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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity. It is my hope that this new benchmark will help transform biodiversity commitments into actions.

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Chefs could be the missing ingredient to circular food systems

GreenBiz

When you talk about biodiversity and conservation, there is no value," said prominent Brazilian chef Alex Atala, who runs the world-renowned restaurant D.O.M. When you taste biodiversity, there’s a new meaning and new value." . An unintended impact of urbanization in South Africa is shifting relationships with food.

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Wind farm pioneers system to protect birds in South Africa

Renewable Energy World

In South Africa, BioTherm Energy’s Excelsior Wind farm is collaborating with conservation organizations to minimize the wind industry’s impact on local bird populations (avifauna). The eight biodiversity monitors, who are predominately female, have been recruited from the surrounding communities.

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Recovering forests regain a quarter of carbon lost from deforestation

Envirotec Magazine

Using satellite data, a team of international researchers quantified the rates of carbon recovery in different forest types and environments across the three largest tropical forests: Amazon, Central Africa and Borneo. The findings demonstrate the important carbon value of conserving recovering forests.

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Fifteen ways to reforest the planet: Latest research profiled in publication

Envirotec Magazine

He said careful planning of future forest projects could boost the biodiversity of species, carbon sinks, economic development and people’s livelihoods. Professor Marshall is also principal investigator of FoRCE (Forest Restoration and Climate Experiment) and founding director of Reforest Africa.

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Terreform ONE’s plans to upend cities and suburbs in a post-pandemic world

GreenBiz

From ants to beetle larvae — eaten by tribes in Africa and Australia as part of their subsistence diets — to the popular, crispy-fried locusts and beetles enjoyed in Thailand, it is estimated that insect-eating is practiced regularly by at least 2 billion people worldwide,” FAO said. “I

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AI-based anti-poaching system trialled in Tanzania

Envirotec Magazine

Use of the system in Tanzania, East Africa has already resulted in the arrest of poachers. RESOLVE’s Biodiversity and Wildlife team have developed an innovative end-to-end anti-poaching system; TrailGuard AI. Intel played a critical role in development, providing engineering expertise and other in-kind support.

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