A rich forest in Tanzania has been placed under protection, supported by World Land Trust and other partners.
… only one without protected status. Botanical diversity The forest is home to at least five … future of its unique wildlife. The botanical diversity of Magombera is particularly …
The practical evidence suggests agroforestry in the UK has got something to offer both commercial farmers and smallholders alike. The challenge now, says Ed Hamer, is how to encourage sceptical farmers that planting trees across farmland is a good idea
… practical reasons too why hedgerows contain a diversity of species. And although grazing … groundwater infiltration and increased biodiversity as the trees bring with them their … different tree species. 'We’ve found that a diversity of species increases productivity …
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 …
More than 1,200 scientists back protection of Los Cedros Reserve in Ecuador.
… launched by the Center for Biological Diversity in July. Read: Defending Ecuador's … their concern about mining in the exceptional diversity of Ecuador’s Protected Forests, and … Nature. The Court specifically cited the biodiversity at Los Cedros, and the presence of, …
Young campaigners are demanding that the UK government ditch its plans to fast-track fracking through the planning system.
Youth call on government to ditch fracking proposals Marianne Brooker | 9th October 2018 Comment Climate Change Fracking UKYCC Parliament Planning 4987372652_ac69c6d5d5_o.jpg Young campaigners are …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… 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 … RSPB on the impacts of organic farming on biodiversity reviewed more than 70 independent …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
… While collectively the movement represents a diversity of campaigns, ranging from deep …
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
Copenhagen: peasant farmers can save the planet Ed Hamer | 15th December 2009 News Copenhagen Climate Change Food And Farming Agroecology Ecosystems Via Campesina agridemo.gif Carbon reduction …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
… first nation to protect large swathes of biodiversity, based upon this constitutional … as well in headwater ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots of global importance, like … ‘Areas of Priority for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Ecuador’. Levy points to …
Multiple benefits of organic farming should not be ignored in light of new study.
… carbon measure does not take into account biodiversity or other ecosystem values. … more wildlife and generally increased biodiversity is hard to quantify in a single … yields whilst preserving wildlife and diversity.” This Author Marianne Brooker is a …
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Teêt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air.
… co-ordinator: ‘The most exciting thing is the diversity. All the time different groups …