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#1199802019-02-18
Norway starts payments to Indonesia for cutting forest emissions
Almost a decade after Norway signed a $1-billion deal with Indonesia to help protect its tropical forests, the first payment for reduced emissions will be made after deforestation rates fell, environmentalists and government officials said.
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#1199812019-02-18
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
To the uninitiated, mangroves might appear to be merely coastal cousins of inland forests, but these rich ecosystems support the planet and people in unique ways, from providing breeding grounds for fish to carbon storage, to protection against flooding.
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#1199822019-02-18
The Body Shop re-wilds 10 million sq. mts of forest through ‘Enchanted by Nature’ campaign
Through a partnership with the Woodland Trust, The Body Shop is helping to build multiple mini bio-bridges in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley, an ancient woodland on the English-Welsh border. This project may also benefit one of the UK’s rarest mammals, the pine marten
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#1199832019-02-18
Climate change must be a priority for world leaders
Experts in climate change and global security threats have long seen climate change as a future risk factor. Today, however, it is clear that climate change poses an immediate security threat to countries around the world. It is no longer a “someday” threat; it is a “right now” threat.
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#1199842019-02-18
How sci-fi could help solve climate change
As early as 1905, nearly 50 years before the first photovoltaic cell was put to use, the women of “Ladyland” were thriving on solar energy.
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#1199852019-02-18
Climate Change Isn’t Just Frying the Planet—It’s Fraying Our Nerves
Over the last year, Rebecca, a 35-year-old woman living in Washington, DC, had been losing sleep over the seemingly endless flow of apocalyptic environmental news. She fretted about the Trump administration’s loosening of emissions regulations and the United Nations’ dire predictions about clima ...
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#1199862019-02-18
Japan's opportunity to take a leadership role on climate change
The time is right for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to assume an even greater global leadership role on climate change as it has done successfully for regional trade liberalization.
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#1199872019-02-18
How climate change can make catastrophic weather systems linger for longer
Many parts of Australia have suffered a run of severe and, in some cases, unprecedented weather events this summer. One common feature of many of these events – including the Tasmanian heatwave and the devastating Townsville floods – was that they were caused by weather systems that parked thems ...
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#1199882019-02-18
Designing cities for climate change
PhD student Amin Rastandeh from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Architecture has proposed a new way of using Wellington’s natural topography to help improve human health and address the impacts of climate change.
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#1199892019-02-18
Will biodiversity become the new organic?
There are signs more actors in the food system are focusing more on biodiversity to try to make their businesses more sustainable. just-food's US columnist Victor Martino explores.
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#1199902019-02-18
Belgian researchers launch second attempt to reach Antarctica by sailboat
Ten Belgian scientists will leave for Antarctica on Tuesday aboard a sailboat to study marine biodiversity and the presence of plastic in the Southern Ocean, following a failed attempt last year.
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#1199912019-02-18
Even without GMOs, Uganda can beat food insecurity, New FAO boss
Uganda is a country with a huge potential when it comes to agriculture. It’s blessed with a lot of water and fertile soils which can guarantee sustained production and food security. But when we look at the statistics in terms of food and nutrition, we realise that there is still a lot of work t ...
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#1199922019-02-18
Great Barrier Reef coral at risk of bleaching from Queensland flood waters
Freshwater bleaching of corals could occur this year as a result of flood waters from Queensland’s overflowing rivers pouring into the Great Barrier Reef, the marine park authority has warned.
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#1199932019-02-18
Desert ants' survival strategy emerges from millions of simple interactions
Ants' frenzied movements may seem aimless and erratic to a casual observer, but closer study reveals that an ant colony's collective behavior can help it thrive in a harsh environment and may also yield inspiration for robotic systems.
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#1199942019-02-18
The battle against bugs: it's time to end chemical warfare
Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray.
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#1199952019-02-18
Indigenous hunters have positive impacts on food webs in desert Australia
Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. Resettlement of indigenous communities resulted in the spread of invasive species, the absence of human-set fires, and a general cascade in the interconnected food web that led to the largest mammalian extinction event ever record ...
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#1199962019-02-18
Researchers create the conditions for growing plants in the Arctic
Researchers at the TSU Siberian Botanical Garden (SibBG), the Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS (IHCE), and Tomsk Polytechnic University have implemented an interdisciplinary project to study the optimal parameters of UV radiation for pre-seed treatment and photosynthetically active r ...
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#1199972019-02-18
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
There are an awful lot of insects. It's hard to say exactly how many because 80% haven't yet been described by taxonomists, but there are probably about 5.5m species. Put that number together with other kinds of animals with exoskeletons and jointed legs, known collectively as arthropods – this ...
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#1199982019-02-18
New research reveals humanity's roles in ecosystems
In two back-to-back symposia at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Feb. 17, a cross-disciplinary cohort of scientists presented the first comprehensive investigations of how humans interacted with plant and animal species ...
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#1199992019-02-18
ZSL London Zoo shares animal X-rays
The expert veterinary team at ZSL London Zoo has shared a selection of X-rays made during routine health checks of its 18,000 animals. The images reveal the inner workings of a variety of different species, including frogs, snakes, geckos and turtles, and provide valuable insight for the vet team.
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#1200002019-02-18
Everything you need to know about climate change in 90 seconds
5 Live is exploring everything about climate change as part of its Cool Planet season. You’ll have heard phrases like carbon footprint and carbon neutral but what do they mean?
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#1200012019-02-18
Drones and big data: the next frontier in the fight against wildlife extinction
Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in conservation and ecology research. Drones in particular hold huge potential in the fight to save the world’s remaining wildlife from extinction. With their help, researchers can now track wild animals through dense forests and monitor whales in ...
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#1200022019-02-18
Virtual fences, robot workers, stacked crops: farming in 2040
It is 2040 and Britain’s green and pleasant countryside is populated by robots. We have vertical farms of leafy salads, fruit and vegetables, and livestock is protected by virtual fencing. Changing diets have seen a decline in meat consumption while new biotech production techniques not only hel ...
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#1200032019-02-18
Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets
Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned.
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#1200042019-02-18
The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon
Biodiversity has remained constant since the boom in life following the extinction of the dinosaurs 60 million years ago, new research suggests. The finding based on computer analysis of 200 years of paleontological records from 30,000 fossil sites around the globe contradicts conventional scien ...
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#1200052019-02-19
For a Warming World, A New Strategy for Protecting Watersheds
Long before an aspen tree fell on a power line in New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains in June 2011, triggering the biggest wildfire in the state’s history, fire managers knew that New Mexico’s forests were vulnerable. Climate change-induced drought and higher temperatures had dried out the trees and soil.
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#1200062019-02-19
Time to get out of the water! Swarm of hundreds of hammerhead sharks are caught on video by marine biologist off the Galapagos islands
A marine biologist had the 'most amazing day' when he captured rare footage of hundreds of the world's most sensitive sharks. Dr Simon Pierce, 39, filmed the herd of hammerheads in the Galapagos National Park with a remote camera so he did not disturb the shy creatures.
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#1200072019-02-19
India-Nepal agreement to boost transborder conservation of rhinos, tigers
India and Nepal are all set to sign an agreement to cooperate on biodiversity conservation, including the transboundary conservation of species like the Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The memorandum of understanding is ex ...
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#1200082019-02-19
Citizen Science Comes of Age
A team of seven scuba divers crawled along the seafloor in a shallow bay off Tasmania, Australia, parting tufts of seaweed and peering under small rock ledges as they hunted for a rosy-hued fish scarcely bigger than a mouse with a pouty face, hand-like pectoral fins, and a posture reminiscent of ...
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#1200092019-02-19
In decline globally, rare goose makes surprise visit to wetl ..
GURUGRAM: It’s listed as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) but this species of bird was spotted in Dighal wetlands last week. It was the second confirmed sighting in Delhi-NCR of the lesser white- fronted goose (Ansererythropus), which was first seen in In ...
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#1200102019-02-19
Climate change science pioneer Wallace Smith Broecker dies
The scientist Wallace Smith Broecker, who raised early alarms about climate change and popularised the term “global warming”, has died was 87.
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#1200112019-02-19
Hydropower dams can help mitigate the global warming impact of wetlands
Every few years, a cyclone hits Mozambique’s Sofala province. The Pungwe River floods and severs road connections between Zimbabwe and coastal ports, sometimes for months. After a few weeks, the standing water starts to bubble as flooded vegetation decays. This ‘marsh gas’ is methane, a greenhou ...
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#1200122019-02-19
Mystery disease killing beech trees
A mysterious disease that is killing beech trees is spreading across parts of the United States. Scientists say the disease, known as Beech Leaf Disease, has been recorded in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and parts of Ontario in Canada.
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#1200132019-02-19
Cultured lab meat may make climate change worse
Growing meat in the laboratory may do more damage to the climate in the long run than meat from cattle, say scientists. Researchers are looking for alternatives to traditional meat because farming animals is helping to drive up global temperatures.
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#1200142019-02-19
Towards a “Great Food Transformation”
Unsustainable food systems are threatening human health and environmental sustainability. We need to change the way we farm—and our diets. There are more of us, we’re getting wealthier, and we’re demanding more protein-rich foods, such as meat. In the long run, this is simply not sustainable.
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#1200152019-02-19
UNEP-WCMC celebrates 40 years of impact
To celebrate, UNEP-WCMC will be bringing together key players from the worlds of policy, the private sector and conservation in a series of events during the year to further instil biodiversity at the heart of decision-making.
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#1200162019-02-19
Bees brought Bavarians together. And they have a lesson for us all
Last week, Bavarians forced their state legislature to change farming policies with the most successful petition in the state’s history. And while the law proposed by the petition covers a range of measures, it’s no surprise that campaigners’ rallying cry quickly became “save the bees”.
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#1200172019-02-19
Land use delays could hamper climate efforts
Global climate change targets are unlikely to be met because of delays in changes to land use, Edinburgh researchers say.Efforts to make land management less damaging to the climate need to be stepped up if high levels of climate change are to be avoided, scientists say.
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#1200182019-02-19
Don't feed the monster!' The people who have stopped buying new clothes
A growing movement eschews fast fashion in favour of secondhand clothing. Is this the biggest personal change that can be made for the environment?
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#1200192019-02-19
How the world got hooked on palm oil
It’s the miracle ingredient in everything from biscuits to shampoo. But our dependence on palm oil has devastating environmental consequences. Is it too late to break the habit?
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#1200202019-02-19
The six steps urgently needed to save Irish biodiversity
One in four species in Ireland is under threat of extinction – radical action must be taken. The Living Planet Report 2018 reported that there has been an astonishingly steep fall of 60 per cent in biodiversity across the globe over the last 40 years. More than 50 experts from academia, policy, ...
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#1200212019-02-19
How Development Excludes Adivasis
The mainstream development paradigm has aggravated discontent among Adivasi communities. The reasons are not difficult to recognise – it encourages the siege of native resources, drives competition, is surplus-driven, instills private ownership and consequently, is affecting the cultural identit ...
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#1200222019-02-19
Climate change: Winters of future will be colder -- and also warmer
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Global warming will bring milder winter weather to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America. But some climate scientists predict those balmy winter days will be more frequently interrupted by extreme cold.
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#1200242019-02-20
Helping Gambian youth find greener pastures at home
A staggering number of young Gambians have lost their lives trying to escape to Europe. UN Environment is implementing the largest natural resource development project in the history of the country to make their lives better back home.
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#1200252019-02-20
'Brexit gap' over wildlife protection is looming
Wales risks losing 80% of the laws that protect its environment after Brexit with no plans in place yet to replace them, nature charities have warned.
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#1200262019-02-20
Sensors take the manual work out of forest monitoring
SÃO PAULO] A remote monitoring system rolled out in Brazil is taking over the exhausting and risky task of keeping an eye on commercial forests.
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#1200272019-02-20
What does it take to discover a new great ape species?
When an international team of scientists published their description of a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), in the journal Current Biology in November 2017, it marked the culmination of years of painstaking research.
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#1200282019-02-20
Wake Up and Smell the Organic Coffee
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 2019 (IPS) - In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined coffee farm seemed foolhardy at the time. But in retrospect it was the best business decision that Dorienne Rowan-Campbell, an international development consultant and broadcast journalist, could have made.
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#1200292019-02-20
European farms could grow green and still be able to feed population
Research shows loss in yields could be offset by reorienting diets away from grain-fed meat
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#1200302019-02-20
In Mexico, ecotourism helps traditional agriculture survive
The people of the Mexican state of Oaxaca earn their living making pulque, a traditional drink made with Agave.