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theNRgroup provides a valuable contact point for consultancy services in the natural resources sector |
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The Natural Resources Group, theNRgroup, is an association of independent development professionals who collaborate to undertake, and contribute expertise to, natural resources projects and activities. The group provides high quality solutions to today's natural resources management problems in a cost effective and timely manner. |
| In the News: |
July 2010: Africa's Smallholder Farmers: Approaches that work for Viable Livelihoods Restoring Soils for Future Food Supply - An Open Letter to the New British Government. Summary & full text now available. |
| June 2010: Norwegian Government has pledged $1 billion towards protecting Indonesian forests and combating climate change. ... more |
May 2010: Development Cooperation Report 2010. With only 5 years left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, much remains to be done. |
| Apr 2010: Low-cost water purification using seeds from the Moringa oleifera tree can reduce bacterial infection in previously untreated water. Free download. |
Mar 2010: Visual Literary Resources: Illustrations for Development now available. |
Feb 2010: Climate catastrophe: Surviving the 21st century. Energy Bulletin. |
| Jan 2010: In 250 years since the start of the industrial revolution Ocean Acidity has increased 30%: i) BBC News, ii) Ocean Acidification, iii) IUCN report, iv) NOAA site. |
| Dec 2009: Predicted sea level rise is more than double previous estimates. BBC News summary or SCAR report [20 MB]. |
Nov 2009: Extinction crisis. Updated IUCN Red List of Threatened Species shows over a third of species are now threatened with extinction. |
Oct 2009: How to Feed the World in 2050. Food security in the next four decades. |
Earlier: |
| Climate change "will cause civilisation to collapse". Scenario indicated by 2009 State of the Future report. |
| Catastrophic climate change could happen in 50 years. UK Met Office summary. |
| Ecological credit crunch. See WWF’s Living Planet Report. |
| Can African agriculture adapt to Climate Change? IFPRI Research Briefs. |
| Dont kill the planet in the name of saving the economy. The collision of the credit crunch and the climate crunch ... |
| The Impact of Peak Oil on International Development, by APPGOPO. A shift from industrialised agriculture to systems based on ecologically sound principles free from petro-chemical inputs is essential. |
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