sciencesowhat.blogspot.com
Science So What: May 2009
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Thursday, 28 May 2009. Scientist's discover route to increase crop harvest 25%. Oilseed rape is grown for its tiny black oil-containing seeds, prized for cooking oil and margarines low in saturated fat, and increasingly for biodiesel. The meal that remains after oil extraction is also used as a high protein animal feed. Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered that by artificially introducing a hormone into the plant, they can prevent the pod-shattering process taking place. The scientists...
lewes-eco-nomics.org
UK networks and studies | Lewes & Ouse Valley eco-nomics
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Lewes and Ouse Valley eco-nomics. Valuing Local Natural Capital. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Chalking up the Benefits. Building on the Benefits. UK networks and studies. UK networks and studies. A leading UK forum bringing together scientists, policy-makers, business, industry and others, to discuss how the ecosystem approach might be implemented in practice. The Natural Economies Programme. UK National Ecosystem Assessment. 8216;understanding nature’s value to society’.
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Business - Community - Nature: April 2014
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The ground-breaking 2013 State of Nature Report highlights the need for a team-work approach to collating and sharing information about the U.K's wildlife, so that we can understand why our plants and animals are vanishing at such an alarming rate. The aim of this initiative is to create strong local networks around our parks, "patches" and nature reserves in order to conduct co-ordinated surveying,increase participation, and promote education and fund-raising. Saturday, 5 April 2014. You have more than ...
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CEEP | Consultancy for Environmental Economics & Policy
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CEEP - the Consultancy for Environmental Economics and Policy is based in Birmingham and has been established in 2011. Since then CEEP provides several services including ecosystem assessments, (corporate) ecosystem valuation, cost-benefit analysis for projects with environmental impacts, mapping of ecosystem services demand and supply, monitoring and evaluation of environmental projects, and interdisciplinary knowledge transfer. Main aim is to implement the value of ecosystems in practical decision.
ecologyandpolicy.blogspot.com
Ecology & Policy: December 2008
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Topical information for researchers, policy advisers and the public who are interested in the interaction between ecology and public policy. Friday, 19 December 2008. Natural Capital Initiative: Linking Environment and Policy. Is a major partner and sponsor in a new project, the 'Natural Capital Initiative', which has launched its website today. The Institute of Biology. The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. And the Science Council. Are co-operating as a partnership (the NCI. We will also be joined by fi...
thinkinglikeahuman.com
Election 2015: Would conservation charities vote Green? | Thinking like a human
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Thinking like a human. Conservation for the 21st century. Skip to primary content. Election 2015: Would conservation charities vote Green? May 7, 2015. We need to remake society. And in this remaking we need finally to realise that consumer capitalism is the problem, not the solution. The solution lies in a democratically managed economy that operates within the Earth’s resource limits. The market makes us impatient with the suffering of others, tolerant of inequality, prone to prejudice, suspicious of d...
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Iniciativas relacionadas
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Evaluación de ecosistemas del milenio de España. ECOSISTEMAS para el bienestar humano. EME en los medios. EURECA (Evaluación de los Ecosistemas de Europa). Proyecto sub-global dentro del marco de la continuación de la Evaluación de los Ecosistemas del Milenio (MA follow-up) a escala europea, gestionado por la Agencia Europea de Medio Ambiente. De gran relevancia dado que el contexto socio-económico es el. Evaluación de los Ecosistemas de Portugal. Se trata de una iniciativa internacional para la implemen...
recharge-green.eu
recharge green » Links
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Blog Pilot Area Vorarlberg. Blog Province of Belluno. Blog Triglav National Park. This page provides links to other internet offers related to recharge.green project issues. This list is not comprehensive; please contact us. If you would like to see another link listed here. Related projects (Alpine Space and other). En) The Project 4Biomass fosters usage of bioenergy throughout Central Europe (CE) via …. Turning know-how to show-how. AIM Alpine Space in Movement. To use them for the production of energy...
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Capitalism and species extinction – International Socialism
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Capitalism and species extinction. Life on earth is arguably the most extraordinary phenomenon in the perceivable universe. And, among living things, 21st century humans are uniquely possessed with the means to appreciate this remarkable occurrence. Scientifically, for example, we can consider the sheer number and diversity of species in existence today. The Catalogue of Life. Project lists 1.58 million species identified to date, and the final tally looks likely to fall between 2 and 8 million. The thre...
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