A rich forest in Tanzania has been placed under protection, supported by World Land Trust and other partners.
… only one without protected status. Botanical diversity The forest is home to at least five … future of its unique wildlife. The botanical diversity of Magombera is particularly …
More than 1,200 scientists back protection of Los Cedros Reserve in Ecuador.
… launched by the Center for Biological Diversity in July. Read: Defending Ecuador's … their concern about mining in the exceptional diversity of Ecuador’s Protected Forests, and … Nature. The Court specifically cited the biodiversity at Los Cedros, and the presence of, …
Proposed merger between Dupont-owned Pioneer Hi-Bred and Pannar Seeds could spell disaster for local farmers and food security, watchdog claims
… in maximising profits, would reduce seed diversity and increase local seed prices, a … have been criticised for reducing local seed diversity by promoting monocultures, allowing …
Young campaigners are demanding that the UK government ditch its plans to fast-track fracking through the planning system.
Youth call on government to ditch fracking proposals Marianne Brooker | 9th October 2018 Comment Climate Change Fracking UKYCC Parliament Planning 4987372652_ac69c6d5d5_o.jpg Young campaigners are …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
… first nation to protect large swathes of biodiversity, based upon this constitutional … as well in headwater ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots of global importance, like … ‘Areas of Priority for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Ecuador’. Levy points to …
Activists call for corporations to withdraw from Amazon area because of disease and violence fears
Oil companies Perenco, Repsol-YPF and ConocoPhillips under fire over Peruvian tribes Kara Moses | 24th November 2010 News Oil Natural World Indigenous People Tribes Amazon News amazon.jpg The Amazon …
In the second in our series examining REDD we report how ambiguous forest definitions are putting the future success of forest protection schemes in doubt and allowing logging companies to destroy biodiverse habitats
… see funds supposedly meant for preserving biodiversity and carbon being used to clear … forests that still house high levels of biodiversity – and carbon – are included, they … carbon content, low number of species, low biodiversity, low social or livelihood value and …
Multiple benefits of organic farming should not be ignored in light of new study.
… carbon measure does not take into account biodiversity or other ecosystem values. … more wildlife and generally increased biodiversity is hard to quantify in a single … yields whilst preserving wildlife and diversity.” This Author Marianne Brooker is a …
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations
… have terrestrial change, aquatic change, biodiversity change, atmospheric change – they … of consumption – of materials, energy, biodiversity. People in western countries use … and fishing within a complex ecosystem – biodiversity and genetic diversity is high and …
Kara Moses reports on a group of 10-year-olds from Holly Trees Primary School who - by fundraising for Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Partnership - have helped secure the future of a rare Namibian plant that was virtually extinct in the wild
… water scarcity, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, energy and climate change,' says … Botanical Gardens READ MORE... NEWS Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial risk … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE What has biodiversity ever done for us? A new book, …
This December, world leaders will meet at COP21 in Paris to negotiate a global agreement on climate change, writes Kara Moses. But the real action and inspiration will be in a host of parallel events, conferences, action and demonstrations attended by tens of thousands of global climate activists. So here's your definitive guide to what will be happening - and how you can join in!
COP21 101 - The Ecologist Guide to the Paris mobilisations Kara Moses | 3rd November 2015 Ethical Living Climate Change Unfccc COP21 France Protest paris-demo-cut.jpg This December, world leaders …