The Earth and Leaf Document Library

The Earth and Leaf reference library contains links to a wealth of articles researched from the internet by our staff. Generally they are of serious relevance, occasionally they get in simply because we think they are interesting or even funny. We also add our own editorial comment to each article, explaining its relevance. We always reference our sources, authors and all images.  We would like to thank all these photographers, authors, journalists and researchers for their fantastic work.

 

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Gawthrop from the Lunds Allotment in Dentdale

Our subject material is scientifically accurate and factually proven. Many subjects are covered, particularly climate change, sustainable agriculture and farming systems. We now know that our planetary biodiversity and our ecosystems are essential to climate stability and we mess around with them at our peril.

The UK itself has some unique challenges such as our upland hill farming systems which require radical overhaul. Politically we have this crazy idea that we must grow all our own food. That is not possible and is also poor use of resources and puts terrible pressure on our wildlife, wetlands and watercourses.

There’s a lot of environmental protection stuff in here too. You will see that we are passionate about habitat rehabilitation. However, rewilding is a term we do not think is acceptable because it implies we are anti farming which is far from the case. Farming does have to change in order for our world to survive and this is covered extensively in the Earth and Leaf blog. This will be driven by absolutely necessary changes in the human diet. Without those changes we cannot halt global warming. Happy reading!

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Document Library - Sustainability and Climate Change

Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says

 “If the Arctic Tundra is really emitting more carbon than it absorbs then we are in some peril.  We simply have to dramatically reduce CO2 and methane production and do this very quickly.  Even if you are a global warming sceptic you cannot take the risk.” {Earth and Leaf Editorial} Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs     Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says The Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions after millennia of acting as a carbon sink, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said on Tuesday. This drastic...

Why grouse moors deliver more nature – opinion from the hunters

Tim Bonner on "Why grouse moors, not the RSPB, deliver more nature".  This is a persuasively written piece of rank propaganda and is factually and massively incorrect.  We have put this in the library in the hope that our members and subscribers will read this drivel and realise the enormity of our task.  We have to educate and change hearts and minds.  The article is a shocking propaganda piece for some of the wealthiest people in our country and an outdated and antiquated land management system.  It also is taking a very unfair and unjustified pot shot at the RSPB.  We need to ban driven gamebird shooting across the board...

Wales is losing sheep – A great opportunity

Sheep have shaped our upland landscape in far greater ways than many of us imagine.  Land clearances paved the way for Scottish deforestation.  We have an unusually structured sheep farming system.  Have a look at this article and then have a look at our links...

Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law

“Brazil has asked the European Union to hold back on implementing its deforestation law.  The EU must get on with implementing the deforestation law, but in return we need to have talks about supporting Brazil to rehabilitate the rainforest and look at just transition for legitimate local Brazilian farmers but not huge agri-businesses like Cargill.  The UK must also implement the same law and should also put tariffs on Soya from the USA.” {Earth and Leaf Editorial}   Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law     REMOVED PHOTO (280)   epa10180074 View of the fire in a farm the Brazilian Amazon, in the Manaquiri, Brazil, 09 September 2022(issued 12 September 2022)...

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

{Earth and Leaf Editorial – 1 billion trees.  At last. A government taking the crisis seriously.  Planting 1 billion trees is still not enough.  With dietary changes, every country in the world must do this and more.  But we are over the moon here at Earth and Leaf, one comment though is why acquire the land from the farmers.  Shepherds of the Trees!} {extract below} Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage. The government called...

How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather?

{Earth and Leaf Editorial – climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather} {extract below} How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather? It is a crucial question: is the climate crisis to blame for the extreme weather disasters taking lives and destroying homes around the world. But it has not been an easy one to answer. How much is due to global heating, how much is just the severe weather that has always happened? The good news is that the scientific techniques used to untangle that question – called climate attribution – are now well established. The bad news is what they reveal: the studies show that the burning of fossil fuels has...
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