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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

GreenBiz

We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. We later expanded our bird conservation activity by establishing the Suntory Fund for Bird Conservation in 1989 to directly support organizations protecting birds both in Japan and overseas. Courtesy of.

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Climate change has killed 4 million people since 2000 — and that’s an underestimate

Grist

This week, a climate and health researcher published a commentary in the journal Nature Medicine that takes the McMichael standard to its logical conclusion. It doesn’t look at the mental health consequences of extreme heat and extreme weather and the related increase in suicides that have been documented in recent years. “At

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VOCs landmark: Firm marks 20 years of mobile carbon filter rentals

Envirotec Magazine

Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their Immingham facility, the site later being awarded a prestigious Green Apple environmental award as well as its ISO45001 accreditation for health & safety.

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Managing and reducing e-waste from PCBs

Envirotec Magazine

They contain organic matter (such as resin and brominated flame retardants), chemical residuals and heavy metal elements that can be seriously damaging to the environment and human health. PCBs are typically composed of 30% metallic and 70% non-metallic materials.

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Can Asia’s infectious disease-producing wildlife trade be stopped?

Grist

On February 24, the government initiated a permanent ban with a decree titled, “ Comprehensively Prohibiting the Illegal Trade of Wild Animals, Eliminating the Bad Habits of Wild Animal Consumption, and Protecting the Health and Safety of the People.”. But will the ban simply drive a long-thriving trade underground? on Mar 29, 2020.

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Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

DeSmogBlog

In all, the investigation identified five factory-scale poultry companies in as many countries that have received financial support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), or both since 2003, and that supply chicken to KFC.

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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria

Grist

“The link between climate change and expansion or change in mosquito distributions is real,” said Doug Norris, a specialist in mosquitoes at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Climate change presents another emerging threat, World Health Organization officials wrote in their latest global malaria report.