Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

As part of that, only 5% believe they have the requisite resources to scrutinise all applications that might affect biodiversity. Advances in satellite technology and AI that can accurately map biodiversity and generate objective data come at a critical time for planners.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

The UK government said nature-positive developments were moving a step closer on 27 July as it announced additional government support to enable the rollout of Biodiversity Net Gain. Many housing developers are already successfully operating Biodiversity Net Gain recognising the benefits for people and nature, said Defra.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 25, 2024

The post Wind farm handbook to help developers avoid brolgas, bats and other project-sinking biodiversity risks appeared first on RenewEconomy. Renewables industry welcomes government funding to fill "critical knowledge gaps" on environmental and wildlife impacts of wind farm development, while also helping to get projects built.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2023

A new handbook aims to increase biodiversity in agriculture, by promoting innovative approaches to contract arrangements for government-funded payments to farmers. The handbook is the product of Contracts2.0, a four-year project funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. The group highlights priorities that should inform both the UN Glasgow Climate Summit and the Biodiversity Summit in China this autumn. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

National Highways and Manchester Metropolitan University aim to create “a highly detailed map of the habitats found alongside England’s busiest roads to help boost biodiversity” (image: drone photography of the M6 in Cumbria). ” For more on National Highways’ biodiversity work, visit [link].

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

Environmental scientists, ecologists, and policy experts argue in a letter published on 16 June in Science that the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new international agreement to protect biodiversity – fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten the health of ecosystems worldwide.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Funded by Horizon Europe, NATURE FIRST brings together 12 global partners to improve biodiversity and protect the habitats of many species which are being threatened by human activity. Claire Gwinnett, Professor of Forensic and Environmental Science, explained: “The overall aim is to halt and reverse the decline of biodiversity in Europe.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

The boss of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, is to deliver a speech later today warning how the biodiversity crisis poses an existential threat to the human race if left unaddressed. The biodiversity crisis is a crisis because it won't just kill the plants and animals it is killing," he is to say. "It

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tasmania's Liberal government wants the federal environment minister to "get on and approve" the contentious 900MW project, despite an ongoing legal challenge to its state environmental approvals. The post “Massive boost” or biodiversity disaster?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Green investment manager teams up with WTW and Environment Bank on new fund that ties returns to generation of biodiversity credits compatible with new BNG rules

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. The group highlights priorities that should inform both the UN Glasgow Climate Summit and the Biodiversity Summit in China this autumn. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Developers must be supported if they are to protect biodiversity, according to surface water and drainage systems supplier ACO Water Management, following growing calls for construction projects to prioritise the protection of mainland species in the UK. The webinar entitled Super Amphibian Highways will take place on Wednesday 10th March.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 11, 2024

The climate crisis we know well; the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We need solutions to this conundrum quickly, otherwise there will be lost opportunities, expensive mistakes and even more extinctions. Humanity faces two existential crises.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

It is because bats directly and indirectly protect the environment. A Marker of Biodiversity. The post Bats Benefit the Environment appeared first on The Environmental Blog. Why are there so many laws protecting bats and their habitat? Pest Control.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2020

Developers must get their strategies right or risk costly delays as they struggle to meet biodiversity net gain requirements set out in the new Environment Bill. Housing developers have been handed the opportunity to play a fundamental role in improving the UK’s environment while addressing the country’s crippling housing shortage.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

On the other hand, climate-controlled environments enhance the well-being of the birds and reduce energy usage by optimizing temperature, humidity, and ventilation. Poultry farms generate a lot of waste—feathers, bedding, dead birds, and manure—which, if improperly handled, can harm the environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Following the announcement of the government’s Environment Bill on 30 January , many observers in the environmental arena reflected on the ambition and likely efficacy of the legislation, while highlighting areas of concern and suggested improvement. Soil and biodiversity. Envirotec reports.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The first plan for the region’s natural environment has been officially launched on the banks of the River Stour. The official launch was led by Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and chair of the WMCA, and Councillor Ian Courts, WMCA portfolio lead for Environment and Energy and leader of Solihull Council.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE. The Environment Bill will has finally been passed into law, thereby becoming the Environment Act. It can't come soon enough.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There were 12 winners at the annual “VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards” in Glasgow on Tuesday 1 November, recognising innovations including a system for using treated wastewater to provide heating, and a solution that empowers homeowners in striving for net zero. Nature Rich Scotland Award – SRUC Elmwood Golf?in

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said last year she planned to introduce legislation in 2023 to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act after major reviews found the law was failing and Australian nature was in poor and deteriorating health.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Global Environment Facility members debut new GBFF Council, as they agree to new biodiversity, climate, nature, and pollution funding

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

New tools aim to make it easier for developers to deliver overall improvements in biodiversity to compensate for their direct impacts on nature. Natural England this morning launched three new tools designed to help developers accurately measure biodiversity net gain and ensure new developments are "nature positive".

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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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Planet Pulse

MAY 25, 2023

This is especially critical as carbon offset markets grow and companies start to assess their impact on biodiversity. Designing strategies to measure biodiversity and water is extremely complex, particularly when you compare it to measuring greenhouse gases. and “How do we operate in sensitive parts of the world?”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Scores of financial firms, banks, and institutional investors representing more than $24tr in assets worldwide have today called on world leaders to adopt an ambitious global nature treaty that establishes clear guidelines for the financial sector to ensure biodiversity loss is reversed.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The environment is an important factor in sustaining flora and fauna. The health of human beings depends on the state of the environment as well. Reusing items can save help the environment in the following ways: Reduces the Demand For Raw Materials. A reduction in waste deposits to open land can help conserve the environment.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 5, 2020

Happy World Environment Day ! Some additional highlights include Global Landscape Forum Bonn Digital Conference (see details below) and Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity Online Event. The host country for this year's World Environment Day is Columbia Events featuring experts on biodiversity issues from across the globe.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As governments prepare to weigh proposals for mandatory corporate nature disclosure rules at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit next week, the latest data from environmental disclosure platform CDP has highlighted the shortfalls of the currently purely voluntary approach.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

3] Biophilic design is the art of creating a connection between nature and the built environment to improve human wellbeing and the environment. In other words, biophilic design is a missing bridge between nature and the built environment that helps create a harmony with nature and resonate with humans’ inner desire.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

United Utilities Environment Director Jo Harrison said: “We’re a water company, and the water environment is critical to our business and the society we serve. The post Utility offering funds for charitable organisations to improve their local water environment. first appeared on Envirotec.

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Grist

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The document finds “there are few environmental restrictions regarding the preservation of the existing environment” and that a reactor fits the description of a “higher and better use.” “The environmental considerations that you would normally consider for something like an intact forest are not there,” said Smith.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2024

National mapping agency unveils major enhancements to green project data in biggest update since 2020

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

Improvements in wastewater treatment in the UK over the past 30 years are linked to improvements in river biodiversity, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. This Thames tributary is downstream from Swindon’s large wastewater treatment plant.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 7, 2022

Of course, it helps you relax and gives you reasons to take a picture to post online, but if you’re the kind of person who cares for the environment, you’re doing a lot. The following are five ways your garden benefits the planet. Attracts Wildlife […].

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