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1.3 million farm animals dead due to climate change: What can B.C. do to stop the next catastrophe?

1.3 million farm animals dead due to climate change: What can B.C. do to stop the next catastrophe?

George Scott December 07, 2021

Six-hundred and thirty thousand chickens, 12,000 pigs and 450 cows. That’s how many animals have died in floodwaters on British....

How plastic is infiltrating the world’s soils

How plastic is infiltrating the world’s soils

Liang Lan December 04, 2021

Plastics in soils is a global problem that usually goes hand-in-hand with intensive agriculture. Experts say it’s present everywhere from....

How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radar

How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radar

Liang Lan November 23, 2021

While the industry has an important role to play in moving to low-carbon economies it’s also hugely carbon intensive and....

Nearly a THIRD of the world's 60,000 tree species including magnolia, oak and maple are at risk of extinction due to agriculture, logging and livestock farming, report warns

Nearly a THIRD of the world's 60,000 tree species including magnolia, oak and maple are at risk of extinction due to agriculture, logging and livestock farming, report warns

Rebecca Herbert September 01, 2021

The 'State of the World's Trees' report uses data from 500 international experts / The report has been published by....

The SDGs against the problem of food waste

The SDGs against the problem of food waste

Rosmel Rodríguez August 04, 2021

Did you know that a third of all food produced in the world is wasted?

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Uganda helps farmers grow trees for money in bid to reverse forest loss

Rebecca Herbert July 12, 2021

The country is curbing encroachment by paying farmers to grow trees for firewood and timber, but environmentalists say outside of....

The impacts of Brexit on UK’s food and farming

The impacts of Brexit on UK’s food and farming

Hannah Steiner October 22, 2019

Withdrawal of the EU would not put an end to uncertainty and would be a dark day for agriculture and....

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Widely used pesticide in US particularly harmful to bees, study finds

Sophie Abitz August 07, 2019

Agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insects in last 25 years as neonics are used on over 140....