{"id":1723,"date":"2013-01-06T22:26:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T21:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avbp.net\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2013-01-06T22:31:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T21:31:22","slug":"1723","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Foundation postulates fees as cure for externalization of P and N"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tssef.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverphosph1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-452\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"coverphosph1\" src=\"http:\/\/tssef.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/coverphosph1-207x300.png\" alt=\"coverphosph1\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> Inorganic phosphorus in the form of the phosphate PO3-4 \u00a0is required for all known forms of life, playing a major role in biological molecules such as DNA and RNA where it forms part of the structural framework of these molecules. For humans it is essential in food and \u00a0Sweden imports some 730,000 tons of\u00a0fertilizer\u00a0a year, up to one third of it containing phosphorous. At the same time, much of it ends up in the Baltic seas causing algal blooming and other problems. \u00a0Some sources give\u00a0our\u00a0current system &#8211; reliance on\u00a0phosphorous\u00a0rocked mined in Morocco &#8211; as only having 35 years left,<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0nitrogen\u00a0is not mined, it is extracted from the air in industrial processes to produce\u00a0chemical\u00a0fertilizer, the same issues exist with\u00a0the\u00a0massive import into the country and the resulting 120,000 tons \u00a0of emissions into the\u00a0Baltic.<\/p>\n<p>Both elements are in the top four the biggest challenges to humanity as exceeding or being close to exceeding planetary boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>In this latest briefing paper, the TSSEF explains how changing the regulatory system can both\u00a0restrict\u00a0the amount of\u00a0dependency\u00a0on imported\u00a0fertilizers\u00a0and encourage new, green business to work with recycling\u00a0and\u00a0thereby\u00a0radically reduce \u00a0the\u00a0burden\u00a0on the\u00a0environment\u00a0whilst stimulating\u00a0organic\u00a0food production.<\/p>\n<p>Download\u00a0the report here <a href=\"http:\/\/tssef.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/brief_phosphorousrc.pdf\">brief_phosphorousrc<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockholmresilience.org\/planetary-boundaries\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" style=\"margin: 20px;\" title=\"Planetary boundaries\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stockholmresilience.org\/images\/200.5ea7abe0139d0dada52163\/planetary-boundaries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planetary boundaries already exceeeded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inorganic phosphorus in the form of the phosphate PO3-4 \u00a0is required for all known forms of life, playing a major role in biological molecules such as DNA and RNA where it forms part of the structural framework of these molecules. For humans it is essential in food and \u00a0Sweden imports some 730,000 tons of\u00a0fertilizer\u00a0a year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essential-science","category-ideas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}