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How the Worm Can Help Landfills and Sustainable Farming

ENN Twitter High in the northern mountains of Guatemala, near the ancient city of Quetzaltenango, there’s an unusual new venture that is helping transform the way local communities think about the garbage they throw into landfills. It’s also reforming the way people think
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Pacific Fishing Zones

/ecosystems/article/45214?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 Marine zoning in the Pacific Ocean, in combination with other measures, could significantly improve number
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Pacific Walrus Changes

/ecosystems/article/45218?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 Weighing around 2,700 pounds (with a maximum weight of around 3200 lbs), Pacific walruses are the second l
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Ocean-grabbing threatens the food security of entire communities

ENN Twitter /ecosystems/article/45220?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 All over the world, food systems and the ecosystems they rely on are coming under pressure fro
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Streams Affected by Even the Earliest Stages of Urban Development

/ecosystems/article/45225?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 In a new study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was found that the loss of sensitive spec
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Ash dieback: number of affected counties doubles

/ecosystems/article/45209?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed: SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn (Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News – ENN) As tree growers and plant health experts from 80 organisations met at a summit convened by the environment
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Borneo may lose half its orangutans to deforestation, hunting, and plantations

ENN Twitter /ecosystems/article/45212?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 Borneo will likely lose half of its orangutans if current deforestation and forest conversion
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Planting Forests for Carbon Sequestration

ENN Twitter /ecosystems/article/45196?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 Imagine a forest landscape where every tree is aligned and equally spaced apart. A forest wher
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Scientists Fear the Extinction of Arabica Coffee

ENN Twitter /ecosystems/article/45198?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 Scientists in the United Kingdom recently completed a study suggesting that Arabica coffee, th
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New Emperor Penguin Colonies Found in Antarctica

ENN Twitter /ecosystems/article/45194?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+SustainableEcosystemsAndCommunityNews-Enn+%28Sustainable+Ecosystems+and+Community+News+-+ENN%29 While about 2500 chicks of emperor penguins were raised this year at the colony close to the F
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