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Stonington Garden Club accepting applications for 2024 grants cycle
STONINGTON — The Stonington Garden Club is now accepting applications for its 2024 grant cycle. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15. Grants will be awarded to eligible local nonprofit organizations with projects that are best aligned with the Stonington Garden Club’s mission and purpose “to educate and encourage interest in the environment, conservation, and…
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Sri Lanka in a conservation crisis, cautions Environment Ministry
While nations across the globe are battling with climate change and the impacts that follow, the Environment Ministry cautioned that Sri Lanka is in a conservation crisis. The tackling of the crisis needs to be done sooner than later but conserving these species will have an enormous impact on securing global biodiversity, the ministry warned.…
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Trade and trees: How contingent trade agreements can reduce deforestation
EU and Mercosur negotiators are currently pushing to end two decades of trade talks. During these negotiations, which both parties likely thought would end in 2019, the final text has proved challenging to ratify. Several countries in Europe have expressed concerns about deforestation in the Amazon, and the possibility that trade liberalisation will worsen the…
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Environmental quality and its impact on total fertility rate: an econometric analysis from a new perspective
Ecological footprints As highlighted by Dasgupta et al. [15], the demand for biosphere products and services dramatically surpasses the environmental capacity to deliver these things sustainably. It has also been suggested that far exceeds the sustainable capacity of the environment to provide them [15]. It has been widely observed that as prosperity and development levels increase, so does the…
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Trade and trees: How contingent trade agreements can reduce deforestation
EU and Mercosur negotiators are currently pushing to end two decades of trade talks. During these negotiations, which both parties likely thought would end in 2019, the final text has proved challenging to ratify. Several countries in Europe have expressed concerns about deforestation in the Amazon, and the possibility that trade liberalisation will worsen the…
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Bhutan’s Presence and Challenges at COP28
As the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP28) unfolds here in the United Arab Emirates, the global focus on climate issues, encompassing mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage, is more critical than ever. A notable debut is Bhutan’s participation with the unveiling of the Bhutan Pavilion, a significant stride for a nation committed to environmental…
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Bhutan’s Presence and Challenges at COP28
As the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP28) unfolds here in the United Arab Emirates, the global focus on climate issues, encompassing mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage, is more critical than ever. A notable debut is Bhutan’s participation with the unveiling of the Bhutan Pavilion, a significant stride for a nation committed to environmental…
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Luxury inn and resort uses would be allowed north of Sound Avenue under code change being considered in Riverhead *
The Riverhead Town Board is considering amending the town’s zoning code to allow the development of a luxury beach resort and spa proposed on a dormant farm in Riverhead. The code change would allow the development of an “agri-tourism inn and resort” — including the building of lodging, and indoor and outdoor accessory uses like…
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Luxury inn and resort uses would be allowed north of Sound Avenue under code change being considered in Riverhead *
The Riverhead Town Board is considering amending the town’s zoning code to allow the development of a luxury beach resort and spa proposed on a dormant farm in Riverhead. The code change would allow the development of an “agri-tourism inn and resort” — including the building of lodging, and indoor and outdoor accessory uses like…
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New methods for improving water management to develop sustainable cities
image: Researchers have studied the water environmental carrying capacity of Suzhou over 20 years and found that it has increased. view more Credit: Yi Qian Water, as one of the essential natural resources, is vital for the growth of any region. How much water a city has access to and how water is distributed is…
