AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Loggers, for instance, could harvest trees from a threatened or ecologically vital forest ecosystem , then mix wood species to cover up the illegal logging activity. Following transport to the lumberyard, species origin of the timber logs and boards are further misrepresented to allow illegal wood in the supply chain.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 11, 2024

A new study finds that illegal roads have enabled illicit logging, mining, poaching and land grabbing in some of the world's most biodiversity-rich ecosystems.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

During its inaugural event in May 2023, a team of volunteers scuba dived, snorkelled and strolled the coastline, searching for evidence of seagrass and logging their results. The Great Seagrass Survey, the first of its kind in the UK, is a collaboration between Scottish charity, Seawilding and the British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC).

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Grist

JULY 14, 2020

But conservation areas are often vulnerable to illegal logging, poaching, mining, and other activities that threaten biodiversity. Sound has long been used by soundscape ecologists to assess biodiversity and other metrics of ecosystem health. How can land managers detect these kinds of human impacts on protected ecosystems?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. While this issue is bigger than any one person's habits, if we all take action to tackle unsustainable consumption, we can make a lasting impact to halt biodiversity loss.".

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Eco-Business

JUNE 8, 2022

In celebration of environment month in the Philippines, Eco-Business asks local conservationists about the biggest challenges they face in preserving wildlife in one of the world’s richest ecosystems.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Mangroves, like these pictured in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, are often considered a biodiverse-rich ecosystem that also affords climate protection. Unfortunately, the climate crisis and biodiversity loss are too often considered separately from one another. Climate change presents a growing threat to biodiversity.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Mangroves, like these pictured in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, are often considered a biodiverse-rich ecosystem that also affords climate protection. Unfortunately, the climate crisis and biodiversity loss are too often considered separately from one another. Climate change presents a growing threat to biodiversity.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Governments urged to double down on efforts to tackle illegal logging ahead of COP27. With escalating climate and biodiversity crises, now is the time for governments to double down on efforts to tackle illegal logging.".

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Satellite imagery also supports the detection and prevention of illegal activities, such as unauthorized logging , mining , or poaching in protected areas. For instance, the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) improved forest monitoring using Planet’s satellite data by detecting threats like illegal logging and mining.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Instead, communities hosting wood pellet facilities are not only further burdened by pollution and other local dangers, they are also entangled in yet another climate damaging trend — the destruction of biodiverse hardwood forests and the rise of monoculture tree plantations to produce energy that appears to pose climate threats similar to coal. .

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), an international conservation organization founded in 1858 focuses on maintaining biodiversity and conserving wildlife and ecosystems in protected areas and outstanding wild places.

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Eco-Business

JULY 14, 2020

Conservationists and indigenous communities have warned that the road could devastate the ecosystem, create more habitat fragmentation and facilitate further encroachment for logging, hunting and agriculture.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

For example, the group in Ireland recently prioritized the distribution of wildflower seeds to cultivate awareness of biodiversity. As of the webcast Tuesday, more than 87,000 actions had been logged by more than 6,000 participants. Each group focuses on projects that are meaningful locally, she said. .

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Grist

APRIL 27, 2022

A new United Nations report released Wednesday shows farming, mining, and logging has marred more than half of the planet. If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

More than 38,000 trees across hundreds of English Heritage estates and historic sites are to be digitally managed using software designed to help the charity more accurately assess threats or damage to woodland and better sustain wildlife and biodiversity on its land.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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

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Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

Still, the Amazon covers a land area roughly twice the size of India , and is among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, with over 3 million species of flora and fauna. But deforestation has slowly eaten away at its edges, and drought and fire have limited rainforests’ ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2023

In addition to forest carbon mapping, Salo brings technologies and expertise in mapping patterns of forest structure, wildfire risk, and biodiversity change around the world. Combining artificial intelligence with ecological models, Salo Sciences converts satellite data into precision insights on vegetation fuels and wildfire hazard.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Illegal logging continues to encroach on protected areas, cutting down trees to later burn the land. In response to the petition, the Government said: “The United Kingdom shares concerns about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, and the severe impact on the climate, biodiversity and livelihoods.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. These critics argue that thinning is a ploy to increase commercial logging and that severe wildfires are critical for forest health and biodiversity. Prescribed-fire professionals ignite cultural burns. Into this destruction stepped John Muir.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The harvesting of trees to make fabrics has more than doubled over the past 30 years and is expected to grow by another 50-60 per cent within the next decade alone, according to Canopy, with more than 200 million trees currently being logged every year to produce materials such as viscose and rayon.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Europe’s endemic trees are threatened by extinction, states a recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment on biodiversity. The unfortunate decline is due to the combination of three paramount factors: problematic invasive species , unsustainable deforestation from logging and wood harvesting and urban development.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Illegal logging continues to encroach on protected areas, cutting down trees to later burn the land. In response to the petition, the Government said: “The United Kingdom shares concerns about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, and the severe impact on the climate, biodiversity and livelihoods.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Also under the Nature for Climate Fund, £700,000 is being shared between 17 projects targeted at restoring biodiversity in vulnerable natural habitats, the government said. The government and Drax maintain the plant relies on waste biomass that complies with strict sustainability criteria, with all trees felled replanted.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

Many local people are furious at the damage done to their forests by logging corporations ripping out whole trees with Star-Wars machinery that first churns up and then compacts the soil. Some debris from felling must be left on the forest floor to maintain soil condition and biodiversity.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

What provides habitat for half the world’s known plants and animals, is a vital component of biodiversity and an important economic crop? Logging, invasive pests, disease, forest clearance and other types of habitat loss all threaten tree species. Nor is climate change helping.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

A Greenpeace investigation into the vessels published today notes that 25 supertrawlers, none of which are UK-owned, logged the equivalent of 123 consecutive days fishing in 39 different Marine Protected Areas around the country.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2020

Charcoal burning and logging have damaged the forest, eroding soil and frightening people with impending mudslides. Since its founding in 2014, One Tree Planted has worked in Africa, Asia, North America and South America to restore forests, create jobs and protect biodiversity. In 2018, the nonprofit planted 1.3 million trees. +

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Losing or slowing this pathway would be detrimental not only to climate efforts, but also to conservation and biodiversity initiatives around the world. Some signals are clearer at 3 meters than at 30 meters, such as the loss of individual trees, development of logging roads, or local variation in tree survival following disturbance.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In addition, the firm has teamed up with rainforest charity Cool Earth as part of an initiative that will see VOXI donate over £60,000 towards supporting "biodiversity, people, and trees".

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

Since president Jair Bolsonaro took over, logging and forest fires have been the order of the day. Everyone in the field of planetary health is worried about what is happening to biodiversity , climate and public health in Brazil,” Morand said. Morand is concerned with the continued deterioration of the Amazon.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 26, 2021

Since president Jair Bolsonaro took over, logging and forest fires have been the order of the day. Everyone in the field of planetary health is worried about what is happening to biodiversity , climate and public health in Brazil,” Morand said. Morand is concerned with the continued deterioration of the Amazon.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 11, 2020

Extensive logging of the trees in the past three or so decades has been a major contributor to the current situation in which a healthy mangrove ecosystem in Kenya is in danger. Continued deforestation of mangrove areas disturbs habitats and damages biodiversity, a key effect of this being the decline in fishery yields.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In addition to revealing a litany of human rights abuses at the East New Britain Resources Group, the Rimbunan Hijau Group, and Bewani Oil Palm Plantations Ltd, the investigation found all three companies were involved in the destruction of tropical rainforests that provide a vital defence against climate change and are a hotbed for biodiversity.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

trillion market value makes it the most valuable company in the world, logging sales of oil and gas worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. A number of Aramco’s ads claimed the company “promoted biodiversity” and “protected the planet”. The firm single-handedly contributes as much as 43 percent of Saudi Arabia’s GDP.

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