Evolutionary diversity should be an important consideration when identifying priority areas for conservation.
… Evolutionary diversity in the Amazon Staff Reporter | 19th November 2019 News Diversity Productivity Evolution Amazon … International 6-evolutionary.jpg Evolutionary diversity should be an important consideration …
Voices of people of colour make up just three percent of discussions about climate breakdown even in progressive Bristol.
… Diversity needed for climate justice Tess de … | 8th October 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Diversity Racism Bristol University Editor’s … Bristol. There is a worrying lack of diversity in climate change decision making, …
When communities are broken apart by migration towards towns and cities, rural life suffers.
… Rural Repopulation Urbanisation Community Diversity Urban Living Community Diversity Conservation Natural World News web … Science journal have revealed that biodiversity can also be affected when humans …
Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that.
… Thomas | 11th February 2008 News Bees Crops Diversity Colony Collapse Disorder Intensive … Electromagnetic Fields Parasites Varroa Diversity Farming Food Security Natural World … for bees to ensure their survival and genetic diversity). To ensure that colonies express …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
… News Industrial Agriculture Natural World Diversity Agribusiness Factory Farming Natural … the largest single threat to the earth’s biodiversity. Massive chemical use and row-to-row … mammals on farmlands and ensure biological diversity for the planet. In sum, in terms of …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… Farming Pests And Pesticides Biotechnology Diversity Factory Farming Food Security … contrast, organic farms actively encourage biodiversity in order to maintain soil fertility … control. Mixed farming systems ensure that a diversity of food and nesting sites are …
The World Bank has released a report encouraging the Indonesian government to create vast timber plantations that would damage local ecosystems and livelihood, in order to encourage economic growth.
… Indonesia Deforestation World Bank World Bank DiversityDiversity Politics And Economics Science And …
Russia’s zapovedniks are some of the world’s most pristine wildernesses. For 70 years they were protected ruthlessly by the Soviet system, but recently they have fallen prey to Putin, the World Bank and ecotourists. Paul Webster reports on their plight
… Development Consumerism World Bank Diversity Forests Natural World … plight They form a patchwork of dizzying diversity that includes the largest … World Bank and the UN, granted $20m for a biodiversity conservation project aimed at …
Under cover of darkness, a dedicated team of activists is slowly rescuing unloved pockets of land from botanical meltdown. Olly Zanetti meets the guerrilla gardeners lighting up London.
… 2009 Ethical Living Activists Gardening Diversity London Richard Reynolds Green Lifestyle Urban Living Community Diversity Green Living GG_SPET_08_MAIN.jpg …
Scientists have found that the UK’s common or garden earthworms are far more diverse than previously thought, a discovery with important consequences for agriculture.
… The Ecologist | 30th November 1999 News Worms Diversity Natural World Scientists have found …
Can there be wildlife in our urban jungles? Matilda Lee meets a man campaigning to let nature live on city rooftops
… Green Lifestyle Urban Living Development Diversity Conservation Dusty_MAY07_MAIN.jpg … on the use of green roofs to promote biodiversity, and went to see him. The Swiss had … design with specific conservation and biodiversity objectives. In the Swiss model, …
European Union ministers have given an initial thumbs-up to the Novel Foods Regulation, a draft proposal that could lead to meat from cloned animals entering the human food chain
… Green MEP Consumer Epidemic Ban Food Scare Diversity Gene Pool European Pa cows.jpg … would result in a reduction in gene pool diversity, already restricted as a result of …
Have you ever heard of – let alone tasted – the Rats Tail radish, the Crookneck squash or the Prince of Prussia pea? We report on what’s being done to save Britain’s rich agricultural heritage.
… Farming Agriculture Seeds Seed Banks Organic Diversity Vegetarianism And Veganism Food And … was 8,000 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of crop plants was lost in the last … disease. One response to this loss of biodiversity has been the setting up of seed …
The world’s forests are natural carbon ‘sinks’ that remove and store atmospheric CO2. So why, in the name of saving the earth, asks Renton Righelato, are we cutting down these precious resources to make way for fuel crops?
Biofuels Report: Forests or Fuel Renton Righelato | 1st March 2007 News Biofuels Ethanol Biodiesel Crops Trees Deforestation Carbon Sinks Biofuel Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Deforestation Bio-fuels …
Myth Number 5: INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE IS EFFICIENT
… diseases and pests. A majority of our food biodiversity has already been lost. This genetic … communities, poisons the earth, undermines biodiversity and doesn't even feed the people. … its saving of seeds to preserve genetic diversity, and its better integration of farms …
No more disability. Brain implants to boost intelligence. Ageing counteracted. The next stage of evolution or a nightmare we can never wake up from? Jim Thomas on ‘converging technology’.
… even higher Tower of Babel, what happens to diversity? Jim Thomas is European Programme …
As biotech companies hoover up patents, Geoff Tansey considers what we could end up paying for our future food supply
… of systems, their capacity to maintain a diversity of life. Economists don’t think like … had spill-over effects on negotiations on biodiversity in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and on plant genetic resources …
Biochar - the charcoaled remains of agricultural waste - is being hailed as a huge opportunity to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But is the science sound, and do we have enough waste to go around?
… of large-scale biochar production on biodiversity and long-term agricultural … What links those different systems is biodiversity and adaptation to specific local …