salix News
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First year of success for Salix Finance
Salix Finance has awarded £57m of government energy efficiency loans to public sector bodies, reports Envido. The Salix Energy Efficiency Loans (SEELS) fund awards interest-free loans to help public sector organisations invest in energy efficiency projects. In less than a year after its launch, Salix Finance allocated £57m government energy efficiency loan fund. Salix Finance energy ...
By Vital Energi
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War on willows
Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine plant species. A CSIRO project looking at the reproductive ecology and dispersal ability of the most aggressive invasive species of willows in Australia is providing urgently needed ...
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The effects of agricultural land use change on farmland birds in Sweden
The effects of changing agricultural practices on farmland birds are explored in a recently published study from Sweden. Overall abundance of 16 common species declined by 23% between 1994 and 2004, which may be partly caused by changes in land use, such as an increase in the amount of wheat cropland. However, effects vary between species, and some species increased or stayed stable in number. ...
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