Intensively managed grazing can increase profits, improve environment
What is good for the environment can also be profitable for livestock producers.
Ecology
Oct 8, 2021
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Page 3 - News tagged with croplands
We each get 7 square metres of cropland per day. Too much booze and pizza makes us exceed it
Croplands are a valuable, yet scarce natural resource. To guard against serious and potentially irreversible environmental harm, croplands should not extend beyond 15% of the earth's ice-free surface.
Environment
Aug 19, 2020
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Conservation's hidden costs take bite out of benefits
Returning croplands to forests is a sustainability gold standard to mitigate climate change impacts and promote conservation. That is, new research shows, unless you're a poor farmer.
Environment
Dec 19, 2019
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How does agriculture affect vulnerable insect-eating birds?
Aerial insectivores—birds that hunt for insect prey on the wing—are declining across North America as agricultural intensification leads to diminishing insect abundance and diversity in many areas. A new study from The ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2018
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Agriculture expansion could reduce rainfall in Brazil's Cerrado
Agricultural expansion is quickly chewing up native vegetation in the vast wooded savannas of Brazil's Cerrado biome, and a new study shows that those changes in land use are altering the region's water cycle.
Environment
Mar 31, 2016
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APNewsBreak: US to consider alternative to Yellowstone dam (Update)
U.S. officials will consider an alternative to a dam proposed on the Yellowstone River over worries it could hurt an endangered fish species that dates to the time of dinosaurs, after a judge on Tuesday approved a settlement ...
Ecology
Jan 5, 2016
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Survey probes past and future grassland conversions
Prairie Pothole Region farmers who added converted North and South Dakota grasslands into their cropland base in the past decade report that the new acreage represents a sizable share of their total acreage in 2014.
Environment
Dec 17, 2015
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Satellite mapping reveals agricultural slowdown in Latin America
For the first time, satellite mapping of Latin America shows that the continent's agricultural expansion has waned in the wake of the global economic downturn, according to UBC research.
Environment
May 13, 2015
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Finding farmland: New maps offer a clearer view of global agriculture
Knowing where agricultural land is located is crucial for regional and global food security planning, and information on field size offers valuable insight into local economic conditions. Two new global maps, released today ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2015
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Ecosystem services: Looking forward to mid-century
As population grows, society needs more—more energy, more food, more paper, more housing, more of nearly everything. Meeting those needs can lead to changes in how land is used.
Environment
May 29, 2014
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