Environment
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World’s largest ocean restoration project unveiled in Dubai
Dubai Reefs consists of a sustainable floating community for marine research, regeneration and ecotourism.
The project will offer unique experiences in marine ecotourism with various floating eco lodges, all of which are powered by 100 per cent renewable energy from various types of solar and...
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Partnering to Save a Biodiversity Hotspot
From the article: "Tordoff says that what set the collaborative apart from other outside funders of Southeast Asia conservation and development projects was its commitment to helping local organizations set the tone for their own objectives—taking a bottom-up approach instead of a top-down one, with...
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Fishing communities create marine refuges to protect Chile’s biodiversity
Systemic dynamics in creating marine protected areas, this article illustrates some of the drivers, challenges, and benefits in so doing.
"In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity. The areas are small, some of them just...
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A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth
The development of port facilities on the Indian island of Nicobar illustrates some of the ways such projects can go wrong when formal procedures and regulations are followed, but systemic design and impact issues are not considered. In this case, the habitat of endangered turtles and owls is...
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Échanges dette nature : une double solution pour la soutenabilité environnementale et la dette des pays en développement ?
Une étude publiée par la Banque nationale Français met en évidence certains des risques liés aux échanges de dettes contre nature et où ils sont les mieux utilisés. Il souligne également que seules ces mesures pourraient ne pas atteindre les résultats escomptés en matière d'allégement de la dette ou...
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Echoing Green Fellowship
Echoing Green supports bold leaders from all over the world who see possibility in the face of the most existential challenges of our day. Together, we strive to build a world that has yet to exist: a future free from racism and its far-reaching consequences where all people can thrive.
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Global Community Bio Summit 6.0
“Our shared purpose is to: Fundamentally transform life sciences & democratize biotechnology to inspire creativity and improve lives by organizing life science change-makers and bioenthusiasts to build an inclusive global network, cultivate an accessible commons of knowledge and resources, launch...
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John Thackara: Tsinghua U, China, From Microbe to Bioregion, Designing for Life
Multifaceted examination, packed with detail and perspectives on urban development, including aspects of food, land reclamation and more within a bigger regenerative development frame. Produced in the context of the ICADE Tsinghua, China event 2022, the video focuses particularly on Asia, but with...
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Pollinator Deficits, Food Consumption, and Consequences for Human Health: A Modeling Study
The systemic health and productivity impacts related to pollinator population are explored in this research paper. "Insufficient populations of pollinators were responsible for large present-day burdens of disease through lost healthy food consumption. In addition, we calculated that low-income...
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Regen Architecture and Design, Carl Welty and Poyom Riles join the Regenerative Insights Circle
Regenerative design: rooting human ecosystems in nature for an affordable, resilient, and accessible low carbon future. Lessons from our pre-hydrocarbon economy to incorporate nature’s infinite abundance toward a regenerative transition.
Carl Welty and Poyom Riles will join us this session to...