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Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land
2023-09-19 (or before) in The Bureau InvestigatesAbattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Land Use | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Brazil
Land use change and zoonotic spillover risk
2023-04-07 (or before) by in ArcGIS StoryMapsA collaborative project: EcoHealth Alliance, Universidade Federal do ABC and Clark University
Tagged under: Land Use
Land Use Change and Zoonotic Spillover Risk - EcoHealth Alliance
2023-04-07 (or before) in ecohealthalliance.orgTagged under: Land Use
Invisible destruction: 38% of remaining Amazon forest already degraded
2023-02-13 in MongabayWhen we speak about destruction of the Amazon, deforestation data are often the reference. Over the last few decades, it is the rates of clear cutting that are best documented, making headlines and guiding environmental protection strategies. “Historically, deforestation was the main driver of land use change in the Amazon. Between 1975 and 1985, almost […]
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Land Use | Trees
Labor’s unlimited use of carbon offsets could lead to rise in emissions, report says
2023-02-10 in The GuardianAnalysis says land-based carbon offsets lead to more fossil fuel mining and fail to deliver genuine emissions reductions
Tagged under: Coal | Land Use | Fossil Fuels
Shaping UK land use: priorities for food, nature and climate » Green Alliance
2023-01-20 (or before) by in Green AllianceGreen Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
Tagged under: Land Use
Report: Paying farmers to sequester CO2 far cheaper than carbon capture tech
2023-01-20 in Business GreenSupporting farmers to manage land to expand carbon sinks offers a far cheaper route to net zero than scaling up bioenergy with carbon capture technologies, Green Alliance study argues
Tagged under: Farming | Land Use | Net Zero
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares
2022-11-20 (or before) in Our World in DataIf everyone shifted to a plant-based diet we would reduce global land use for agriculture by 75%. This large reduction of agricultural land use would be possible thanks to a reduction in land used for grazing and a smaller need for land to grow crops.
Tagged under: Land Use
Mapping cumulative pressures on the grazing lands of northern Fennoscandia - Scientific Reports
2022-10-03 (or before) in NatureTraditional grazing areas in Europe have declined substantially over the last century. Specifically, in northern Fennoscandia, the grazing land is disturbed by cumulative land-use pressures. Here we analysed the configuration of the grazing land for reindeer and sheep in northern Fennoscandia in relation to the concurrent land-use pressures from tourism, road and railway networks, forestry, industrial and wind energy facilities, together with predator presence and climate change. Our results show that 85% of the region is affected by at least one land-use pressure and 60% is affected by multiple land-use pressures, co-occurring ...
Tagged under: Land Use | Climate Change | Trees | Wind Power
U.S. Needs A Lot More Land to Go Green by 2050
2022-08-31 (or before) in BloombergWe may need 250 million acres for wind farms alone.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Land Use | Wind Power | Electricity Grid
Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’
2022-07-24 in The New York TimesTagged under: Congo | Land Use | Africa | Greenpeace | Trees
Global land change from 1982 to 2016
2021-12-18 (or before) in NatureLand change is a cause and consequence of global environmental change1,2. Changes in land use and land cover considerably alter the Earth’s energy balance and biogeochemical cycles, which contributes to climate change and—in turn—affects land surface properties and the provision of ecosystem services1–4. However, quantification of global land change is lacking. Here we analyse 35 years’ worth of satellite data and provide a comprehensive record of global land-change dynamics during the period 1982–2016. We show that—contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined g...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Land Use | Climate Change | Trees
Global land change from 1982 to 2016 - Nature
2021-08-29 (or before) in NatureSatellite data for the period 1982–2016 reveal changes in land use and land cover at global and regional scales that reflect patterns of land change indicative of a human-dominated Earth system.
Tagged under: Land Use
Solar PV Power Potential is Greatest Over Croplands - Scientific Reports
2019-08-14 (or before) in NatureSolar energy has the potential to offset a significant fraction of non-renewable electricity demands globally, yet it may occupy extensive areas when deployed at this level. There is growing concern that large renewable energy installations will displace other land uses. Where should future solar power installations be placed to achieve the highest energy production and best use the limited land resource? The premise of this work is that the solar panel efficiency is a function of the location’s microclimate within which it is immersed. Current studies largely ignore many of the environmental factors that influence Photovo...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Land Use | Solar Energy | Electricity | Sustainability
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