helps infiltration and retention by generating a demand for soil moisture, so that soils have a greater capacity to absorb water. Conveyance. They also enable more species to move between habitats.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

The scheme has the potential to capture more than 36,800 tons of carbon per year, while also leading to healthier soils, increased biodiversity, and reduced soil erosion, the company said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2021

Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among the thousands to back the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) bill through a “ Zero Hour ” campaign launched this week. Yesterday is No Longer Available’.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Julia Hanmer, BSBI Chief Executive, says: “ Plant Atlas 2020 presents a powerful and concerning insight into the changing distributions of our wild plants. We also need to ensure that our land, water and soil are managed more sustainably so that plants, and the species which rely upon them for food and shelter, can thrive.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The firm is also aiming to ensure 100 per cent of its coffee is responsibly sourced worldwide by 2025 - a feat it claims to have already achieved within the UK and Ireland - up from 82 per cent at present, while helping its farmers plant more than 20 million trees at or near their coffee farms.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

UK knitwear brand Peregrine Clothing has set its sights on using 100 per cent "regeneratively-sourced" British wool within the next five years, in a bid to support agricultural techniques that can help to restore landscapes, soil, habitats and natural carbon stores. Today, such practices are sadly in a minority and need more public support.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2020

There is, after all, no path to net zero that doesn't involve an expansion in nature, which is essential even before considering added benefits such as improved flood resilience, better soil and air quality, and of course reduced pandemic risks. But what are so-called 'nature-based solutions'?

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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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material shed by animals into their environment, which can be isolated from water or soil samples and used to identify the species found there. This allows simultaneous identification of many species without requiring the physical capture of species, as traditional surveying methods do.

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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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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A recent report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services states that approximately one million plant and animal species are under threat of extinction worldwide due to human-induced climate change. Schematic of glacier retreat and the emergence of post-glacial ecosystems. respectively.

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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. Biodiversity is in sharp decline across the world, and numbers of birds and pollinators are plummeting in Europe.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Claims of 'newt counting' slowing down development are a misnomer - biodiversity net gain approaches can improve design, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer. The long-awaited Environment Bill which is due be part of UK legislation by Christmas, is expected to incorporate mandatory biodiversity net gain with the support of nature recovery networks.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption. For instance, ash resulting from combustion necessitates careful handling to prevent soil and water contamination.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This conference covers the latest information and includes keynote Speakers, presentations, exhibition, lectures, symposia, and workshops that will help take your research to the next level. The 4th International Conference on Coastal Ecosystem and Management during October 23-24, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Echoing the UK government's recent Dasgupta Review on the economic value of biodiversity, The Economic Case for Nature concludes that a failure to protect nature would risk a huge hit to economies worldwide, with countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia particularly exposed to host of escalating climate and nature-related risks.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nitrous oxide is another potent greenhouse gas presenting opportunities for impact for the food & agriculture sector.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Apple has launched a "first-of-its-kind" $200m forestry fund aimed at removing "at least" one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, promising to scale and support projects that sequester CO2, improve biodiversity and adhere to "strict environmental and social standards".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

These benefits of nature-positive land use change are not just being presented in studies; they are a lived experience for many of the farmers that make up the Nature Friendly Farming Network. Combined, these proposals present a huge cost opportunity for the sector, across woodland creation, carbon capture and other nature-friendly practices.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

Wildfires are responsible for around 20% of annual global CO2 emissions, displace tens of thousands of people, endanger people’s health due to the inhalation of fine particulate matter, and have a devastating impact on biodiversity: in Australia during the 2019-2020 bushfire season alone, more than three billion animals were killed or displaced.

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