Planet Earth
There are 57 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Conservation".
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- 1. Widespread British pollinator losses
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Insects that play an important role in pollination are disappearing from areas of Great Britain.
- 2. Loch Ness trees to help Scotland's carbon store
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Thousands of trees planted near Loch Ness could help grow a new income stream for Scotland's forestry industry while removing thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.
- 3. Saving the forest on a shoestring
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Around 80% of the Atlantic Rainforest has been lost as growers of crops like sugar cane have cleared trees to make way for plantations. But a low-cost method could help restore biodiversity.
- 4. Protecting biodiversity in palm oil
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News that chocolate, bread and dried fruit all share a common ingredient with household detergents and cosmetics might sound both unlikely and unappetising. However, palm oil is used in each of these and many more everyday products.
- 5. The plastics journey: Where are we now?
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While plastics have many benefits, plastic waste is a serious form of pollution, particularly in our oceans. Here we take a look at the history of plastics and where we are now.
- 6. From "trivial issue" to primetime TV: A researcher's journey through plastic
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It is a rare TV programme that has the instant impact of David Attenborough's Blue Planet II.
- 7. I'm a bat biologist
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Contrary to popular belief, bats are friendly creatures that play an important role in many environments around the world.
- 8. Better cocoa crops for better livelihoods
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Chocolate may be one of life's little pleasures, but in Ghana, for many, it is the very means of life.
- 9. It is a tale of survival for plants and insects
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Insect pollinators that have survived the impacts of intensive agriculture may be more able to resist future environmental changes than previously thought.
- 10. Clear biodiversity commitments made by nearly one third of the world's biggest companies
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Some of the world's biggest private sector companies are committing to address their environmental impacts and factoring biodiversity into their sustainability reports.
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