Biodiversity
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Biodiversity news, including Farming & Forestry news and issues affecting the environment and your business, from
energy & resources policy,
carbon footprints and biofuels to grants,
technology and regulations.
Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.
Sir David Attenborough has called on big businesses to protect the natural world from the rapidly expanding human population.
Plans by the Government to hold a formal consultation on a new airport in the Thames Estuary have been condemned by environmental groups, who have said they will completely discredit the Coalition’s claims of being the "greenest Government ever".
The UK Government spends more than £13 billion a year on environmental protection, according to a new report by the Office of National Statistics.
Washing powders and dishwasher detergents will need to be almost phosphorus-free in future, following a vote in the European Parliament.
The Government has been accused of being on a collision course with the environment in a coordinated attack by green groups, countryside campaigners and wildlife groups over its claims to be the "greenest Government ever".
The Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is calling on water companies, businesses and the public in England to plan now for water shortages next summer.
Supermarkets and food companies are improving how they source palm oil, a key ingredient in half of all packaged foods – but not fast enough to prevent further environmental damage, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Carbon capture and storage technology will likely increase the levels of some key air pollutants, according to a new European study.
A $20 trillion (£12.7 trillion) "externality" presents civilisation with a big choice: economic destruction or ecological destruction, both with chilling global security implications. It's a big challenge, but one we can solve.
Forests and what businesses can do to protect them will be the focus of the second annual Global Business of Biodiversity (GBOB) Symposium, taking place in London next month.
UK canned seafood manufacturer John West has launched a new online application that for the first time will enable anyone to check whether its fish has been sourced sustainably or not.
Toy giant Mattel, the company behind Barbie, has announced that it will stop buying paper and packaging linked to rainforest destruction following a global campaign by Greenpeace.
Oil from controversial and environmentally destructive tar sands is likely to be all but banned from Europe after a decision on Tuesday. The move also casts doubt on the future of other controversial energy sources such as shale gas.
The Soil Association, the charity that campaigns for organic food and farming, has set out its vision for a sustainable future for British farming and food, in which innovation will play a key role, it said.