Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

Environmental scientists, ecologists, and policy experts argue in a letter published on 16 June in Science that the proposed Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new international agreement to protect biodiversity – fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten the health of ecosystems worldwide.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2019

To illustrate the crisis magnitude, a new Animal Endangerment Map has been presented that reflects the conservation status of globally threatened species. Species survival is vital to preserving biodiversity and a region’s unique natural history. Today’s wildlife are in peril, facing a variety of threats that test their survivability.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

As early as next year, the ocean’s vast international waters could – for the first time – have rules for comprehensive biodiversity protection, once the UN High Seas Treaty secures the 60 national ratifications needed for it to enter into force. However, only 1% of these waters are fully protected.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

Britain can do much more to help to save species from extinction and protect nature worldwide, peers have said as countries prepare for talks aimed at halting global biodiversity losses. A “clear and present danger” exists to life on earth from the loss of biodiversity, according to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Causes of insect decline and biodiversity loss to be found at the landscape level. In a large-scale biodiversity study, an international research team headed by scientists at TUM surveyed a large number of insect groups in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg between 2008 and 2017.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2020

This dramatic fall in freshwater biodiversity has been caused through land-use change and exploitation of natural resources, with these pressures now being amplified by additional stresses such as climate change, microplastics and biochemical pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Diseases affecting different UK tree species appear to have a multiplying effect on the loss of associated biodiversity, according to new research by James Hutton Institute scientists and partners in the UK and Portugal. Pedunculate oaks host 326 species that are only found on oak trees (image credit: Theophilos Papadopoulos , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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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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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

AUGUST 31, 2023

In a study published in the scientific journal Frontiers , researchers Lina Röschel and Barbara Neumann – based at The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) – describe the challenges that these technologies present for both the marine environment and society, and identify cornerstones for their responsible use.

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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. “Our

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Natural habitats in urban areas provide benefits for humans, wildlife and biodiversity. However, in order to maintain and increase biodiversity, we require new techniques to help identify suitable wildlife habitats so that these spaces can be protected during urban planning and city development.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. Defra is relying on a private sector market for biodiversity units emerging but does not know how rapidly it can scale up or satisfy demand.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Dr Mark Goddard, an urban ecologist interested in biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services in cities, is a co-recipient of the Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Climate intervention research should not be presented as an alternative to emissions reductions. It proposes that all new research plans, funding decisions and policy proposals should meet five key principles: Responsible Research. Researchers should provide a clear, public justification of their activity. Inclusive Public Participation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

UN declares virtual talks have set the stage for the adoption of an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework next year. At present, the rate of global species extinction is accelerating," he said. "At At present, the rate of global species extinction is accelerating," he said.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

With carbon emissions expected to rebound this year, 2021 presents another opportunity for companies to invest in climate-saving initiatives that move the corporate world closer to a net-zero future, especially carbon removal projects. Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects? Gloria Oladipo.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill was originally introduced in draft format at the end of 2018, before being presented to parliament in October 2019, but its publication was delayed until after the General Election. Soil and biodiversity. He continued: “We need this government to commit to legally enforceable targets for fine particulate matter (PM2.5)

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A new report finds that an integrated approach to tackling biodiversity and climate change could unlock more effective solutions the interlocking crises. The level of interconnectedness between the climate change and biodiversity crises is high and should not be underestimated.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

R oughly 45 percent of all global flights meet this standard — presenting a massive opportunity. . Humanity’s destruction of biodiversity fosters the conditions for emerging diseases such as COVID-19. That’s because flights under 500 miles are within the range of an electric motor. Media Source. Shutterstock.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

MARCH 25, 2024

For two years, the students intensively researched biodiversity at a local orchard, surpassing themselves and their lecturers in the process. At the end of January 2024, the current cohort presented their research results in … Continue reading →

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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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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In Paul Hawken’s latest book, Regeneration, justice, biodiversity, equity and human dignity align as the path to reverse the climate crisis. It includes a broader and more diverse set of climate solutions than typically presented, a tapestry of interactions between the human and living world.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With the most recent State of Nature Report 2023 revealing that one in six species and 43% of bird species in Great Britain are at risk of extinction, a more comprehensive and robust assessment of sites is integral to better biodiversity monitoring.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A group of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in New South Wales, will lead a symposium on the impact of climate change and other environmental challenges on Antarctica, and what can be done to preserve the continent’s biodiversity in response to these threats.

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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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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

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The letter was written by prominent climate and biodiversity scientists from universities and organisations in top biomass sourcing countries – the U.S., Forests are home to more than 80% of terrestrial biodiversity, supporting plants, animals, fungi, and other species found nowhere else on Earth.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Exciting progress has already been made with lots of data on seabird movements coming in and validation trials successfully completed both offshore, with an observer present, and onshore, with a drone.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : Biodiversity is threatened across the world, and stopping this loss is likely the biggest challenge humanity faces today. Protected areas are used to manage and improve biodiversity but assessing their effectiveness is complex, especially when goals for protected areas become more diverse.

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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 9, 2024

The study, led by researchers at Imperial College London and published in early September in Nature Communications , finds that large gains in conservation are possible by focusing on areas home to exceptional biodiversity and species with high levels of evolutionary distinctiveness and global endangerment.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

The UK government has promised to push its fellow G7 nations to accelerate the shift towards green energy, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and ramp up efforts to tackle biodiversity loss, as climate and energy minister of the world's leading economies meet for a summit in Berlin this week.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

World leaders announce new biodiversity commitments as they declare upcoming nature summit a global priority. In addition, a new accelerator for action on biodiversity was announced by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia on behalf of the President of Colombia.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

When people are sick, suffering and dying — with little certainty about when or how it will end — how can we be expected to focus on a project deadline, a business meeting or a PowerPoint presentation? The COVID-19 crisis is likely to accelerate this trend.

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