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Win a green roof for your school by photographing local wildlife
Matilda Lee
9th March, 2010
With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof more...
UK wildlife becoming the ‘living dead’
Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell and Tom Levitt
25th February, 2010
While the UN is celebrating the international year of biodiversity conservation groups in the UK worry that a rising number of isolated populations are in danger of becoming extinct more...
UK joins calls for ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna trade
Ecologist
5th February, 2010
The UK has joined growing European support for Atlantic Bluefin tuna to be declared an endangered species to prevent collapse more...
Letter: A market for tigers
JP Floru
20th January, 2010
Freedom Alliance director argues that overturning the ban on the sale of tiger parts would safeguard their future more...
How to start a university eco society
Nicholas Bruschi
14th January, 2010
Eleven easy steps to get you started - from picking your committee and spreading the word to making it fun and worthwhile 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...
The wonder of the honey bee, 24 Jan
Explore some of the rich and astounding facets of bee life at this exclusive event at the Rudolf Steiner House near London's Regent Park more...
Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust?
Tom Levitt
1st January, 2010
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, claims a new report more...
Who needs Africa's land more: us or wildlife?
Thembi Mutch
29th December, 2009
An explosive mix of animals, people and economics means that land in Africa is becoming more valuable - and more contested - than ever more...
Pierre Mineau: let's get rid of the pesticides that are killing birds
Laura Sevier
17th December, 2009
Canadian scientist Dr Pierre Mineau talks about the ongoing struggle to protect birds from pesticides that 'don't belong in this millennium' more...
CASE STUDY: fighting a mine funded by foreign investment in Gabon
Chris Carroll and Eifion Rees
3rd August, 2009
Fighting a mine funded by foreign investment in Gabon has seen Marc Ona Essangui spend time in prison, but his only response, he says, is 'serenity' more...
10 groups campaigning for the natural world
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy. more...
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CASE STUDY: saving marine life with flowerpots
Emma Bocking
27th October, 2009
Although sea walls are a strong form of coastal defence they effectively wipe out rock pools which are important oases for marine life. Scientists in Sydney have found a solution involving flower pots... more...
CASE STUDY: how mushrooms can save forests
David Hawkins
21st October, 2009
The potential of fungi for medicine, filtering polluted water, controlling pests and even biofuels, is truly staggering more...
Biodiversity 'invisible' in current economic model
Ecologist
13th November, 2009
The steady loss of forests, soils, wetlands, fisheries, species and coral reefs around the world is closely tied to the lack of value we put on nature, says three-year study more...
Protecting wild salmon from pollution
Laura Sevier
16th July, 2009
Alaska's long-standing wild salmon-fishing industry could be under threat from large-scale mining development more...
Help protect our honeybees
Laura Sevier
13th July, 2009
Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the Soil Association petition to help get it banned. Then take part in Twitter's 'Tweehive' - starting on 14th July more...
CASE STUDY: managing woodlands through social enterprise
Jeremy Lovell
25th June, 2009
Social entrepreneur Nigel Lowthrop has pioneered a win-win woodland management scheme combining environmental protection with rehabilitating disadvantaged young people more...
Campaigning against pirate fishing
Laura Sevier
22nd June, 2009
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on more...
Using the law to protect the environment
Andrew Wasley
19th June, 2009
Investigation into the dangers faced by lawyers who champion human rights and environmental justice. more... The struggle to report on the marine environment
Andrew Wasley
1st June, 2009
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those who fight the abuse of marine environments. more... The struggle to report on Tibet's environment
Andrew Wasley
1st May, 2009
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at the environmental situation in Tibet. more... Tackling illegal logging
Andrew Wasley
1st April, 2009
Reporting from the front-line of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those combating illegal logging more...
CASE STUDY: using livestock to manage the countryside
Dixe Wills
2nd February, 2009
With her free-ranging flock of conservation grazers, Britain's only close shepherd is resurrecting a greener way to manage the countryside. Dixe Wills reports more...
CASE STUDY: installing green roofs
Matilda Lee
29th January, 2009
Can there be wildlife in our urban jungles? Matilda Lee meets a man campaigning to let nature live on city rooftops more...Members
