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UN warns India and China over growing problem of e-waste
Ecologist
22nd February, 2010
African and Asian countries need proper electronic waste recycling systems to prevent the surge in consumer demand creating toxic e-waste mountains 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...
Is aid without climate adaptation a waste of time?
Tom Levitt
29th January, 2010
Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change more...
Atlantic Rising: Ghana's slums recycle Western waste
Tim Bromfield
28th January, 2010
The slums of Accra in Ghana are being used as a dumping ground for Western consumer waste, including toxic electrical components. more...
Atlantic Rising: State of the fishing industry in Ghana
Tim Bromfield
14th January, 2010
Unsustainable fishing practices and declining catches are forcing Ghana to start importing fish more...
Atlantic Rising: Ghana's flood defense plans unfinished
Lynn Morris
13th January, 2010
An ambitious sea defence scheme in Ghana could have been successful but the job is not finished and thousands of homes still flood annually 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...
Atlantic Rising: Sand extraction and coastal erosion in Sierra Leone
Tim Bromfield
9th January, 2010
Unregulated sand extraction in Sierra Leone is good for business but wreaks havoc on the coastal environment more...
Atlantic Rising: Life in a flooded slum in Freetown
Lynn Morris
11th December, 2009
Most people love their home town. But what if you lived in a regularly flooded slum? more...
Atlantic Rising: Why Sierra Leone will be screwed at COP15
Will Lorimer
10th December, 2009
The costs associated with sending delegates to a conference like Copenhagen are prohibitive for many countries more...
Climate change linked to civil war in Africa
Ecologist
25th November, 2009
Higher temperatures cause declines in crop yields and 'economic welfare' which increases the risk of conflict more...
Selling Indonesia's coast for cheap prawns and profit
Jim Wickens
24th November 2009
In an exclusive investigation, the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's plans to privatise its entire 90,000 km coastline more...
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Atlantic Rising: energy-efficient cooking in Guinea Bissau
Tim Bromfield
23rd November, 2009
Children are learning to use stoves made from cow dung and termite mud in a battle to reduce consumption of timber for fuel more...
Atlantic Rising: Gambia’s national clean-up day
Tim Bromfield
17th November, 2009
Gambia needs serious adaption policies rather than monthly clean-up days to cope with rising sea levels and drainage problems more...
Atlantic Rising: first slavery, then climate change in Gambia
Lynn Morris
11th November, 2009
When your island goes from slave staging-post to an outpost on the frontier of rising seas, fate has truly dealt you a poor hand... more...
Atlantic Rising: rebuilding beaches in Gambia
Lynn Morris
4th November, 2009
In Gambia's coastal towns one of the country's chief assets - pristine beaches - is being steadily eroded. In a move to make King Cnut proud, the government is shipping in sand... more...
A melted Arctic: gold mine or honey trap?
Andrew Marszal
3rd November, 2009
As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private speculators are rushing to cash in on lucrative resource deposits and shipping lanes. But they may find these virgin waters a dangerous place to do business… more...
Atlantic Rising: planting mangroves to fortify coastlines
Tim Bromfield
27th October, 2009
The world's largest ever mangrove planting project is underway in Senegal, providing work, habitat and coastal defence all in one more...
Map: a world of +4 degree Celsius
Ecologist
22nd October, 2009
Map provides graphic illustration of how world would be dramatically affected by a 4 degree global temperature rise more...
Can salmon farming be sustainable?
Emma Bocking
20th October, 2009
Salmon farming is renowned for its local environmental pollution, but now some fish farmers are starting to look at fish waste as an untapped resource more...
Atlantic Rising: when the sea swallowed a school
Tim Bromfield
19th October, 2009
The team discovers that, even in the midst of marine beauty, the ever rising tides exact a terrible price more...
Atlantic Rising: Senegal's crumbling coast
Lynn Morris
14th October, 2009
When inadequate coastal walls only make the effects of sea level rise worse, is it time to move further inland? more...
Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence more...
Atlantic Rising: climate change shifts fish south
Tim Bromfield
1st October, 2009
It may smell awful, but it's a recycling industry of sorts. The Atlantic Rising team visit a social enterprise livestock-feed factory in Safi, Morocco more...
Atlantic Rising: Will migrant-watch become a climate-watch?
Lynn Morris
22nd September, 2009
If you're willing risk life and limb on a sea journey towards better economic prospects, what will you risk when climate change has devastated your home? more...Members
