Hidden threats to Biodiversity in Local Government
A meeting in Westminster of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Biodiversity (APPG) in September 2014 concluded that the lack of ecological capacity in our local authorities as not only […]
Category Archives: Business and biodiversity
How does the private sector address biodiversity issues?
Massive Green Infrastructure along the Servern Estuary brings additional benefits
With sea-level rise threatening more frequent and higher coastal surges a brave and innovative project has been completed that uses ecological infrastructure to protect the land and people of the […]
UN REDD+ and the Green Economy
A new publication by UNEP on developments around REDD+ makes interesting reading. The original Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) proposition emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change […]
Greening the city helps us breath more easily
Recent research on air pollution, published in the BMJ based on long-term data, links an increased risk of heart-attack for 100,000 people in five EU countries to exhaust pollution (see BBC News […]
Indonesia – forest carbon scheme steps up a notch…
Back in June 2013 I wrote a blog on the Ribma Raya project in a prime area for Orang Utan conservation in Kalimantan, Indonesia. I reported how through various political machinations […]
Biodiversity digitally recorded from the air
Here is a really great TED talk from Greg Asner on the work of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory programme. This massive computerized sensor system which uses multiple lasers and imaging […]
The economic case for green-infrastructure
A new report sets out a clearer case for investment in multi-functional green space or Green Infrastructure (GI) by considering its contribution to economic growth. The authors based their conclusions […]
Come Big Freeze or Heat Wave
Extremes of weather should not be just boom-days for energy company’s profits. Energy companies including British Gas and Centrica have reporting significant profits explained in part by the cold weather […]
