biodiversity data News
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Welsh conservatives slam assembly sustainability targets
Welsh Conservatives have attacked the recent Welsh Assembly Government’s sustainability report for its “lack of clarity” over measurable sustainability targets. The report, published earlier this year, found “clear improvement” in only 15 of 39 benchmarks, including housing, air quality, water quality and management, and greenhouse gas emissions. The other 24 either did not improve, declined or ...
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UK publishes new five year Environmental Observation Framework
Sharing the observation challenge With the ever-growing challenges of climate change, over 150 environmental observers are meeting for the first time today in central London to debate and discuss issues and shared aspirations. Their current activities and a vision for the future are published today as part of a new, five-year UK-Environmental Observation Framework (UK-EOF). UK-EOF is a ...
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Feeling INSPIRED? – Give your opinion on the `Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Union`.
The European Commission is asking for opinions about the 'Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community' Directive. Known as INSPIRE, it's a pan-European initiative to help governments, citizens and businesses share geographic, social-economic and environmental data. The consultation aims to collect feedback on the experiences of individual users and producers of such spatial ...
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Geodiversity information enhances biodiversity conservation
Geodiversity describes the diversity of the non-biological parts of the natural world such as rocks, soils, landforms and the processes which shape them over time. New research on how geodiversity information has been used to examine or inform conservation policy has been explored through eight different case studies. The research shows the variety and utility of geodiversity information to ...
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Communicating biodiversity to farmers: developing the right tools
Two metrics for informing farmers about the biodiversity on their land are presented in a recent Swiss study: average species richness and farm uniqueness’. These are both easy to understand and comparable between farms, the researchers say. Dialogue between farmers and scientists has been shown to be a promising way of improving farmland biodiversity. This study, partly conducted under ...
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EU guidelines on better life cycle assessment produced
The EU Joint Research Centre has produced a new part of the handbook that provides guidelines for developing and using Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), which evaluate the environmental impacts of products, focusing specifically on life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). It recommends that assessments should be comprehensive, accessible and easy to apply in order to make LCA a more mainstream concept in ...
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New Eye on Earth global mapping and information service now live
A new global web service allowing users to create maps and visualise data on environmental issues is now live. The new Eye on Earth global public information service brings together vast amounts of data about the environment in a powerful, visual format. The online service has been developed jointly by the European Environment Agency (EEA), an EU body and a leading environmental network and ...
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Local participation in biodiversity monitoring: how much is best?
Monitoring species and habitats is essential to sustain biodiversity. A recent Danish study has classified different monitoring schemes based on levels of community participation. The classifications could help conservation leaders identify the most appropriate schemes for different situations. Maintaining biodiversity is an important goal of European environmental policy, both within the EU and ...
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ISSB disclosure standards: what companies need to know for 2023
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has a new climate disclosure standard that's set to become the new global baseline for both mandatory and voluntary disclosures, starting as early as 2023. ISSB was created in the aftermath of the COP26 UN climate summit by the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), a non-profit responsible for global accounting ...
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Northrop Grumman Foundation, Conservation International Announce Teachers Selected for 2013 ECO Classroom Ecology Field Experience
FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northrop Grumman Foundation and Conservation International (CI) today announced the 16 teachers who have been selected to participate in the second ECO Classroom, a unique and innovative professional development program for public middle and high school science teachers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation, in collaboration with CI, created the ...
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IDB releases new version of Biofuels sustainability scorecard
Update incorporates feedback from five regional consultations and addresses concerns regarding food security, indigenous peoples and biodiversity preservation. The Inter-American Development Bank has released a new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous ...
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US ecosystem report indicates trouble
Years of industrial and agricultural growth have left an indelible imprint on many formerly vibrant US ecosystems. While nature is adept at resilience, the depletion and contamination of natural resources, especially water, may affect human health and wellbeing, a new report suggests. Released last week by the federally funded environmental think tank The Heinz Center, The State of the Nation's ...
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Characterising the biodiversity and functioning of European soils
World Soil Day (Dec 5, 2014) concludes a week-long series of events in Dijon bringing together international scientists. The results of the European EcoFINDERS project, coordinated by INRA, were revealed for the occasion. This project helped create standardised methods of measuring soil biodiversity, and as a result, vital data on the health of Europe’s soils were gathered. The analyses ...
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