How Neonics Can Harm Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them
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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively
GreenBiz
JUNE 29, 2021
Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively. Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution. It’s crucial for corporations to make strides to protect biodiversity.
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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 3, 2020
New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 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. Liesl Truscott. Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00.
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Unlocking the soil microbiome
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 7, 2021
How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.
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How can you tell if soil is healthy? Just listen to it.
Grist
AUGUST 20, 2024
And they’re putting on an unorthodox show for the handful of humans who know where, and how, to tune in — a complex symphony of vibrations and pulses that relay the state of the very soils these organisms are moving within. All told, the ground beneath our feet houses the most biodiverse habitat on the planet.
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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.
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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet
GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2020
Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Soil at the center . Poornima Param…. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00.
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Technology monitors biodiversity remotely on farmland
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. This, in turn, will reveal more about the diversity of bugs and seeds above ground, and the richness of life in the soil.
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Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change
GreenBiz
AUGUST 7, 2020
Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change. The result, according to the method’s proponents , is complex ecosystems perfectly suited to local conditions that improve biodiversity, grow quickly and absorb more carbon dioxide. Alex Thornton. Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30. The Miyawaki method.
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Episode 205: Cargill cultivates soil health, greening the Super Bowl
GreenBiz
JANUARY 31, 2020
Plus, chit-chat about animal welfare expert Temple Grandin and GM's vision for a future ride-hailing service.
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5 cool measurement tools attempting to quantify regenerative agriculture
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. . Measuring soil carbon levels with a handheld probe.
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If we lose biodiversity, we will not address climate change or hunger, warns report
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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Government accused of 'staggering' failure to invest in soil health monitoring
Business Green
MARCH 23, 2020
Fraction of budget spent on soils in England despite importance for combatting floods and boosting food security, Sustainable Soils Alliance warns. The Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) said it found just 0.41 The news comes amid growing concern about the health of soils both in the UK and worldwide.
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Wolds collaboration aims to improve water and soil quality in East Yorkshire AR
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2021
Soil scientist Neil Fuller launches the Sustainable Landscapes Wolds Programme with East Yorkshire farmers. A five-year collaboration is underway between Yorkshire Water and a group of innovative farmers, who are making a bid to improve water and soil quality on the Yorkshire Wolds. per cent to 6.0
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Greater action required to prevent irreversible outcomes for farming
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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Saving Maine’s iconic peaks, one pound of soil at a time
Grist
AUGUST 23, 2023
It was June 21, 2023 — the edge of summertime in Acadia National Park, and I was schlepping soil to help restore biodiversity to the park’s summits. This loss of flora has already had far-reaching consequences for the health of Acadia’s ecosystems. Their research found that bringing the soil back was the key.
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Continuum Ag: Helping Farmers Sequester Carbon in Soil
Clean Energy Trust
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited about our investment in Continuum Ag , an Iowa-based startup run by farmers, for farmers, to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices that improve sustainability, increase profits, and sequester carbon in the soil. Plowing or tilling soil has been done for thousands of years.
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Still in the dark about targets? Observers respond to the UK government’s Environment Bill
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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The critical role of biodiversity in creating business value
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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Planetary boundaries update: freshwater at stake
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 26, 2022
Green water is the water cycle available to plants, including rainfall and soil moisture. This is now affecting the health of the entire planet, making it significantly less resilient to shocks,” says lead author Lan Wang-Erlandsson from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University. It depends on soil moisture for its survival.
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Report highlights importance of whole-process appraisal of AD
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 7, 2023
For example, the application of digestate to agricultural soils can improve water retention and water cycling, boost soil organic carbon and biodiversity, and reduce soil erosion.
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Beyond the crop: Diversified farming for long-term sustainable agriculture?
Ideas 4 Sustainability
APRIL 28, 2024
Agriculture contributes to environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, impacting the planet as the population grows. Adopting sustainable agroecological practices, emphasizing biodiversity and soil health, can mitigate these issues.
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Future Farming Fund: Co-op launches new push to boost sustainable agriculture
Business Green
JULY 12, 2024
Retailer to back soil health, biodiversity, alternative forage crop, genetics, and data projects, with an initial focus on its beef and lamb farming group
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Time to muck in: Soils must take centre-stage in farming policy, study argues
Business Green
APRIL 1, 2020
Royal Society study author argues people 'should be as appalled' by badly managed soils as deforestation. Bringing together the latest evidence on the "diverse and underappreciated" functions soils perform, the science body's research points to many "win-win" benefits that arise from protecting and improving soils.
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'Make soil sexy': Supermodel Arizona Muse debuts biodynamic farming initiative
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2021
Soil is suddenly in fashion. As both demand for organic produce and public awareness of the role of soil in protecting biodiversity and tackling the climate crisis grows, there is an opportunity to promote biodynamic farming in the food, fibre, and wool sectors, according to the non-profit.
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The food and beverage industry needs to come together to protect soils
Business Green
JULY 3, 2022
It is time for soil health to rise up the climate agenda, in particular at the companies whose products depend on it, argues Moët Hennessy's Sandrine Somers. Healthy soil is the common thread between agriculture, viticulture, and fighting climate change. As living ecosystems, soils support biodiversity.
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Asset managers accused of 'blind spot' over biodiversity risk and climate crisis
Business Green
JUNE 11, 2020
Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. Moreover, only 11 per cent of asset managers have policies requiring portfolio companies to mitigate harmful impacts on biodiversity.
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Government launches consultation on fertiliser's role in air pollution and soil degradation
Business Green
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Solid urea fertilisers emit ammonia which can harm both natural habitats and human health. The UK government has this week launched a major new consultation on how to reduce ammonia emissions from solid urea fertilisers, which have been widely blamed for exacerbating air pollution and soil degradation.
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The road to sustainable health
Business Green
JUNE 26, 2020
Organisations should also be looking for innovative and creative ways to help make their business more biodiverse. This can sometimes be difficult when developing healthcare facilities, however it is important as it ensures natural sustainability and keeps our air, water and soil clean and healthy.
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Asia Pacific’s Mid-Autumn Festival: Thousands Old Tradition Reimagined With Planet Satellite Data
Planet Pulse
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
At present, farmers face a multitude of challenges in ensuring high farm productivity such as shifting growing seasons, soil degradation, and water scarcity—all while the demand for food continues to rise. To address this, they analyzed soil moisture levels using Planet data.
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Episode 205: Cargill cultivates soil health, greening the Super Bowl
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 31, 2020
Read the original post: Episode 205: Cargill cultivates soil health, greening the Super Bowl. Plus, chit-chat about animal welfare expert Temple Grandin and GM’s vision for a future ride-hailing service.
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By leaving garden waste alone, we could store 600k tons of CO2 per year
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2022
At the same time, leaves and other garden waste are a boon for backyard biodiversity and soil. Autumn leaves are good for the garden and biodiversity. Minerals taken up into the soil account for less than 5% of a leaf. Leaves are flying about and filling up yards at this time of the year.
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Accounting for all the pluses and minuses in food systems
GreenBiz
MAY 27, 2021
Moreover, it has led to the mass production of commodity crops and the proliferation of unsustainable practices — such as clear cutting to expand production, intensive livestock production, environmental contamination through pesticide and fertilizer use, soil degradation and more.
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Silicon Ranch partners with organic livestock farm in Georgia for solar sheep grazing
Solar Power World
JANUARY 15, 2020
In 2020, this partnership will bring holistic planned livestock grazing and regenerative land management practices to nearly 2,400 solar farm acres in Southwest Georgia to create carbon sinks, restore biodiversity and soil health and add to the environmental, social and economic benefits… The post Silicon Ranch partners with organic livestock (..)
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Regenerative Agriculture: Agricultural Revolution or Carbon Pricing Capitalism?
CleanTech Group
AUGUST 13, 2019
Regenerative agriculture is about improving soil through better farm practices. The aim is to use farming practices that increase soil health through increased biodiversity, water retention, topsoil protection, and other farming process improvements. One key measure of healthy soil is carbon content.
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Founder Profile: Colin Averill | Funga
Better Ventures
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Thesis : Climate | Carbon About : Funga restores fungal biodiversity to forest landscapes. Their team extracts DNA sequences from soil samples and pairs it with data on climate, soils, and more to better understand which fungal microbiomes accelerate tree growth and carbon removal. Most species on Earth are microbial.
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Tesco and WWF launch climate-friendly cattle feed scheme for dairy farmers
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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AGreenLiving
JUNE 29, 2021
Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively Takeshi Yamada Tue, 06/29/2021 – 00:10 Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution.
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Fifteen ways to reforest the planet: Latest research profiled in publication
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Forests are crucial for the health and economies of our planet, but they must be better planned, managed and monitored to ensure sustainable benefits for people as well as nature,” he said. He said careful planning of future forest projects could boost the biodiversity of species, carbon sinks, economic development and people’s livelihoods.
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5 opportunities of a circular economy
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2021
The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Protect human health and biodiversity. Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution. This pollution also threatens biodiversity.
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UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2021
Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels. Africa's governments must give no more excuses for the fossil fuel industry.
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Advancing Regenerative Agriculture with Skytec’s Ranger and Limestone Valley RC&D
Planet Pulse
AUGUST 29, 2023
How much does healthy soil impact our climate resiliency? Optimizing best practices in land management can increase biodiversity, enrich soil, and protect water quality, ultimately making our soil more resilient to climate instability. Measuring land use and soil health at scale can be complex and resource intensive.
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We need to fix food
Business Green
AUGUST 1, 2021
Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Reward sustainable farming.
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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'
GreenBiz
JULY 20, 2020
As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused.
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