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The hidden conservation costs of renewable energy
March 27th, 2013
by Luke Dale-Harris
Ecologist writer Luke Dale-Harris questions the ability of Natura 2000 to work as an effective environmental regulatormore...
Frontline Online: Biodiversity in Europe hit by “terrible” Euro-budget deal
February 13th, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline.... more...Why we all need to worry about the decline in native butterflies
Faye Dobson
2nd August, 2012
Butterfly populations are an important gauge of the health of local habitats and wider climate change. Faye Dobson explains what population changes mean, and how you can get involved in helping monitor them. more...Carbon Forestry: Environmental Asset Or Liability?
John Gould
November 9th, 2012
Carbon forestry provides a low-cost and low-risk means for investors to hedge their carbon responsibilities.John Gould asks how a new type of arboreal landscape, designed to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, will impact on wider issues such as sustainability and biodiversity. more...
Last stand of the Yukpa?
by LAMMP (Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme)
The economic plan of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for 2013-2019 promotes the exploitation of mineral deposits in the Sierra de Perijá, an area that is extremely high in biodiversity, and home to the indigenous Yukpa people.... more...
Get a grip! Population growth impacts biodiversity
Jonathon Porritt
17th September, 2012
Tackling the population explosion is critical to avoiding environmental disastermore...
Union: the British perfume that’s boosting biodiversity
Ruth Styles
1st June, 2012
Making the most of the UK’s bountiful flora, Union’s four fragrances are an olfactory celebration of the British countryside, says Ruth Styles more...
Greener gardening at Chelsea 2012
Rebecca Campbell
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes more...
The beginner's guide to growing your own fruit
Mark Briggs
14th May, 2012
Whether you live in the city or in the heart of rural England, planting your own fruit trees provides you with a free source of fruit and a boost for biodiversity more...
Thich Nhat Hanh: in 100 years there may be no more humans on planet earth
Tom Levitt
22nd March, 2012
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about more...
Why bees & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers
Hazel Sillver
20th March, 2012
Filling your garden with wildflowers helps honeybees and butterflies, and creates a relaxed mood. And, from the Easton Walled Garden to Sissinghurst, there's plenty of inspiration more...
Oil deal 'threatens Ugandan biodiversity'
Alice Klein
9th March, 2012
The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the impoverished East African country. But before the oil has even started pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment plague the sector. Alice Klein reports from Hoima more...
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Shrimp: luxury food with a hidden environmental price tag
Ecologist
17th February, 2012
Our love affair with shrimp has fuelled the destruction of the 'rainforests of the sea' - mangroves - whose biodiversity and carbon-storing capacities are much undervalued. The author of 'Let Them Eat Shrimp', Kennedy Warne, talks through his alarming findings more...
Stop the biomass blackout: say no to the UK's destructive bioenergy policies
Ian Lander
7th February, 2012
Biofuelwatch warn of an unfolding 'biomassacre' as the UK is set to rely on a growing amount of wood-based biomass, driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying biodiversity and causing air pollution more...
Can biodiversity be accommodated in today's urban environment?
Austin Brown
10th January, 2012
A bold new initiative is designed to raise public awareness of the issue of biodiversity and the need to incorporate native species back within London more...
Has the ski industry got its head in the snow about climate change?
Ben Hudson
29th November, 2011
With mountainous regions under threat from global warming, is the winter sports business doing enough to protect the delicate eco-system in its care? more...
PHOTO GALLERY: The British Wildlife Photography Awards
Ruth Styles
20th October, 2011
From robins to red deer; the British Wildlife Photography Awards showcases the best of Britain’s biodiversitymore...
Can the common agricultural policy save England's green and pleasant land?
Matilda Lee
11th October, 2011
As reform of the EU's agriculture policy gets underway, Miles King of the Grassland Trust tells Matilda Lee how intensive farming has all but destroyed England's 'rainforests' and why it's time we started asking for more from our farmers more...
Europe's prawn obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh
Tom Levitt
30th September, 2011
Campaign group calls for a consumer boycott of tropical prawns to stop environmental pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh more...
Can the palm oil we eat ever be wildlife-friendly?
Tom Levitt
12th July, 2011
Conservationists battling to save Indonesia's rainforests are locked in a dispute over moves to make oil palm plantations more wildlife-friendly. Tom Levitt reports more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Richard Scott of Landlife
Matilda Lee
12th July, 2011
The senior project manager at Landlife, the charity working to bring people and wildlife closer together, on 'principled' dealings with corporations and why it's important to make politicians jealous more...
Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics
Alex Helan
8th July, 2011
The spread of oil palm plantations has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest. But the billion-dollar palm oil industry is now mounting a major PR offensive. Alex Helan reports more...
Homeless gardeners provide makeover for iconic Southbank building
Helena Drakakis
14th June, 2011
They used to sleep beneath London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Now a pioneering collaboration between the Southbank Centre and a housing association is giving a group of ex-homeless a chance to create a rooftop garden more...
Warning over REDD projects excluding rural poor from forests
Tom Levitt
16th June, 2011
Global study finds forests provide one-fifth of household income in rural communities and says access for them should be prioritised in REDD-type conservation projects more...
Nature isn't a commodity that should be bought, sold and traded
1st May, 2011
Dr Kate Rawles
Defra's attempt to put a price tag on nature with its National Ecosystem Assessment may reinforce the dangerous conceit that our own place in ecosystems is more important than any other, argues Dr Kate Rawles more...Members
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