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New Report Reveals Alarming UK Self-Sufficiency Figures
2015-02-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - A new report published by the National Farmers Union (NFU) has revealed disturbing new figures relating to the UK’s self-sufficiency in food. It states that at current rates, just 53 per cent of the nation’s food needs will be produced from home farms in the next 25 years, with potential for serious implications for the British economy, food security and employment.
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Peru glaciers 'melting at alarming rate'
2014-12-06 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Experts have warned that Peru's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening the survival of an estimated 30 million people. The water from the glaciers is used to generate hydro power and for irrigation. Scientists say the glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in just three decades due to global warming. Anbarasan Ethirajan reports.
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Alarming Rise of Antibiotic Resistance in Europe
2014-11-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Antibiotic resistance has increased in the past years to the point that now constitutes a serious risk to public health.
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Garden birds in 'alarming' decline
2014-11-03 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Common birds such as sparrows, starlings and skylarks are suffering "alarming" declines in their numbers, a new study has warned. Figures from bird monitoring schemes suggest that populations of the most widespread species have dropped by around 421 million across Europe since 1980. Conservation experts blame increasing levels of fragmentation and urbanisation of the countryside for the huge losses. They warn that although the 144 species studied in the new report are considered to be common,...
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India approves projects in dash for growth, alarming green groups
2014-10-09 23:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In late August, India's environment ministry rejected a proposal to build what would be the country's largest hydropower plant in a remote and pristine part of the country's northeast because of the potential damage to an area rich in biodiversity. Less than a month later and, according to two environment ministry officials, after pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, permission was granted for the 3,000 megawatt Dibang plant, the construction of which will mean clearing some 4,000...
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