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Conservation and industry side by side

by Rebecca Nesbit

The relationship between conservation and economics is a complex one. We rely on the natural world for vital services. Without these we wouldn’t even have an economy – they are everything from pollination through to water purification and climate regulation. But on a local scale there are often trade-offs, [...]

August 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Biodiversity, Conservation | Leave a comment

Social development means cleaner Chinese cities

by Rebecca Nesbit

As people around the world leave their homes in the countryside to seek a new life in the city there is increasing concern about the impact of urbanisation on the environment. But the effect of urbanisation varies significantly around the world, and there are lessons to be learnt about how [...]

August 22nd, 2011 | Category: Social issues, Sustainability | 2 comments

Soil microorganisms do their bit for global warming

by Rebecca Nesbit 

The vast quantities of CO2 that are being released into the atmosphere from cutting down forests and from my exhaust pipe will do more than just absorb the sun’s energy and increase global temperatures. Carbon dioxide is a raw material for photosynthesis, so this extra CO2 in the atmosphere [...]

August 1st, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: Climate change | One comment