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Comparing farmland changes in China, the Netherlands and Germany
Converting agricultural land for non-agricultural use has implications for food security and environmental degradation, and concerns many countries across the world. How different nations address these issues has been examined in a recent study which compares the governance structures for farmland conversion in the Netherlands, Germany and China.
Working within the RECREATE project1, partly funded by the EU, the researchers identified five main differences in the way farmland is converted for development in these three countries:
1. Ownership of land property. Farmland in Germany and ... |
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New fund to cleanup work at MICHIGAN`S Kalamazoo River Superfund Site
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Georgia-Pacific have reached agreement on a new phase of cleanup to address Michigan`s Allied Paper/Kalamazoo River Superfund site. The estimated $10 million project 3.5 miles upstream from the now-completed Plainwell Dam cleanup is slated to begin in August and continue through late 2010.
The administrative order on consent signed by Georgia-Pacific was negotiated by EPA in consultation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. G-P will perform the cleanup under EPA oversight.
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RSI, a division of Innovative Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a leading manufacturer of self contained, portable systems for soil and groundwater remediation. RSI also manufactures systems for air pollution prevention treating vapors from tank degassing, and other industrial vapor emission sources. Systems have been delivered across the U.S. and around the world. RSI is an established, reliable manufacturer providing complete technical and service support, including pilot testing, and special engineered systems to meet our customers` needs.
RSI has recently agreed to a partnership with Field Specialists Inc (FSI). With RSI’s manufacturing experience of air and groundwater pollution control devices combined with FSI’s valued experience as an industrial degassing service provider for tanks, barges, vacuum trucks, process equipment, contaminated soil and groundwater within the Petro-Chemical industry worldwide.
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