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Eco-Farming or Agro-ecology can double food production in 10 years, says new...
GENEVA – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific...
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Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses' - The...
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids... The world's...
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Nature News Blog: Brazil: Amazon deforestation declines to record low
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell yet again and hit a record low for the third straight year, Brazilian scientists reported Tuesday, providing the world with a pleasant surprise that runs...
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Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Changes - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
By 2100, climate change will bring big changes to Earth's ecosystems, with many plants and animals facing increasing competition for survival, finds a new NASA/Caltech study. Researchers from NASA's...
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Stink Bugs Put U.S. Farmers on the Defensive
Farmers and homeowners in the U.S. are facing a new buggy battle: stink bugs, hungry, smelly critters that feast on crops in summer and hibernate in the winter. Stink bugs, Mr. Biggins's brown...
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PLoS ONE: All Is Not Loss: Plant Biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Anthropogenic global changes in biodiversity are generally portrayed in terms of massive native species losses or invasions caused by recent human disturbance. Yet these biodiversity changes and others...
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Dissolving coral reefs: As oceans grow more acidic, marine life suffers -...
If you drive, fertilize your lawn, or buy sushi, you could be contributing to the demise of coral reefs. Scientists call coral reefs the rainforests of the ocean, because these ... Paulo Maurin,...
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Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France
A French court has declared the US biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides. In the first...
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Lofty ambitions: why green roofs are the future of urban gardening - Green...
Run out of space in your garden? Look to higher ground and you’ll find an eco-friendly solution You may have seen them installed on adventurous new builds on Grand Designs, or caught a glimpse of...
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The effects of climate change on tropical birds
Birds are among the most widely studied organisms on earth and represent an important indicator group for learning about the effects of climate change – particularly in regard to the effects of climate...
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Velociraptor's last meal revealed
The bone of a large flying reptile has been found in the gut of a Velociraptor, sparking fresh discussion among palaeontologists. Velociraptors have previously been described as "hyper predators"....
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Kiribati in Fiji relocation plan
The low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati is considering buying land in Fiji to move its population which is threatened by rising sea levels. Kiribati's President Anote Tong says he is...
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The Sahara Forest Project – Too good to be true?
In 2050 about 9.3 billion people will share our planet. Already today the world is facing the intertwined challenges of food, water and energysecurity, coupled with climate change, desertification and...
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Saving Biodiversity: A $300 Billion-a-year Challenge: Scientific American
Saving biodiversity -- the vast and essential variety of the natural world -- will be expensive, at an estimated $300 billion a year for the next eight years. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saving...
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Beware: Peppers, Pears and Grapes From Turkey Are Most Toxic Produce In...
Of 76 different fruits and vegetables recently evaluated, Turkish peppers contained the most excessive and dangerous amounts of pesticide chemicals, according to Food Without Pesticides, a new 26-page...
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Expert: Ancient water management more sustainable than today
Dozens of leading academics from countries ranging from Libya to Australia and Israel to Egypt are currently assembled in İstanbul for the third conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies in...
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Breakthrough Journal: Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus : Evolve
postmaterial values have given rise to a secular and largely inchoate ecotheology, complete with apocalyptic fears of ecological collapse, disenchanting notions of living in a fallen world, and the...
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Pesticides linked to honeybee decline
The common crop pesticide thiamethoxam (neonicotinoid systemic pesticide) has been shown for the first time to seriously harm bees by damaging their renowned ability to navigate home. The new...
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Eastern El Dorado?
IN ENERGY terms, east Africa has long been the continent’s poor cousin. Until last year it was thought to have no more than 6 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, compared with 60 billion in west...
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Inconvenient Environmentalists » Climate Resistance
The issue of genetically modified food crops has resurfaced. This issue has a long history, and my last attempt to compile an account of it was back in May 2009, here. One of the things I’ve written a...
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