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From genetically modified eucalyptus trees to water powered cars, The Katerva challenge to shine spotlight on sustainability innovation
The Global Challenge Institute today announced that the Katerva Challenge has begun identifying the most ingenious sustainability initiatives worldwide for its annual award, with the goal of shining a spotlight on those innovative processes by which we make the world sustainable by 2050. Companies being identified include one organization that works to design mile wide turbines capable of ...
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Dense planting no obstacle to growth – if the trees are cloned
It isn’t competition for nutrients that make densely planted trees give a worse yield per hectare. The problem is actually genetics. So said World Bioenergy Award winner Professor Laércio Couta at the World Bioenergy conference in Jönköping, Sweden. Laércio Couta won the World Bioenergy Award for his work on eucalyptus cultivation in Brazil. At the conference in ...
By Elmia AB
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Understanding social perceptions of invasive alien species
Almost all respondents to a stakeholder survey on invasive alien species (IAS) agreed that eradicating species with negative impacts is necessary. However, perceptions of what the main impacts and benefits of IAS are vary according to the stakeholders questioned. Such insights into social perceptions of wildlife can help inform effective conservation programmes. Research into IAS tends to focus ...
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GM maize contaminates non-GM crops in Uruguay
Contamination of traditional maize crops planted near genetically modified (GM) maize fields may be common in Uruguay, where the cultivation of GM maize has been permitted since 2003, scientists have said. A study published in Environmental Biosafety Research (25 March) has found GM seedlings in three traditional maize fields. It is said to be the first report of cross-fertilisation between GM ...
By SciDev.Net
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Alien plants `can help alleviate poverty`
Alien plant species can significantly reduce biodiversity but they can also boost an ecosystem's biomass production, on average by more than half, according to a global analysis of scientific literature. Introduced alien species are usually seen as a threat to biodiversity and hence to the poor who depend on ecosystems for their livelihoods. But boosting the amount of biomass produced is seen by ...
By SciDev.Net
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Prize-winning researcher saves natural forests with bioenergy
Bioenergy doesn’t have to consume resources – on the contrary, it can save important environmental assets. Brazilian researcher Laércio Couto and his team have proved just that, and for this work he is the first recipient of the World Bioenergy Award. The World Bioenergy Award was awarded for the first time at the inauguration of the World Bioenergy international conference ...
By Elmia AB
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