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Sugar Palm a Promising Sustainable Energy Solution
In Indonesia a large project will start, aiming to extract bio-energy from 1 million hectares of mixed sugar palm forests. Eco Integration is the name of this sugar palm project, that will soon start its activities.
In these sustainable forests,… read more
Water for a warming world
Freshwater: lifeblood of the planet
Freshwater is the liquid of life. Without it the planet would be a barren wasteland. The supply of water is finite, but demand is rising rapidly as population grows and as water use per capita… read more
Planting Mangroves to Protect Livelihoods
Mangrove forests, one of the world’s richest ecosystems, are declining in the South of Senegal. In a bid to reverse deforestation, the Senegal-based NGO Oceanium has planted six million mangrove trees, thereby boosting fish stocks and reviving livelihoods.
Up to… read more
Biodiversity conservation saves ecosystem services
Healthy ecosystems that provide people with essential natural goods and services often overlap with regions rich in biological diversity, showing that conserving one also protects the other, according to a new study.
The report confirms the value of making biological… read more
Loss of Deep-sea Species Could Lead to Collapse
Scientists have demonstrated that deep-sea ecosystem functioning is closely dependent upon the number of species inhabiting the ocean floor. Danovaro “This shows that we need to preserve biodiversity, and especially deep-sea biodiversity, because otherwise the negative consequences could be unprecedented.… read more
