The future of farming, food supply, and protection of natural resources are utterly interdependent. While all economic sectors depend to some degree on ecosystem services, agriculture has the most intimate relationship with nature. Agriculture depends on healthy ecosystems for services such as pollination for nearly 75% of the world’s crop species, freshwater, erosion control, and climate and water regulation. It also employs 40% of global population and about 70% at the base of the pyramid.
Blog Posts: nutrient pollution
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by - 2011 will be an important year for the Chesapeake Bay, not only because scientists are predicting an unusually bad “dead zone” this summer.
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by and - A new report on the state of the world’s oceans is gaining considerable attention this week. The report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature warns that combined threats to oceans are creating conditions where there is “a high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history.” Dr. Alex Rogers, scientific director of the IPSO, calls the new findings “shocking.”
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by and - China has become famous in recent years for its double-digit annual economic growth and rapid urbanization.
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by - WRI identifies 13 new eutrophic areas around the world.
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by - The federal commitment to develop and support environmental markets could have national significance.
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by - Nutrient pollution emerges as one of the greatest threats to water quality.
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by - A new Fact Sheet on nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region covers issues such as potential costs and revenues, and how farmers and other stakeholders can benefit.
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by - Presidential intervention has raised the stakes in a decades-long effort to clean up Chesapeake Bay.
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by - When it comes to allocating money for conservation, reverse auctions can help governments get the biggest bang for their buck.
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