Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

A joint collaborative project funded through Innovate UK and Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme aims to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital technology as a means of remotely monitoring wildlife diversity in a farming context. There are too few experienced ecologists with sufficient time to manage it all.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. Working towards a circular economy helps protect human health and biodiversity in many ways, including by making better use of natural resources (protecting water and land), and by mitigating the climate crisis. Boost economies.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Among these, brown algae (Phaeophyceae) play a crucial role in sustaining coastal habitats, supporting marine biodiversity, and combating climate change through carbon capture. In biotechnology, the biosynthesis of compounds like alginate opens doors to health supplements, bioactive substances, and sustainable biomaterials.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

The group behind it says the innovative modelling tool has the potential to save wildlife, while ensuring the effective and sustainable development of renewable energy sources. A new resource has been developed in a bid to better protect seabirds from the impacts of offshore wind farms.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Lead author Dr Charlie Outhwaite (UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, UCL Biosciences) said: “Many insects appear to be very vulnerable to human pressures, which is concerning as climate change worsens and agricultural areas continue to expand.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These powerful models drive innovative technologies like ChatGPT and are reshaping our approach to intricate data challenges. Taken with rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and strikingly low levels of carbon absorption , monitoring our planets health is increasingly vital as people around the world are impacted.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Under thundery tropical skies, and amid ever more dire warnings on the precarious state of the world’s ecosystems, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference is unfolding in Colombia. Credit: Rachel Sherrington Corporations have turned out in large numbers at COP16, as they did at the last biodiversity summit in 2022.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

At beauty and hygiene products company Lush, for example, working to implement zero-waste when possible has led to innovation across the board. In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach. Humanity’s destruction of biodiversity fosters the conditions for emerging diseases such as COVID-19.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

And in order to encourage the approach beyond its supply chain, Danone recently founded the One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) initiative, a cross-sector effort to improve the private sector's approach to biodiversity. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2024

Through investment in some of Plymouth’s natural spaces, the project will support nature recovery, bringing benefits for biodiversity and improved recreational spaces for residents. The judges felt that it showed a different way of applying existing technology and demonstrated an innovative approach.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

The way these practices are pushing up against planetary boundaries and undermining human, animal and ecological health inevitably threatens a business’s bottom line. At the same time, the positive externalities — carbon sequestration, pollination services, health and wellbeing and vibrant cultural traditions — also go unappreciated.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

I am thinking especially of global poverty, hunger, health and education — SDGs 1 through 4 — where the latest figures from the World Bank and other centers of analysis paint a bleak picture of years lost and lives threatened. But the analysis does not stop there. Virtuous cycles can turn vicious.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts – including engineers, ecologists, medics, and air quality analysts – the document provides a detailed rundown on topics such as what happens to tyres when we drive, what kind of particles are produced, where they end up, and the implications for health and the environment.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

No doubt the answer lies in a combination of investor pressure, technological innovation, consumption shifts, governmental pressure, new circular business models that reward resource efficiency — and more than a little grit and determination. What will it take for companies to dramatically step up their ambition and actions?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. Poornima Param….

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

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. According to the National Golf Foundation 2019 Industry Report , there are about 15,000 golf facilities and 24 million golfers.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Anthony Finbow of Eagle Genomics – a firm working at the intersection of biology, data science and bioinformatics – explains, and relates how this knowledge provides a more solid underpinning for sustainable agricultural innovation. Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

CBI chief says it is 'not acceptable' for businesses to sit on the sidelines amid 'seismic' challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss and Covid-19. From climate change to digitisation, resilience-building to fighting protectionist instincts, the challenges we face are seismic," he said.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 1, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline health clinics in Africa and Asia. Renewable energy meets global health in a compelling challenge for innovative finance. Join We Care Solar and ImpactAlpha to explore emerging solutions for financing clean, affordable solar power for frontline primary public health clinics.

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

Organisations should also be looking for innovative and creative ways to help make their business more biodiverse. The car park now has a special drainage system which will reduce the risk of flooding, and the garden will increase biodiversity in an area that was formally concrete.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Industry Voice: A recent study by Boston Consulting Group underscores the huge economic value created through biodiversity — and how pressures on natural ecosystems poses risks to business growth. The value of biodiversity to business. Biodiversity is at the heart of all human life and activity.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Toward its bid to accelerate regenerative agriculture and aid farmers, one acre and data point at a time, the company recently partnered with Microsoft on a multi-year effort to hasten innovation and boost rural broadband.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy sets out a number of measures that aim to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals – by boosting innovation in the area of safe and sustainable chemicals, prohibiting the use of the most harmful ones “unless proven essential for society”, as the EC press release put it. “As

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Louis, Missouri, the focus of the WWF study, two-thirds of electricity comes from fossil fuel plants that pump out health-damaging particulates and planet-warming carbon dioxide. They use less space, which can free up land for biodiversity. Indoor farms use LEDs to light crops. Lettuce grown in St.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

Satelliite communications firm Inmarsat has joined forces with RESOLVE, the Washington DC based non-profit environmental and health organisation, to develop a satellite-enabled solution to safeguard endangered wildlife across the African continent. Use of the system in Tanzania, East Africa has already resulted in the arrest of poachers.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

I wrote recently about the intense level of innovation we’re seeing in food and ag. Sugar production drives a host of environmental problems, from biodiversity loss to water scarcity. Fri, 03/05/2021 - 01:00. Want more great analysis of sustainable food systems? Sign up for Food Weekly , our free email newsletter. Circular sugar.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

World leaders announce new biodiversity commitments as they declare upcoming nature summit a global priority. Leaders said an ambitioius new global accord was urgently required "in the face of an escalating nature crisis that is threatening health, food security, and livelihoods, while undermining climate action and sustainable development".

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Mangroves, like these pictured in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, are often considered a biodiverse-rich ecosystem that also affords climate protection.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Architects, urban planners, building managers and developers need to implement and apply new guidelines and innovative design and technology solutions that minimize the impact of heat on buildings and their surroundings and better accommodate the needs of building users. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2023

Defra seeking applications for funding from projects that can enhance tree planting stocks, boost woodland resilience, and create new forestry markets The government has this week announced it is seeking applications for funding from two innovation funds designed to boost the sustainability and resilience of the forestry sector.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

Tesco dairy farmers to receive 80 per cent seed subsidy for plants and herbs it claims can boost animal health, water and soil quality while also cutting emissions. We will continue to work with our farmers to both reduce carbon emissions and continue to increase the amount of biodiversity on farm.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

million funding from UK Research and Innovation to: Understand how local authorities are meeting their tree planting targets, the cultural significance of trees to communities and how well they capture greenhouse gases. Trees, woodlands and forests play a vital role removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and nurturing biodiversity.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Crop rotation and intercropping: Diversifying crops to improve soil health, increasing its capacity for carbon capture. These methods can allow farmers to achieve greater soil health, biodiversity, water retention, and ultimately carbon sequestration. These plants protect the soil and improve nutrient cycling during off-seasons.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Commentators seemed unanimous that the new requirements were a step in the right direction, if a little unambitious, with a government impact assessment acknowledging that 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) may not go beyond “no net loss”. Green roof systems and bio-active concrete were also mentioned as supportive of biodiversity improvements.

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