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Antonio Nobre joins the indigenous leaders of the Amazon meeting King Charles III in London
Looking for Harmony with Nature The Miraculous Amazon calls for protection in the face of the civilizational collapse. One should look...
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BPGG supports Baku COP29 Forest Declaration from Central Asia and the Caucasus
This powerful and courageous document calls to "Recognize the role of intact ecosystems for climate stabilization. The most important...
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The Green Lever: Mobilizing Government, Business and Finance to Fuel Nature's Future
Financial mechanisms, business strategies and governmental policies can play a pivotal role in promoting environmental sustainability and...
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Brainwaves and Climate Raves, Local Voices and Global Echoes
Videos of Sessions 4 and 7 of the Embracing Nature's Complexity Conference are available on our new Youtube channel:...
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Smart Biotic Pump Summit Prague 2018
Smart Biotic Pump Summit Prague 2018. Yes. It was amazing. Days full of discovery, acquisition and sharing of information. Our company CONSILIA FUTURA EUROPA greatly appreciates the participation of all foreign experts in the field and all the supporters of our summit. It was our great honor to meet all of you and spend time with you. We visited several beautiful places in our country, we talked about very serious topics, and although we have not always agreed on 100%, we believe we share the same goal. A common solution. Let's go for it. It's worth it. Smart Biotic Pump. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Anastassia M. Makarieva - Biotic Pump of Atmospheric Moisture
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Anastassia M. Makarieva R&D Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Anastassia M. Makarieva - Discovery of Biotic pump, Consequences of deforestation on water cycle
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Anastassia M. Makarieva R&D Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia Talks about studies that contributed to the discovery of Biotic pump and its contribution to modern nature sciences. Shows examples of functioning Biotic pump in Eurasian Boreal Forest Belt. Further talks about concequences of deforestation for the water cycle. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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The Tijuca Story: Reforestation and the Biotic Pump with Thomas Goreau
Thomas Goreau tells of the successful reforestation centuries ago of the mountains surrounding Rio de Janeiro, and will describe the workings of the “biotic pump” by which forest transpiration supports healthy precipitation across wide areas. Presented at the Restoring Water Cycles to Reverse Global Warming conference October 16th-18th, 2015 at Tufts University. Learn more about Biodiversity for a Livable Climate: https://bio4climate.org/ Connect with us Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bio4climate Twitter: https://twitter.com/bio4climate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bio4climate/ #reforestation #mountains #treeplanting
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There is a river above us | Antonio Donato Nobre | TEDxAmazonia
Antonio Donato Nobre study the interactions between forests and atmosphere. His research revealed that there are real steam rivers running over the Amazon rainforest and carrying moisture to much of the continent. Thanks to these rivers, South America is not a desert like Africa. His research shows the fragility of the forest against a backdrop of climate change and the huge risk we run if we lose it. --- About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
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Ulrich Zens - Multifunctional and Regenerative Landscape Development
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Ulrich Zens R&D Architecture and Landscape Planning, Director of Incriatorio Architecture, Germany/Brazil Talks about multifunctional and regenerative landscape development in conjuction with Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Shows practical use of multifunctional and regenerative landscape development on real projects. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Ulrich Zens - Loss and degradation of vegetation
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Ulrich Zens R&D Architecture and Landscape Planning, Director of Incriatorio Architecture, Germany/Brazil http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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1st open discussion - Opening word by Antonio Donato Nobre - Technology vs Nature
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Antonio Donato Nobre R&D National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Compares complexity of nature to modern technologies. Describes nature's resilience and sustainability without the dogma of infinite growth. Thinks technology should take more inspiration from nature. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Antonio Donato Nobre - Acceleration of Climate changes
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Antonio Donato Nobre R&D National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Concerns about accelerating climate change. Fears that specialists can not see the whole picture. Admires the Smart Biotic Pump initiative. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Antonio Donato Nobre - The Mighty Amazon, maker of rain
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Antonio Donato Nobre R&D National Institute for Space Research, Brazil Talks about LBA project - Largescale Biosphere Atmosphere experiment in Amazonia. Describes green geysers of Amazonia. Explains reasons for desert belts on Globe. http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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Anastassia M. Makarieva - Biotic pump
SBP Summit Prague 2018 Anastassia M. Makarieva R&D Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia http://smartbioticpump.com http://facebook.com/smartbioticpump
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A Gift of Nature with Dr Jan Pokorný
Which is better... the shade of an umbrella or the shade of a tree? A random leaf falling into Dr Jan Pokorný’s beer in Bohemia, (Czech Republic), sparks this intriguing question and leads to the discovery of how trees help moderate global climate. Jan Pokorný is the Director of ENKI (NGO), co-founder of the Rain For Climate movement as well as co-author of the groundbreaking book, "Water for the Recovery of Climate, A New Water Paradigm". https://www.rainforclimate.com/ http://www.enki.cz/ https://www.rainforclimate.com/en/asset/uploads/documents/Water_for_the_recovery_of_the_Cl.pdf Filmed in Třeboň and South Moravian regions of Bohemia (Czech Republic), Plitviče Lakes (Croatia), Košice region (Slovakia), Bylong Valley & Mulloon Creek (NSW, Australia). With special thanks to ABC TV for Australian Story footage.
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Jan Cermak | Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic | Earth Science-2014 | OMICS International
Title: How to contribute hydro-climatic perspective of global warming from the viewpoint of forests, using open field applicable approach characterizing whole tree and stand ecophysiology via water relations and macrostructure 3rd International Conference on Earth Science & Climate Change July 28-30, 2014, San Francisco, USA OMICS International: http://conferenceseries.com/ Pharmaceutical Conferences: http://pharmaceuticalconferences.com Global OMICS open access Journals: http://omicsonline.org Global Medical Conferences: http://conferenceseries.com Global Cancer Conferences: http://cancersummit.org Global Diabetes Conferences: http://diabetesexpo.com Global Dental Conferences: http://dentalcongress.com Global Nursing Conferences: http://nursingconference.com Abstract Following the new results of climatologists, water shortage and excess liked to variable rainfall may well be the most immediate consequence of global climate change affecting human livelihoods, while we get dangerously close to planetary boundaries of Anthropocene. We started to understand the problems of hydro-climatic perspective through learning the behavior of trees and forests, after getting experience about their macrostructure and water relations from over 60 experimental sites in Europe, USA and other countries in more than 50 tree species. Many excellent studies are going on at perfectly equipped stationary research sites at present. However some problems could appear, when the task would come, how to answer some practically important questions in many specific sites occurring in open forests dispersed under contrasting environmental conditions over the landscape. Together with several groups of physicists we developed and applied a series of mobile methods allowing such studies in any parts of the World. These technologies are not yet covering all scientific fields as desirable and therefore their gradual development goes on. Here we want to present some of them characterizing macrostructure and water relations of aboveground as well as belowground parts of whole trees and stands, i.e., crowns, stems and root systems. Quantitative estimates of the functions and the effective parameters including their spatial distribution was difficult to obtain earlier, although badly needed for further calculations. E.g., tree foliage is usually characterized by leaf area index estimated by optical methods. This works, but when more detail distribution analysis is needed, we can still use classical, but also other, such as fluviometric methods, which allow estimates of effective crown size and also its effective form. This also allows better evaluation of e.g., tree transpiration and water consumption, magnitude of environmental stresses, tree water storage, and crown water holding capacity or absorbed amount of solar energy. Information about tree stems is needed from the viewpoint of tree heath state, wood quality or water storage, predisposition of trees to biotic attack, but also safety when considering e.g., trees growing in cities or along roads. We demonstrate practical examples of acoustic, thermodynamic or electric methods, which are of a great help here. Root systems represent very important part of trees, which can be fortunately studied in much more details now than in the past, due to further development of corresponding instrumentation.
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