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Butterfly farming to help save rain forest

...orth between 2 and 5 UK pounds. The creation of a sustainable butterfly farming business would help preserve the...two ways. Firstly the local population will have a sustainable business that allows them to turn away from other activities that would involve yet more forest clea...

Creating a window on 'oceans in motion'

...ion measures, and to the potential of abundant and sustainable stocks of commercial fish, they will also provide scientists with a massive increase in observations of rapidly shifting marine conditions in this era of climate change," says Dr. O'Dor. The conference marks the first meeting of all stakeholders in ...

Biodiversity key to sustainable biofuel according to University of Minn. researcher's findings

...t shows that biodiversity can be used to produce a sustainable supply of biomass for biofuels," Tilman says. For more than 50 years, scientists have debated the hypothesis that biodiversity stabilizes ecosystems. The University of Minnesota study is the first to provide enough data -- gathered over a sufficien...

Salmon go veggie to save wild fish stocks

...ted resource, and canola oil will not only be more sustainable as a lipid source, but also will be consistently more cost effective too". Using canola oil instead of marine fish oil (e.g. anchovy oil) in fish feed will also reduce the accumulation of contaminants in salmon such as PCBs and dioxins that are pres...

Biofuels can replace about 30 percent of fuel needs with significant research and policy effort

...eration green plastics and materials prepared from sustainable sources such as plants, sunlight and wastes. Other team leaders on the project include Dr. Charlotte Williams and Dr. Richard Murphy from the Imperial College London and Dr. Brian Davidson from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Other key collaborators ...

Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle

...otected areas in Gabon and farther afield and more sustainable fisheries. We are just beginning to understand the importance of the leatherbacks of West Africa as a global stronghold but we need to know where they live to protect them." The tracking data is publicly available online and is creating much intere...

Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits

...ations - are taking proactive measures to ensure a sustainable future for cruise tourism while preserving cruise ...stakeholders are taking tangible steps to ensure a sustainable future for cruise tourism, while maintaining the natural and cultural integrity of cruise destinatio...

Sun protection for plants

... of climate change, and overseas, where it can aid sustainable agriculture and improve food security." ...

Alternatives to the use of nitrate as a fertiliser

In order to develop sustainable agricultural production, what is required is a stu...onal use of fertilisers in farming. Research for sustainable farming The possibility of using animal ammonium or urea as nitrogenated sources from certain plan...

Amazon rainforest greens up in the dry season

...ion and how deforestation affects biodiversity and sustainable land use in the tropics. It will also help scientists better understand the global carbon cycle, which affects the natural sequestration and release of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. The finding that converted forests grow differently from ...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

...e time to recognize the strong connections between sustainable economic development, a healthy environment, and s...s eradicate poverty and hunger, as well as promote sustainable and fair development in rural areas. "Problems that threaten species like the destruction of habit...

The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest

...ical and economic forces towards this second, more sustainable future scenario, conserving most of the forest for centuries to come. According to co-author Daniel Nepstad, "By building a policy-sensitive 'crystal ball' for the Amazon, we are able to identify the most important policy levers for reconciling econo...

Bringing the zoos to the zebras

...ative, the project is a crucial element to finding sustainable livelihoods for pastoral communities in the region...omote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. 2006 marks the 35th anniversary of the unique global volunteer organization. The Samb...

Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist

...ional scientific cooperation for the transition to sustainable development at the annual meeting of the American ...per cent of habitats, and political enforcement of sustainable fishing levels will result not just in pulling back from the brink, but more fish for our tables. "...

Evidence for omega 3 fats less conclusive than we thought, say experts

...ng is expanding rapidly, we probably do not have a sustainable supply of long chain omega 3 fats, he warns. ...

Sustainable farm practices improve Third World food production

... yields on farms in developing countries that used sustainable agriculture rose nearly 80 percent in four years, ...86 farm projects in 57 countries -- concludes that sustainable agriculture protects the environment in these countries while substantially improving the lives of f...

Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue

...tical to ensuring that rice production systems are sustainable in the face of climate change and do not adversely contribute to climate change. ...

Pacific Islands paradise protected

...sistence fishing by resident communities and other sustainable economic development in designated zones of the protected area. In creating the protected area, the Republic of Kiribati took a significant step toward meeting protected area commitments for 2010/12 under the Convention on Biological Diversity and t...

Ocean 'dead zones' trigger sex changes in fish, posing extinction threat

...ble to reproduce in sufficient numbers to maintain sustainable populations, Wu says. Low oxygen levels also might reduce the quantity and quality of the eggs produced by female fish, diminishing their fertility, he adds. In their experiments, Wu and his colleagues found low levels of dissolved oxygen ?less tha...

GROWing the next generation of water recycling plants

...perial. "Our overall aim is to contribute towards sustainable water management in new developments. We hope that GROW will be one of the tools that can help us achieve that goal," says Butler. ...

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