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Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still needs protecting
Richard Unsworth
4th October, 2010
It may be not be as visible as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global ecosystem, says Richard Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish more...
Plant life in peril - IUCN and Kew Gardens study
Dearbhla Crosse
29th September 2010
Alarming new research reveals human activity is 'devastating' plant life ahead of UN biodiversity summit, with up to twenty-two per cent of the world’s plants facing extinction more...
'Futurescapes': how a Shropshire land manager rewrote the conservation rulebook
Dan Box
14th September 2010
With a new coalition government the opportunities for fresh thinking about managing the UK countryside are vast, reports Dan Box. And the Stiperstones nature reserve is providing plenty of inspiration... more...
Bees stung by 'climate change-linked' early pollination
Ecologist
7th September, 2010
Climate change may be causing flowers to open before bees emerge from hibernation leading to declines in pollination, new research suggests more...
What has biodiversity ever done for us?
Jonathan Silvertown
2nd September, 2010
A new book, Fragile Web, reveals why the biodiversity crisis may be humanity's biggest challenge more...
Human response to climate change is making matters worse
Ecologist
19th August, 2010
Our attempts to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could worsen the direct effects of climate change on our ecoystems more...
Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink
Ecologist
13th August
Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park more...
Palm oil giant Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland
Tom Levitt
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. Tom Levitt reports more...
Ecuador offers to leave rainforest oil in the ground for $3.6 billion
Ecologist
5th August, 2010
Ecuador seeks $3.6 billion from international donors to protect species-rich rainforest reserve from oil exploration more...
Cloned animals a 'threat to genetic diversity'
Ecologist
4th August, 2010
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds 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...
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...
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Why are bees in decline? New research to provide the answers
Ecologist
22nd June, 2010
Nine new studies will look at the role of pesticides, habitat loss and disease in the decline of insect pollinators like the honeybee and bumblebee more...
UN biodiversity panel 'a dream of many scientists'
Ecologist
15th June, 2010
A UN panel similar to the one for climate change has been given the go-ahead by world leaders with an admission they had failed to heed scientific warnings about biodiversity loss more...
What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work?
Tom Levitt
9th June, 2010
European observers say it is going to be as ‘big as the carbon market’, but is buying a licence to cause ecological damage a sound strategy? Tom Levitt investigates more...
Protecting rainforests shown to reduce poverty
Ecologist
28th May, 2010
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population more...
The damage caused by Singapore's insatiable thirst for land
Tom Levitt
11th May, 2010
While logging and deforestation has gained global attention the growing sand mining sector is being largely ignored. Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands it is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia more... 'Perverse subsidies' to blame for wildlife loss, says UN
Ecologist
10th May, 2010
Promises to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 have not been met by any national government, according to the UN, which is calling for taxes and incentives to encourage action more...
Conservation and food production should be kept separate says study
Ecologist
6th May, 2010
Researchers claim the benefits of combining conservation and food production through organic farming are not enough to make up for the drop in yields more...
Saving a pristine wilderness from an international motorway
Laura Sevier
20th April, 2010
How activist Malgorzata Górska helped protect a Polish forest valley, and changed her government's attitude to conservation in the process more...
Dr. Jane Goodall: I'm not going to fight for animal rights
Laura Sevier
12th April, 2010
The renowned primatologist and conservationist on the need for scientific empathy, the impact of economic development, and why children give her hope for the future more...
Vital mangrove forests hit by coastal developments
Ecologist
9th April, 2010
Increasing threats to mangrove species are a symptom of the widespread destruction and exploitation of forest habitats, say campaigners more...
Red List of endangered species needs to be tripled, say ecologists
Ecologist
9th April, 2010
Current conservation list criticised for being biased towards vertebrates and neglecting most plants, fungi and invertebrates more...
'Alarming decline' in England's biodiversity
Ecologist
11th March, 2010
England becoming a country of 'beauty spots rather than beauty', and must act fast to address declining biodiversity, says the government’s environment watchdog 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...Members
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