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As one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world, wine has certainly enjoyed a rich and illustrious history over the centuries, with its origins dating back thousands of years to 6000 BCE and Mesopotamia (now Iraq and Iran), where the very first vineyards were established and the very first wines produced.
Since then, global wine consumption has gone from strength to strength, with an impressive 232 million hectolitres enjoyed in 2022, led in large part by the US, whic
A new UN report examining how land resources such as water, soil and biodiversity are being managed around the world has found that human activity is damaging and degrading the earth in an unsustainable way.
The second edition of the Global Land Outlook – which has taken five years to compile – indicates that up to 40 per cent of terrain worldwide has already been devalued, predominantly as a result of modern agriculture, the
It’s an inescapable fact these days that freshwater ecosystems around the UK are being put under increasing amounts of pressure, with climate change, extreme weather events, population growth, urbanisation, water mismanagement and pollution all taking their toll on both water quality and water quantity.
One of the leading sources of impact is agriculture, with river health affected by th
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are those that have been given a formal conservation designation of some kind, typically because they’re an area that needs to be protected as the home of rare species of flora and/or flora of some kind, or perhaps because they contain important physiological or geological features.
These sites often contain the likes of grasslands, wetlands and woodland made up of ancient trees, all boasting high conservation value that must be looked
Record heatwaves and prolonged drought conditions have hit China hard this year, with some rivers in the country – including parts of the Yangtze – drying up in the face of soaring temperatures.
In August, it was reported that the Yangtze – the third biggest river in the world – reached record low water levels, with water flow more than 50 per cent below the average of the last five years.
The Guardian reported at the time that authorities in affected r