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The Most Beautiful Places to Run in the World

The Environmental Blog

If you are a beginner or thinking about running your first trail race, The Golden Gate Headlands Marathon is definitely something you should not skip. Inca Trail Marathon, South America. Although the competition is quite pricey, it is definitely worth experiencing at least once in your life. This epic 26.2-mile

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First global atlas of rangelands launches, and reveals vulnerable state of a neglected ecosystem

Envirotec Magazine

A key reason they have been underappreciated is the lack of definitive data capturing their size and value. Their goal is to make rangelands a prominent part of policy discussions around everything from confronting climate change to reducing poverty, managing threats to biodiversity and freshwater, and developing sustainable food systems.

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Acquisition by Statkraft Boosts Prospects for Solarcentury

GreenTechMedia

The £118 million ($152 million) deal gives Statkraft access to a 5-gigawatt pipeline of PV projects in Europe and just over 1 GW in South America. The move gives the hydropower giant a solar boost and, for Solarcentury, makes the task of delivering its substantial pipeline a bit easier. Solarcentury has developed 1.2

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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

Business Green

Inconsistencies in the definition of deforestation: The roadmap uses different meanings of eliminating deforestation throughout. The roadmap's definitions also bring up a geography question. And for soy, it acknowledges the need for no-conversion policies, but the companies couldn't agree on a definition, let alone strategy.

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How collaboration is critical to tackling fleet EV range anxiety

Business Green

There's a definite relationship between winter drawing in, increasing lock down and the amount of escapism I seek through television. Recently, one such escape has been watching Ewan McGregor ride an electric motorbike through South America on the Long Way Up.

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Key aspects of smart water meter reliability for African water utilities

Smart Energy International

Generally speaking, according to the special working environment of tropical rainforest or dry desert climate in African countries, the requirements for smart water meter will be more strict than in Asia or South America. In summary, the critical aspects of the smart water meters that need to be considered are as follows: 1.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

There is definitely increasing urgency around this issue," Waxman says. While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. Many promises, limited followthrough.

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