<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><b class="">"We linked 25,000 Animalia species threat records</b> from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List </div><div><b class="">to more than 15,000 commodities</b> produced in 187 countries and evaluated more than 5 billion supply chains in terms </div><div>of their biodiversity impacts. Excluding invasive species, we found that <b class="">30% of global species threats are due to international</b></div><div><b class=""> trade.</b> In many developed countries, the <b class="">consumption of imported coffee, tea, sugar, textiles, fish and ... manufactured </b></div><div><b class="">items </b>causes a biodiversity footprint that is larger abroad than at home."<br class=""><br class="">M. Lenzen, D. Moran, K. Kanemoto, B. Foran, L. Lobefaro & A. Geschke.</div><div>International trade drives biodiversity threats in developing nations. </div><div>Nature 7 June <b class="">2012</b> doi:10.1038/nature11145<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>**********************************************************<br class="">"The <b class="">global shipping industry</b> is continuing to release more and more greenhouse gas emissions by the year, <br class="">according to a new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).<br class=""><br class="">"The findings are the result of an analysis utilizing 'state of the art' global ship operations (AIS) data, along <br class="">with detailed vessel characteristics relating to over half a million ships — collectively used to estimate <br class="">greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution released by shipping “at high resolution (1° x 1°) on an hourly <br class="">basis for the years 2013 to 2015.”<br class=""><br class="">CleanTechnica Oct 24 <b class="">2017</b><br class=""><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/24/icct-shipping-industrys-greenhouse-gas-emissions-rise/" class="">https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/24/icct-shipping-industrys-greenhouse-gas-emissions-rise/</a></div><div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>