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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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

The long-term use of fertilizers in industrialised agriculture and the resulting build-up of nitrogen and phosphorus in the environment are contributing to widespread biodiversity loss and ecosystem disruption across Europe. Knock-on effects. EU-wide approach is necessary.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Green water is the water cycle available to plants, including rainfall and soil moisture. Other transgressed boundaries are: climate change, biodiversity loss, biogeochemical cycles, land use and, in 2022, chemical pollution. It depends on soil moisture for its survival. Water is the bloodstream of the biosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Intensive water management causing short-term gains but long-term damage to one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. This in turn has repercussions related to habitat for endangered species, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and climate change. Image credit: Carandoom , CC BY-ND 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

The National Food Strategy also fails to address the threats to food security posed by biodiversity loss and climate change, despite these being identified as “the biggest medium to long term risk to the UK’s domestic production” in the UK Food Security Report 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

He said careful planning of future forest projects could boost the biodiversity of species, carbon sinks, economic development and people’s livelihoods. “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.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

They will measure rainfall, soil properties and streamflow and track changes over time. Already on site, scientists are using specialist equipment such as soil moisture and temperature sensors, weather stations and state of the art “lightning detectors” to measure extreme weather events. Less is known about new woodlands.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. Across 60 pilot projects the programme created an equivalent of 1.6 What is it?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Data is collected and transmitted to Defra and Forest Research where advanced analytics will be used to assess the impact of temperature, humidity and soil moisture on tree growth and function. Specialist sensors have been attached to trees in two forests and are connected via Vodafone’s Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

After 20 years, they can attain on average nearly 80% of the soil fertility, soil carbon storage, structure, and tree diversity of old-growth forests. The study concludes that natural regeneration is a low-cost, nature-based solution for climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem restoration.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

” The barriers include things like planning, benefit-to-cost ratios, and biodiversity net gain. “Defra should conduct a six-month sprint, with industry, on removing the barriers to using NBS to flooding and pollution.” It should “propose a way of reducing or removing these,” says the review.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The Government’s Food Security Report 2021 is clear: ‘‘The biggest medium to long term risk to the UK’s domestic production comes from climate change and other environmental pressures like soil degradation, water quality and biodiversity”. The estimated cost to UK farmers of soil degradation alone is £1.2 billion each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2024

Steve Gilder, Environment Delivery Lead at TPE, said: “This is so much more than just a planter – it will provide so many benefits at Northallerton station, from increasing biodiversity and housing wildlife to reusing and attenuating rainwater, and combatting flooding. “At

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

These land use techniques are designed to reduce the soil compaction which increases run-off. The planting of shrubs and trees also helps infiltration and retention by generating a demand for soil moisture, so that soils have a greater capacity to absorb water. Conveyance. They also enable more species to move between habitats.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

Kaitiaki Consulting, which is based in Scotland and New Zealand, has brought in specialists in forestry, ornithology, botany, soil science and a raft of other key sciences as it ramps up its activities. It then finds and develops habitats to plant trees and enhance biodiversity as part of a sustainable cycle.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Despite being on the same west-facing elevation, one of those sections had been retrofitted with an exterior living wall façade, comprised of a flexible felt fabric sheet system with pockets allowing for soil and planting. lower than that of the original structure.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With applications ranging from drone surveys to in-situ soil and water analysis, photonics is enabling more sustainable practices and transforming the way we monitor and protect our environment. This technology is invaluable for monitoring landscapes, biodiversity, and changes in terrain over time.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Up to now, however, it has been unclear whether this is best achieved through allowing forests to restore themselves naturally (using dormant seeds in the soil) or through active replanting. They also emphasise the need to conserve biodiversity within undisturbed forests, so that we can restore it in areas that have already been logged.’

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The key outcomes are expected to include: improvements in soil health and its carbon sequestration potential; enhanced biodiversity; reduction in synthetic fertiliser use; enhanced water quality; and improved farmer livelihoods. The ambition is for the barley grown to be used to brew beautiful tasting Guinness.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

This has resulted in the release of greenhouse gases as well as the loss of biodiversity and natural buffer zones protecting properties and infrastructure from flooding. It is estimated that these accumulate up to around 700,000 tonnes of CO 2 a year and the top 10cm of UK saltmarsh soil hold a total of around 2.3

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

We also need to ensure that our land, water and soil are managed more sustainably so that plants, and the species which rely upon them for food and shelter, can thrive. The Government’s new farm environment schemes must do what was originally promised and reverse the decline of nature in our agricultural landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The project will also aim to demonstrate to gardeners how best to use peat alternatives as a growing medium and highlight how composting and the use of wormeries can create mulch and soil enhancers. This latest step will support climate and biodiversity goals and the transition to net zero.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material shed by animals into their environment, which can be isolated from water or soil samples and used to identify the species found there. eDNA is very powerful for identifying invasive species before they establish and conserving rare and endangered species before they become extinct.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

In recent decades, growth in agricultural production has come with a heavy price; causing unsustainable harm to the environment and biodiversity. With no soil or pesticide contamination, water efficiency is further enhanced by the absence of a requirement for washing.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

In the 1800s, conscious of the likely shrinking effect of draining the peaty soil around Whittlesea Mere, William Wells, and other wealthy landowners, instigated the burial of a measurement post at Holme Fen, which was anchored in the bedrock and cut off at the soil surface. The ground level at Holme Post is now 2.75

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Climate change is disrupting the rhythms of spring growing and river flooding across Europe, which could pose new problems for biodiversity and food security in floodplains, according to one group of researchers. That raises a lot of questions about the effect that might have on the European landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

The positive role that beavers could have in improving water-quality, with their dams acting as filters which trap soil and other pollutants from surrounding farmland. These include flood attenuation, water quality improvement, carbon storage, greater biodiversity and socio-economic benefits to local businesses through wildlife tourism.

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Besides some increase in agricultural and forestry production, most natural systems that support us — like rich soil carbon and pollinator health (i.e., Understand your biodiversity footprint. Hope comes through action…].

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Besides some increase in agricultural and forestry production, most natural systems that support us — like rich soil carbon and pollinator health (i.e., Understand your biodiversity footprint. Hope comes through action.].

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

Wildfires are responsible for around 20% of annual global CO2 emissions, displace tens of thousands of people, endanger people’s health due to the inhalation of fine particulate matter, and have a devastating impact on biodiversity: in Australia during the 2019-2020 bushfire season alone, more than three billion animals were killed or displaced.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But the result, critics say, has been a proliferation of intensive farming practices that damage soils, nature, and the climate by ironing out as much unpredictability as possible from the natural world through pesticides, hulking machinery, and crop homogeneity. The outlook is certainly worrying.

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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. Chatham House, 2017.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Areas of the Earth under indigenous stewardship feature far more robust biodiversity,” as Janis Steele notes in her essay “Stories from the Blue Continent”, which seems to explore some of what might constitute the more intimate and constructive relationship with nature that lies behind such trustworthy stewardship.

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