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The Applied Ecologist
APRIL 25, 2024
Alongside colleagues, Birch modelled strategies of land sparing and land sharing under different levels of production. Currently, 40% of the Earth’s land is dedicated to farming, and projections show a further …
Yale E360
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Ecologists are increasingly pointing to the potential of these lands and of degraded forests as neglected resources for rewilding and for capturing carbon. Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres — an area half the size of Australia — lost globally. Read more on E360 →
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
Without the considerable carbon absorption capacity of our lands (and oceans), we’d currently have much more CO 2 in the atmosphere and an accelerated timeline of warming. In North America, the land carbon sink between 2004 and 2013 offset roughly 39% of fossil fuel emissions , but varied substantially year to year.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2024
The Allegheny County-based Hollow Oak Land Trust will host a May 22 Land Steward Kick-Off Meeting for volunteers interested in helping to maintain properties protected by the land trust. Visit the Become A Land Steward webpage to learn more about this program. The meeting will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 9, 2021
Therefore, there’s a lot of respect and care that we, as stewards of this land and our waterways, have towards ensuring that our river is healthy,” she told Circle of Blue. For many Indigenous groups, the well-being of the land is inseparable from that of its inhabitants. We are connected to this land.
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 24, 2023
The post Train Derailment Leads to Diesel Spill on Tribal Lands appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The derailment of two BNSF trains in Arizona and Washington state on the 9th of March are raising awareness of health and safety concerns on U.S
Yale E360
JULY 28, 2022
With the push for renewables leading to land-use conflicts, building highly efficient utility-scale solar farms on ever-smaller tracts of land has become a top priority. New approaches range from installing PV arrays that take up less space to growing crops between rows of panels. Read more on E360 ?.
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