Environmental Stewardship Delivers Ecosystem Services Underpinning Food Security
Updated: 2012-08-29 14:58:51
The relationship between agriculture and ecosystem services is a strong one. Farming can contribute to critical services including food security and economic growth, maintenance of cultural landscapes, rural employment and (when managed correctly) provision of valuable habitat for a significant proportion of the UK’s species.
In turn, agriculture is critically reliant on services provided by ecosystems. [...]
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GE Transportation last week unveiled the prototype for its next Evolution® Series Locomotive, designed to be the cleanest and most fuel-efficient locomotive ever built and the first to meet the EPA’s Tier 4 emissions standards. Tier 4 standards, set to … Continue reading →