June 25, 2009
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter June 25, 2009 |
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Contaminated land profits up but growth slowing
Revenue for contaminated land work slowed in 2008 despite the industry as a whole faring well in the economic downturn, according to a new report by Environment Analyst. The research showed the UK environmental consultancy sector grew by 9% in 2008 to reach a turnover of £1.46bn, but a lot of this was due to projects planned for the first half of the year. As the financial crisis emerged the biggest single earner of the industry, contaminated land, was hit the worse as trade virtually `ground to a halt.` Half of the environmental consultancies surveyed for the report said cash from ... |
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One Billion Hungry: ASA offers new program in South Asia
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization released a report on June 19, 2009 stating that one in six people in the world — or more than 1 billion — is now hungry, a historic high. Compared with last year, there are 100 million more people who are hungry, meaning they receive fewer than 1,800 calories a day, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in the new estimate of food insecurity. Almost all the world`s undernourished live in developing countries, where food prices have fallen more slowly than in the richer nations, the report said. Poor countries need more aid and agricultural investment ... |
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