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Acoustic landscape monitoring suggested as a game-changer for biodiversity improvement

Envirotec Magazine

AgriSound team member Calum Pheby with “Polly” What’s described as the world’s first fully automated acoustic ‘panoramic’ landscape monitoring system, which can report in real-time on the landscape of natural sounds in a given area, is being developed by bioacoustics firm AgriSound.

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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The State of Green Business 2021. Adapted from the 14th annual State of Green Business report, our annual report card on progress by the world’s largest companies. Such turmoil easily could have spelled the end, or at least the pause, of anything having to do with business and sustainability. Two words: business fundamentals.

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud

GreenBiz

All of them are using their artificial intelligence prowess and analytics power to help companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil continue exploration and extraction. These complex challenges can’t be solved in isolation, or by doing business as usual.

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Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy

GreenBiz

Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy. Esri and the science of corporate biodiversity (20:45). The sophistication of environmental monitoring tools continues to grow, with satellites, sensors and artificial intelligence all playing a role. The State of Green Business 2020. Heather Clancy.

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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

The creation of new woodlands and wetlands produces biodiverse habitats with greater flood storage capacity. Monitoring NFM. Given the wide range of potential NFM benefits outlined above, the number and type of parameters to be monitored are likely to be equally diverse. They also enable more species to move between habitats.

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Mars claims palm oil is 'deforestation-free' after ditching hundreds of suppliers

GreenBiz

The destruction of rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations is a major contributor to climate change and nature loss, due to the crucial role of richly biodiverse tropical forests in sequestering carbon dioxide, absorbing rainfall and releasing water into rivers. Pull Quote.

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Kwasi Kwarteng says biomass wood imports are “not sustainable”

Envirotec Magazine

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.