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Farms vanishing around towns and cities, CPRE report reveals

Envirotec Magazine

More than 1,700 farms on the outskirts of English towns and cities have disappeared since 2010, according to a groundbreaking report published by CPRE, the countryside charity. It was halted abruptly last month, leaving many farmers without crucial financial support.

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Nescafé unveils $1bn regenerative coffee farming plan

Business Green

Through the plan, Nescafé said it would work with its coffee farmers to improve soil health and fertility, protect water resources, and support biodiversity in order to increase yields and help improve farmers' livelihoods, while also helping to sequester carbon through healthier soils.

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'Regulation works': Environment Agency warns against post-Brexit red tape bonfire

Business Green

Since 2010, air pollution emissions have fallen significantly, with nitrogen oxides dropping 63 per cent, sulphur oxides falling 81 per cent and PM10 particle pollution cut by just over a third, the report shows. Data from the EA last year also showed all English rivers failed to meet quality tests for pollution.

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Government says beavers can stay in their Devon home

Envirotec Magazine

The positive role that beavers could have in improving water-quality, with their dams acting as filters which trap soil and other pollutants from surrounding farmland. Devon Wildlife Trust’s Mark Elliott has led the charity’s beaver work since its beginnings in 2010.

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'Wake-up call': Palm oil industry failing on deforestation goals, ZSL analysis finds

Business Green

Clearance and burning of forests and carbon-rich peat soils in order to free-up land for palm oil plantations is among the biggest drivers of deforestation in the tropics, destroying precarious wildlife habitats, removing natural carbon storage, and accelerating biodiversity loss and climate change.

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'Wake-up call': Palm oil industry failing on deforestation goals, ZSL analysis finds

Business Green

Clearance and burning of forests and carbon-rich peat soils in order to free-up land for palm oil plantations is among the biggest drivers of deforestation in the tropics, destroying precarious wildlife habitats, removing natural carbon storage, and accelerating biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing.