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.

 

The Earth and Leaf Reference Library
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

Neighbours kick up a stink over industrial scale cattle farm plan

{Industrial scale cattle farm – is no-one listening to what the vast majority of top climate scientists are saying – This is simply ridiculous as are the councils main reasons for the refusal – Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Plans for an industrial scale cattle farm on the edge of a North Staffordshire town are set to be blocked. Dozens of residents are fighting the proposals for three beef rearing units at Westwood Hall Farm in Leek, which together could house hundreds of cows. Objectors have raised concerns over the noise and odour created by so many animals near people’s homes and schools, along with the impact on local roads. Officers at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council have recommended refusal...

Angkor Plywood the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally

{Earth and Leaf Editorial – Illegal logging in Cambodia – Angkor Plywood, the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally} {extract below} Angkor Plywood the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally Angkor Plywood, the timber cartel shipping Cambodian forests internationally STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s embattled protected forests have been exported to Vietnam and China for years by Angkor Plywood, one of the country’s most notorious logging companies, Mongabay can reveal. Over a year-long investigation, Mongabay has acquired documents and testimonies, as well as photo and video evidence, that show Angkor Plywood has been illegally logging timber from Cambodian protected areas and violating various laws by exporting sawn logs internationally. The company has done this...

Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog

Energy Industry Trade Body Chief to Head UKs Climate Watchdog...

Growing Number of Earths Vital Signs Endangered by Climate Change

{Earths Vital Signs Endangered – Earth and Leaf editorial} {extract below} A growing number of the planet’s “vital signs” have reached record levels due to climate change and other environmental threats, according to a stark report by a group of prominent researchers. “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,” writes William Ripple at Oregon State University and his colleagues. “This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperilled.” The report is the fifth annual State of the Climate report led by Ripple in an effort to present a clear warning of what the researchers say is a crisis given the extremes measured across key climate indicators, from...
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