GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2020
Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. For example, our deepening understanding of DNA helps us discern how drugs, medication, multi-vitamins or treatment plans work differently in patients — creating a brand-new frontier, personalized medicine. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….
Business Green
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Titled Nature Means Business , the study gathers evidence from 43 farms to demonstrate that when farm businesses reach a point where outputs, such as food produce, require additional inputs, like fertilisers and medicines, they can degrade natural assets and eventually corrode long-term profitability.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Energy Innovation
JUNE 1, 2023
Changing phenology also impacts plants with cultural and medicinal significance, some of which have been used for centuries to nourish the body, heal wounds, or aid in ceremonies. This is the case for dozens of medicinal plants in Nepal , where 83 percent of the population relies primarily on herbal remedies. Ishtiaque found that U.S.
Grist
DECEMBER 16, 2019
candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who specializes in climate science, social science, policy and the law, the climate change effects that California has experienced so far are just the tip of what’s to come. According to Emily Williams, a Ph.D. If lead or any other toxic hitchhiker is on that PM2.5 A new lead crisis?
Sustainability Consulting
APRIL 7, 2021
It will give governments, policy makers, and companies emissions data to be able to identify areas of the food system that produce the most emissions and develop ways to reduce them. 32% come from land use changes including deforestation and soil degradation (these activities released 5.7 gigatons of CO2e emissions globally in 2015).
Green Market Oracle
JANUARY 8, 2020
However, other NETs are ready to be deployed at scale, this includes land management practices that store more carbon in agricultural soils and forests. Some NET technologies can be costly, controversial and many are still in the early phase of testing. Other more technological solutions need more research.
Business Green
MARCH 24, 2021
Ending deforestation and planting more trees needs to be front and centre of post-Covid climate policy. Commercial agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation across the world, with land dedicated to growing trees and other plants cleared to grow crops or support livestock, causing soil erosion and animal and plant extinction.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
325 
Let's personalize your content