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Deals this week: Research Enhanced Design + Development (R.e.d.d), Pieminister, Aramark Corporation
2016-05-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Research Enhanced Design + Development (R.e.d.d) has secured a $1m investment to fund its product innovation and expansion plans.
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COP21: New satellite imaging tracks REDD+ deforestation tree-by-tree
2015-12-11 07:05:50| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Critics have long argued that the inability of satellites to track deforestation with precision created a loophole that could allow tropical countries to cheat regarding their annual deforestation rates. Past satellite imaging systems could not resolve objects smaller than 500 meters (1,640 feet) across. A new system developed by Alessandro Baccini and his Woods Hole, Massachusetts, research team can see objects just 30 meters (98 feet) across. Satellite imaging, combined with imaging from...
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REDD+ And Carbon Trading Will Not Resolve The Climate Crisis
2015-10-31 08:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CounterCurrents: As with other mechanisms supported by "world climate governance", we doubted from the beginning that the Reduction of Emissions caused by Deforestation and the Degradation of Forests (REDD) mechanism would be likely to resolve the global climate crisis, ever since it was introduced in discussions on climate change. Now more than ever, the hidden face of this mechanism is revealed with the new market mechanism that is being devised and that may be adopted at the COP 21 in Paris in December 2015. The...
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Indonesia, Brazil subsidizing forest loss far more than REDD+ slows it
2015-04-01 17:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: International aid to protect forests in Indonesia and Brazil pales in comparison to domestic subsidies for commodities driving deforestation there, according to a new report by United Kingdom-based think tank Overseas Development Institute (ODI). If the countries received an average of $1 billion each year via the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme, their annual agricultural and biofuel subsidies for just four commodities associated with forest loss palm...
Seedstock 100 | #100 Redd Ranches
2014-12-22 22:51:38| Beef
It is the mission of Redd Ranches to supply their customers with Red Angus and crossbred cattle that are genetically superior and better acclimated to the harsh conditions of the West, refusing to compromise on performance. read more