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Norway accused of 'hypocrisy' over ethical investment
Ecologist
24th August, 2010
The Norwegian government has sold its investment in one Malaysian logging and palm oil company but remains a big shareholder in another accused of destroying rainforest and orang-utan habitats more...
WWF president: I think the US is doing a lot on climate change
Kara Moses
18th August, 2010
WWF president Yolanda Kakabadse on how the media is only interested in ‘doom-mongering’ on climate change, why the US isn't a block on negotiations and how governments are trying to reduce the influence of NGOs more...
Palm oil giant Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland
Ecologist
11th August, 2010
Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had received permits or made conservation assessments more...
Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practice more...
Greenpeace's ceasefire with the logging companies was not a deal with the devil
Richard Brooks
21st July, 2010
It took many environmentalists by surprise - that fiercely campaigning NGOs could not just make peace with their corporate enemies but enter into an agreement with them. This is a crucial step forward, says Richard Brooks more...
UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans
Ecologist
21st July, 2010
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives more...
Campaigners dispute reports of a decline in illegal logging
Ecologist
15th July, 2010
Claims of a decrease in illegal logging mask a growing amount of illegal harvesting by licensed companies and a lack of confidence in methods of measuring logging activity more...
EU's ban on billion-pound illegally logged timber trade only the 'first step'
Ecologist
8th July, 2010
New regulations will apply to forest owners and companies importing timber but not to the rest of the supply chain and leaves sanctions down to individual countries more...
How Cargill is feeding Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon
Lynn Morris
6th July, 2010
Europe's demand for cheap meat is been fed by an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation more...
Trees a 'low-cost' solution to air pollution and biodiversity loss in cities
Ecologist
2nd July, 2010
Native woods and trees in urban areas, including gardens, provide haven for wildlife, reduce air pollution, surface run-off and flooding more...
I applaud Norway's $1bn funding offer to Indonesia. But where will that money go?
Professor William Laurance
2nd July, 2010
Norway's $1 billion of anti-deforestation funding to Indonesia is nothing short of amazing. But we should watch very carefully to see whether the money reaches the right pockets... more...
Amazon rainforest claims not bogus admits The Sunday Times
Ecologist
21st June, 2010
Newspaper apologises for article that disputed 'peer-reviewed scientific evidence' that up to 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest is at risk from climate change more...
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Activists hail 'historic' Canadian forest agreement
Ecologist
19th May, 2010
Logging companies agree to deal safeguarding an area of endangered boreal forest twice the size of Germany more...
Why only the Amazonians can save the rainforest
Nicholas Bruschi
11th May, 2010
'Saving the rainforest' has been a battle-cry of the environmental movement since its inception. But just what does that mean, how does it work, and who exactly does the 'saving'? more...
Boots, KFC, McDonalds ignore rainforest destruction survey
Ecologist
10th February, 2010
Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s have been praised for disclosing their ‘forest footprint’ but experts say that consumers are still not aware of the impact of their daily diet more...
Pavan Sukhdev: you can have progress without GDP-led growth
Tom Levitt
22nd January, 2010
Deutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it more...
Greenwash award exposes Brazilian company
Ecologist
21st January, 2010
Brazilian cattle-ranching company named and shamed for destroying the land of an uncontacted tribe more...
Biodiversity crucial to lives of billions, says UNEP
Ecologist
12th January, 2010
Ecosystems are buffering humanity against the worst impacts of global warming and also alleviating poverty, says United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) more...
Atlantic Rising: Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD
Tim Bromfield
11th January, 2010
If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon Liberia's remaining rainforest cover is likely to go the same way as its neighbours in Cote d'Ivoire more...
CASE STUDY: Keeping tourism in balance with nature
Eifion Rees
5th January, 2010
Irshad Mobarak, a self-taught naturalist and environmentalist from the Malaysian island of Langkawi says that development need not mean destruction more...
A proposal to save the world’s tropical rain forests
Edward Goldsmith
January, 1980
Thirty years ago this month, Edward Goldsmith published a revised version of WEAP, the World Ecological Areas Programme in the Ecologist more...
Monsanto named worst corporate climate lobbyist
Ecologist
15th December, 2009
US company wants its GM crops to be given carbon credits and to be at the forefront of tackling climate change despite link to deforestation more...
Obama sings its praises, but what is the Amazon Fund?
Ecologist
14th December, 2009
Partnership between Brazil and Norway to prevent deforestation in the Amazon praised by US President Barack Obama more...
Protecting forests AND the rights of forest peoples
Laura Sevier
8th December, 2009
The plans currently under consideration for saving forests might help the trees, but they could ride roughshod over indigenous communities. Here are some ways to change that more...
Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century?
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2009
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact? more...Members
