How Neonics Can Harm Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them
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NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them
GreenBiz
JUNE 29, 2021
Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively. 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. It’s crucial for corporations to make strides to protect biodiversity.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 7, 2021
How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 3, 2020
New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity. Liesl Truscott. Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2023
The study found, once the bulk of emissions have been reduced, countries plan to ‘cancel out’ the left-over difficult to decarbonise emissions, such as those from agriculture, by using forests and soils to remove carbon from the atmosphere. These mean forests and soils could lose their stored carbon back to the atmosphere.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 14, 2023
With biodiversity monitoring set to increase through the introduction of policies and schemes, it’s vital to assist ecologists with access to scalable remote technologies, says the group behind it. This, in turn, will reveal more about the diversity of bugs and seeds above ground, and the richness of life in the soil.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 7, 2020
Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change. The result, according to the method’s proponents , is complex ecosystems perfectly suited to local conditions that improve biodiversity, grow quickly and absorb more carbon dioxide. Alex Thornton. Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30. The Miyawaki method.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Without an abundance of water, soil, and biological diversity, businesses and societies can’t function, much. The post Can the UK’s market for trading nature credits deliver ‘biodiversity net gain’? The global economy is built on natural capital. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 16, 2022
Green areas from which cut grass has been removed become increasingly nutrient-poor, which in the longer term leads to an uplift in biodiversity among plants and insects. Dead grass that’s simply left to rot can also build up the bank of soil over the years. The 4×4 vehicle pulls a Harsh drawbar trailer with grass collection box.
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 18, 2023
Guest Author: Gillian Roy is a 2023 Schneider Fellow from Stanford University graduating in 2024 with a degree in Earth Systems
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. . Measuring soil carbon levels with a handheld probe.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2021
Soil scientist Neil Fuller launches the Sustainable Landscapes Wolds Programme with East Yorkshire farmers. A five-year collaboration is underway between Yorkshire Water and a group of innovative farmers, who are making a bid to improve water and soil quality on the Yorkshire Wolds. per cent to 6.0
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
They will measure rainfall, soil properties and streamflow and track changes over time. Already on site, scientists are using specialist equipment such as soil moisture and temperature sensors, weather stations and state of the art “lightning detectors” to measure extreme weather events. Less is known about new woodlands.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 13, 2020
These green modules could increase biodiversity, decrease the urban heat island effect and demineralize soils.
Clean Energy Trust
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited about our investment in Continuum Ag , an Iowa-based startup run by farmers, for farmers, to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices that improve sustainability, increase profits, and sequester carbon in the soil. Plowing or tilling soil has been done for thousands of years.
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.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2021
Soil is suddenly in fashion. As both demand for organic produce and public awareness of the role of soil in protecting biodiversity and tackling the climate crisis grows, there is an opportunity to promote biodynamic farming in the food, fibre, and wool sectors, according to the non-profit.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 31, 2020
Plus, chit-chat about animal welfare expert Temple Grandin and GM's vision for a future ride-hailing service.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Would that the same could be said of global biodiversity - or the living natural world to give it its more evocative name and rid it of the emotional distancing that accompanies the dry scientific terminology. Efforts to tackle biodiversity loss enjoy no such luck. The yields are seen to be higher if the field is soaked in pesticide.
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.
Business Green
JULY 3, 2022
It is time for soil health to rise up the climate agenda, in particular at the companies whose products depend on it, argues Moët Hennessy's Sandrine Somers. Healthy soil is the common thread between agriculture, viticulture, and fighting climate change. As living ecosystems, soils support biodiversity. They filter water.
Business Green
MARCH 23, 2020
Fraction of budget spent on soils in England despite importance for combatting floods and boosting food security, Sustainable Soils Alliance warns. The Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) said it found just 0.41 The news comes amid growing concern about the health of soils both in the UK and worldwide. With an estimated 2.2
Ideas 4 Sustainability
JULY 26, 2021
Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : Land use change has been a major problem since the 20th century due to its contributions to biodiversity loss, as well as landscape fragmentation and degradation.
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.
Business Green
JULY 4, 2022
Banking giant takes a stab at caclulating biodiversity impacts of its financing activities for first time, as it looks to meet requirements of new French nature reporting law. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint.
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.
altenergymag
MARCH 6, 2023
The EIA assesses the direct and indirect impacts of a power project based on a range of environmental factors, including the impacts on the local community, biodiversity, land, soil, water, air, climate, landscape, and cultural heritage.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 26, 2022
Green water is the water cycle available to plants, including rainfall and soil moisture. Other transgressed boundaries are: climate change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical cycles, land use and, in 2022, chemical pollution. It depends on soil moisture for its survival. Water is the bloodstream of the biosphere.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2022
At the same time, leaves and other garden waste are a boon for backyard biodiversity and soil. Autumn leaves are good for the garden and biodiversity. Minerals taken up into the soil account for less than 5% of a leaf. Leaves are flying about and filling up yards at this time of the year.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2021
After 20 years, they can attain on average nearly 80% of the soil fertility, soil carbon storage, structure, and tree diversity of old-growth forests. The study concludes that natural regeneration is a low-cost, nature-based solution for climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem restoration.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2023
With applications ranging from drone surveys to in-situ soil and water analysis, photonics is enabling more sustainable practices and transforming the way we monitor and protect our environment. This technology is invaluable for monitoring landscapes, biodiversity, and changes in terrain over time.
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. Peat bogs are a vital carbon sink and their conservation is critical for tackling climate change.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
The guidance outlines best practices for conserving and regenerating healthy land, freshwater, oceans and biodiversity. Deforestation, or building carbon in the soil, or even social things like human rights and forced labor is not a product attribute," Rabinovitch said.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
We really don’t have a great understanding of what happens when farmers make these transitions to regenerative systems," said Steven Rosenzweig, senior soil scientist at General Mills. The company took baseline samples in 2019 of the birds, insects and soil carbon levels at each farm and plans to come back each year to see progress.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 9, 2022
The long-term use of fertilizers in industrialised agriculture and the resulting build-up of nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment are contributing to widespread biodiversity loss and ecosystem disruption across Europe. Knock-on effects. EU-wide approach is necessary.
Green Living Guy
MARCH 13, 2023
Our actions have resulted in polluted air, water, and soil and a loss of biodiversity that threatens the survival of many species. We, humans, have done a great deal of harm to the environment over the years. But there’s hope!
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.
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.
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. It is estimated that these accumulate up to around 700,000 tonnes of CO 2 a year and the top 10cm of UK saltmarsh soil hold a total of around 2.3
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 30, 2021
Intensive water management causing short-term gains but long-term damage to one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. This in turn has repercussions related to habitat for endangered species, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and climate change. Image credit: Carandoom , CC BY-ND 2.0
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 17, 2023
Precision agriculture, employing cutting-edge sensors and digital tools to real-time monitor crop vitality, soil moisture, etc., Regenerative agriculture is another pillar, emphasizing soil health and biodiversity restoration. stands out.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Up to now, however, it has been unclear whether this is best achieved through allowing forests to restore themselves naturally (using dormant seeds in the soil) or through active replanting. They also emphasise the need to conserve biodiversity within undisturbed forests, so that we can restore it in areas that have already been logged.’
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