Remove Biodiversity Remove Home Energy Monitoring Remove Logging
article thumbnail

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

article thumbnail

Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks

DeSmogBlog

Representatives of business and industry groups more than doubled at the UN’s latest biodiversity summit, DeSmog has found, sparking fears over the growing influence of powerful private sector bodies. The rise in industry delegates was proportionally higher than the increase in overall attendees, which rose by 46 percent.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960

Grist

If deforestation continues, they say, it could also jeopardize international goals to preserve biodiversity and limit global warming. “[T]he Forests have other benefits, as well, like supporting millions of plant and animal species , many of which people use for medicine, energy, food, construction, and cultural practices.

Logging 126
article thumbnail

The Power of Remote Sensing Satellite Images to Help Protect and Preserve Public Lands

Planet Pulse

With Planet’s remote sensing technology, government agencies gain invaluable insights to monitor ecosystems, prevent illegal activities, and protect forests, wetlands, and wildlife, driving impactful, cost-efficient environmental preservation efforts. This helps prevent both immediate and long-term damage to forests more effectively.

article thumbnail

New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Around the world, 1.6

article thumbnail

Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

AGreenLiving

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

article thumbnail

How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

It addresses not just climate, but also biodiversity, livelihoods, the rights of indigenous peoples, and effective funding. The forest is our home; when we leave the forest or if the forest dies, we shall die. It uses them to stop or redirect the activities that drive forest and biodiversity loss, reaching about 50,000 people so far.