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New research shows solarfarms can improve biodiversity
2016-04-28 01:00:00| Power Technology
A research paper by UK-based Solar Trade Association (STA) has revealed that solarfarms can improve biodiversity and benefit wildlife, surrounding plants and crops.
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New research shows solarfarms can improve biodiversity
2016-04-28 01:00:00| Power Technology
A research paper by UK-based Solar Trade Association (STA) has revealed that solarfarms can improve biodiversity and benefit wildlife, surrounding plants and crops.
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United Kingdom: Major new project maps out woodland biodiversity
2016-04-07 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: An innovative joint project between the University of Stirling, Forest Research and Natural England is using woodland creation and maps from 1840 to the present day to assess the impact of past land use change on current biodiversity. Initial findings from the Woodland Creation and Ecological Networks (WrEN) project are published this week in the open access journal Ecology and Evolution and outline how British woodlands can be used as a study system to inform landscape-scale conservation. Dr Kevin...
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Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity
2016-02-26 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, multi-institutional team of researchers that includes a Virginia Tech graduate student recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts in an article Friday (Feb. 26) in the journal Science. The recommendations include the use of less water for agricultural practices, less salt for road de-icing, less discharge or sequestering salts...
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Apparel supply chains a risk to biodiversity
2016-02-01 16:32:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Assessing the risk to biodiversity in a company's supply chain, and setting out clear conservation commitments, are among recommendations in a new report that accuses the global apparel industry of having a negative impact on the world's ecosystems.
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