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University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... national priority be given to understanding and mapping connections between energy, water, carbon, climate, agriculture, ecosystems, the economy and society to ensure Australia's future food security and to maintain resiliency in the face of future climate ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... GEO BON - discussing how to go about generating better quality and better coverage of information on biodiversity and ecosystems." There are 168 signatories to the the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the proposed variables ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Unconventional oil and gas reserves are growing in companies' hydrocarbon portfolios, and companies are operating in sensitive ecosystems and in jurisdictions with poor compliance standards, meaning that risk exposure may continue to increase, the MSCI ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... services they provide into monetary values." Mining companies have improved reporting the impacts of their activities on ecosystems, recognising the risks of natural habitat destruction, but van der Lugt said he believes that other industries lag the ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Incorporating ecosystem services into an organization's performance disclosure, organisations will be able to look at ecosystems as service providers and monitor the impacts and dependencies they have on those ecosystem services. Ecosystems are biological ...