Legal Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation. We must mobilize science and technology, along with the traditional knowledge and wisdom of people living in the forest. Innovation hubs in tropical forest regions have great potential. GCF Task Force members unanimously approved the Manaus Action Plan at a closed-door meeting on March 16.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 21, 2022

IKEA makes furniture from wood that is harvested from rainforest nations. With that, it says that sustainability begins at home — and IKEA’s brand and mission are aligned with that thinking. The post IKEA Focuses on Forestry Management, Energy Efficiency, Adding Renewables appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Frontiers

JULY 27, 2022

Globally, 80’000 acres of rainforest disappear each day. These rainforests play a pivotal role in the Earth’s functioning and are relied upon by countless species and indigenous communities. Featuring custom-built technology, artificial ? decrease in tree cover since 2000. healthy planet. intelligence, and ?

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HumanNature

MARCH 9, 2024

Written by Bella Conrad The School of Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University invited Eduardo Brondízio, an anthropologist, to speak at the Lory Student Center on February 27 about place-based actions for sustainability in the Amazon rainforest.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Bill Gates hailed Bitcoin as a “technological tour de force” while Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said that it “has the potential to do something like change the world.”. Not everybody is as gushing with praise.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 9, 2015

However, most of these technologies are still firmly situated on the drawing board, and have not adequately addressed logistics (like how the machines would determine the difference between tiny bits of plastic and living critters of a similar size). Larger groups that employ booms and filters, like the . Ocean Cleanup.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

Vincent’s larger cities–the more technologically developed southern communities of Georgetown, Kingston, and Biabou–are quite different from those on the opposite side of the dry meander. Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene. On the Caribbean island of St.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 8, 2020

In a long interview last year, Nepstad was shockingly candid with me about the harms perpetrated by the environmental NGO community in the Amazon, including how their efforts had contributed to the fragmentation of the rainforest. Technological change significantly outweighs climate change in every single one of FAO’s scenarios.”

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is now soliciting feedback from the scientific community and the public about the scope of the assessment. The Power of Nature at COP27 – White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact – The New York Times.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 21, 2023

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. And do the economic, social, and environmental benefits and risks posed by these activities justify their use?

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It is widespread in tropical rainforests where ants are prevalent and a vital part of the ecosystem. Another is structural parasitology which is the study of parasite proteins through the application of technology such as NMR and x-ray crystallography. Most fungi are not parasitical, feeding off dead organic material.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At the beginning of COP 27, the Rainforest Action Network, in a report endorsed by many environmental groups, found that Bank of America, J.P. He wrote Woods to say: “We do not currently see a policy framework, finance flows, or affordable” technology to support “this rapid, unprecedented transformation of the energy system.”.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These are important initiatives, and the destruction of the Amazon and other rainforests around the world is a huge contributor to climate change and biodiversity loss. We live in a Promethean age – nearly all of our prosperity and technology has been built on cheap, easy-to-access energy from fossil fuels.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

House Science Committee: Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar requesting information about how the White House has responded to a scientific integrity scandal involving OSTP Deputy Director for Climate and Environment Jane Lubchenco.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest – Associated Press. Multiorganization Letter in support of appropriations for EPA Science and Technology and Science to Achieve Results program (identical letters sent to both the House and Senate ) (April 4, 2022). Ukraine War’s Latest Victim? The New York Times.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80 – The Washington Post. Wilson – White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. PCAST: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will meet virtually Jan. Lovejoy III and Edward O. This is unacceptable.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

OSTP : The National Academies of Science will host a discussion with Acting Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Alondra Nelson about equitable community participation in federally funded research Thursday, May 12. Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge – The Guardian. The late Paul G.

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