GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

Episode 224: Biodiversity, climate tech and voices of clean energy equity. Funding biodiversity (31:14). William Ginn, author of the new book " Valuing Nature ," talks with Associate Editor Deonna Anderson about ways the private sector can address biodiversity. Food & Agriculture. Biodiversity. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2019

What’s at stake: the future of farming.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2020

Some researchers contend there is an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now. For example, despite more than 30 years of good science and best practices that support conservation agriculture in the United States, less than 5 percent of U.S. Food & Agriculture. Biodiversity. Food & Agriculture. William Ginn.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

The decarbonization promise of indoor agriculture is still in the seed stage. The problem with indoor farming, also known as controlled environment agriculture, is the electric grid. They use less space, which can free up land for biodiversity. Food & Agriculture. Urban Agriculture. Fri, 05/22/2020 - 01:18.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Rivers are crucial parts of the global water cycle, contain important biodiversity, and are essential for human health. As well as the ecological consequences, this poses serious threats for human wellbeing if the water is then used for drinking, recreational, or agricultural purposes.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sponsored: Climate targets demand biodiversity and agriculture interventions. While funding has been far less than needed, that may not be the case for long.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2022

Brewing giant claims regenerative agriculture program is among largest in Ireland and can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2020

Biodiversity crisis is gaining traction in the private sector but a big disparity still exists between knowledge and action on climate and biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Intended to support programmes for nurturing and boosting pollinator activity in the area, national rewilding project ‘Make it Wild’ has teamed up with Ag-tech start-up AgriSound in an initiative they say is already providing demonstrable evidence of the significant benefits to pollinators and local biodiversity.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

"Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 percent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture," Soubeiran acknowledged. Eighty-nine percent of our water footprint is from agriculture. That is why it's very important for us to have an opinion about the agriculture model we want.".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The firm suggests the system could vastly facilitate the study of biodiversity in areas of land such as farms, allowing them to be monitored for pollinator activity, or forests focusing on improving biodiversity levels, or other areas of land where nature is being protected. It is expected to be priced at 10/month upon deployment.”

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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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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The guidance outlines best practices for conserving and regenerating healthy land, freshwater, oceans and biodiversity. During the session, with panelists from large agricultural companies Cargill and Mars, regenerative agriculture took center stage. .

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A 55-acre site close to Aberdeen is to become one of the largest biodiversity projects on a university campus in Scotland. Robert Gordon University (RGU) plans to restore Waterside Farm into an area of biodiversity, enhancing its already high carbon-holding capacity, and providing a habitat for a range of threatened species.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Humanity’s destruction of biodiversity fosters the conditions for emerging diseases such as COVID-19. Meanwhile, humans have continued destructive practices such as deforestation and agricultural expansion. Agriculture as a climate change solution rather than a cause of climate change. Media Source. Shutterstock. Media Source.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 8, 2021

The industry’s environmental problems — waste, greenhouse gases, biodiversity loss — are real. We almost certainly need more of them if we’re to fully realize the potential of regenerative agriculture, alternative proteins and other promising technologies in food and agriculture. Food & Agriculture. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Food & Agriculture. Jean Haggerty. Fri, 11/06/2020 - 01:00. Sukhdev said.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Guinness says it is undertaking one of the most ambitious regenerative agriculture pilots ever conducted in Ireland. Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming that aims to work in harmony with the natural environment to put back more than it takes out. It is a highly effective approach that leads to much better outcomes”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

With biodiversity monitoring set to increase through the introduction of policies and schemes, it’s vital to assist ecologists with access to scalable remote technologies, says the group behind it. Being able to monitor biodiversity using remote sensing and AI will help landowners across the UK who want to monitor biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 6, 2019

As crop varieties disappear, boosting biodiversity becomes smart business.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Among other impacts, deforestation drives systemic risks like climate change and biodiversity loss that affect not just companies in agricultural supply chains, but companies throughout portfolios. There’s research showing how deforestation losses in the Amazon can affect agricultural productivity as far away as the American Midwest.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 20, 2020

Lynn underscores the importance of introducing more biodiversity in food for sustainability and has seen mungbean and sea plants such as algae and phytoplankton become trendy ingredients for food companies looking for more sustainable options. "We Food & Agriculture. Food & Agriculture. Pull Quote. Sponsored Article.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Scientists have proposed a framework for effective national-level implementation of global biodiversity goals. The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) writes. Looking back, the international community has repeatedly failed to reach most of its biodiversity targets.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 17, 2022

UCHU spice and sustainable agriculture. Not only that, but they’re challenging intensive agricultural models by showing sustainable agriculture is not only needed but delivers better business. They also reinforce sustainable agricultural practices that complement Earth’s natural rhythms.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

As the population grows, we may see more demand for this land to be used for agriculture, parks and real estate. Said Pettersen at the 2020 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, "As a mother of a young child, it is incredible how concerned you become over the future of the planet, its biodiversity, air quality and climate. In the U.S.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Almost one-third of the money that Nestlé intends to invest will be dedicated to cultivating regenerative agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizer across 500,000-plus farms from which Nestlé sources ingredients. Food & Agriculture. Regenerative Agriculture. Media Source.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2020

This dramatic fall in freshwater biodiversity has been caused through land-use change and exploitation of natural resources, with these pressures now being amplified by additional stresses such as climate change, microplastics and biochemical pollution.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

How a Multi-Stakeholder Project, MOCUPP, is Advancing Costa Rica Towards Sustainable Practices to Protect the Country’s Biodiversity. Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, containing nearly 6 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Biodiversity also plays an essential role in the well-being of the planet.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

Regenerative agriculture practices have received a lot of attention in recent years, and much of the focus has been on food production. The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. Regenerative Agriculture.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Causes of insect decline and biodiversity loss to be found at the landscape level. In a large-scale biodiversity study, an international research team headed by scientists at TUM surveyed a large number of insect groups in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg between 2008 and 2017.

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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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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 11, 2024

The climate crisis we know well; the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We are only just beginning to appreciate its effects on our economy, agriculture, health and culture. We are only just beginning to appreciate its effects on our economy, agriculture, health and culture.

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