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Best Green Project: Center for Sustainable Landscapes
2014-05-08 02:39:24| ENR.com: Headline News
In developing the Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens took aim at unprecedented levels of achievement in green building.
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New study: Cattle won't fix landscapes or climate change
2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KCET: In the wake of the recent controversy in Nevada over rancher Cliven Bundy's illegal grazing of at least 900 cattle on a fragile swath of the Mojave desert, supporters of the rancher have pointed to claims that stocking cattle on desert lands can actually improve the desert and help mitigate the effects of global warming. The hypothesis that cattle can improve desert lands, referred to by its supporters as "Holistic Management," has long been criticized by wildlife biologists, along with its chief...
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'Mosaic' landscapes reduce fire risk, boost climate resilience in Peruvian Amazon
2014-02-20 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ricardo Vásquez Sánchez glances up at the dry thatched roof on the wood-framed platform that is his home in Peru's sweltering Amazon lowlands. "If a spark lands there, it'll go up in flames,' he says. It is a very real danger, especially in the driest months of the year -- June through September, when his neighbors set fire to fields and pastures. A rogue gust of wind could whip the fire toward his home, burning through his cacao bushes and fruit trees, forcing him to flee with his wife and...
'Blame changing landscapes for flood risk, not global warming.'
2014-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NGR Guardian: MAJOR flood events occur around the world every year, but with international loss databases documenting increased incidents of flooding, more material loss and greater fatality rates are these events on the increase, and are they getting worse? A new study published in Hydrological Sciences Journal examines the key reasons for increasing frequency and severity of floods; considering whether this is due to improved reporting by the media, an increasing and expanding global population, or whether...
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Landscapes debate could reinvigorate UN climate talks in Warsaw negotiator
2013-10-26 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A dedicated Global Landscapes Forum to coincide with upcoming international climate change talks in Warsaw will highlight the benefits of taking a holistic approach to land-use management and could give the strategy a key role in efforts to curb global warming, an international climate negotiator has said. Negotiators are expected to broaden the scope of talks rather than solving some of the controversial details related to the verification of carbon emissions under the UN-backed REDD+ (Reducing...
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