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Even reduced-impact logging in the Amazon may be unsustainable
2016-07-13 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon say they have found no evidence that the composition of timber species and total forest value recover even after highly selective logging, suggesting that the most commercially valuable species must inevitably become rare or even economically extinct in old logging frontiers. Brazil accounts for 85 percent of all native neotropical forest roundlog production, but the sustainability of timber harvests beyond the initial, typically selective rounds of logging,...
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Fast growth for Scotch unsustainable - John Fergus & Co MD
2016-05-18 17:03:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The head of a new whisky distillery has shrugged off fresh Scotch export declines, saying previous fast growth for the industry was unsustainable.
Automotive supply chain vulnerable, unsustainable going forward: report
2015-11-05 20:35:37| Canadian Plastics Headlines
The auto industry is strong today, but must be prepared for another slow down, the new study by Harbour Results Inc. said. The post Automotive supply chain vulnerable, unsustainable going forward: report appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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How to end palm oils unsustainable rule
2015-07-21 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: There are good reasons to diversify into other edible oils, but it will take strategic thinking, says Bhavani Shankar. Palm oil is the world's most popular edible oil. Consumption has grown spectacularly over the last few decades -- from five million tonnes and 13 per cent of vegetable oil consumption in 1980 to 57 million tonnes and 35 per cent of vegetable oil consumption in 2013. It is used in a wide range of foods such as biscuits and confectionery, instant noodles and processed milk products....
Some fear biotech reaching unsustainable heights
2015-06-15 07:29:07| Biotech - Topix.net
They continue to churn out life-changing drugs while investors shower them with billions of dollars. But as more than 15,000 executives gather for the biotechnology industry's biggest convention, there is growing concern that the boom may be peaking.
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