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Why Energy Conservation Will Remain Crucial

Legal Planet

But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. Before I get to the reasons, I need to explain what I mean by energy conservation and why it’s different than energy efficiency. The idea of energy conservation is simple: reduce the total amount of energy you’re using.

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Peace has led to more deforestation in Colombia

Frontiers

In the tropics, when conflict affected countries transition to peace, deforestation often increases. Accounting for these variations will be important for developing more effective conservation strategies in the future. However, half a century of internal conflict (1964-2016) has complicated conservation plans.

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Stroud Water Research Center Update: Scaling Up Outreach To Farmers, Landowners To Improve Water Quality

PA Environment Daily

Amanda Garzio-Hadzick, the Shepherd Leading Water Protectors As a child, Amanda Garzio-Hadzick learned the value of environmental sustainability by exploring the outdoors, camping, fishing, and growing food against the backdrop of northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal industry.

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National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Million In Small Watershed Grants To Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts

PA Environment Daily

million in matching contributions to generate a total conservation impact of $36.6 Environmental Protection Agency, with additional support provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. On September 4, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced $23.8

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Highlighting Biodiversity: Spectacular Birds and the Amazon River

Academy of Natural Sciences

Unfortunately, the southern Amazon Rainforest is also at the center of the region’s deforestation. Understanding, appreciating and conserving biodiversity has been at the core of the Academy’s science work since its founding in 1812.

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Carbon-Labeled Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner

Vermont Law

stem from land cover change, such as deforestation, afforestation/reforestation, and wood harvesting. come from deforestation. Deforestation raises the albedo. Converting forested land into beef ranchland has significant environmental impacts, as described above. the conservation of natural resources. relate to”.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

A Brief History of the Use, Study, and Conservation, of Deserts. The birth of the science of eremology (the study of the desert biome) began in the mid-20 th century and with the dawning of the understanding of such environmental concepts as human geography, ecology, and, of course, conservation. Sponsored Content.