Campaign group calls for a consumer boycott of tropical prawns to stop environmental pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh
Europe's prawn obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh Tom Levitt | 30th September 2011 News Prawns Fish Food And Farming Mangroves Biodiversity shrimpbucket.jpg Prawns and other …
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
Can the common agricultural policy save England's green and pleasant land? Matilda Lee | 11th October 2011 Activism Food And Farming CAP Grasslands Biodiversity Intensive Agriculture Butterflies …
From robins to red deer; the British Wildlife Photography Awards showcases the best of Britain’s biodiversity
PHOTO GALLERY: The British Wildlife Photography Awards Ruth Styles | 20th October 2011 Ethical Living Wildlife Biodiversity Travel Photography Squirrel Grey Seal Ladybird Toad Red Deer 5054-9922.jpg …
With mountainous regions under threat from global warming, is the winter sports business doing enough to protect the delicate eco-system in its care?
Has the ski industry got its head in the snow about climate change? Ben Hudson | 29th November 2011 Ethical Living Skiing Climate Change Biodiversity Travel Natural World Wildlife holding.jpg With …
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
… becoming embedded within their fabric and fragmented to a level where their functionality … rapidly reduce habitat availability and fragment that which is left within the urban …
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
Why bees & biodiversity benefit from indigenous wildflowers Hazel Sillver | 20th March 2012 Ethical Living Wildflowers Biodiversity Gardening Bees Butterflies Green Living Natural World holding.jpg …
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
Greener gardening at Chelsea 2012 Rebecca Campbell | 18th May 2012 Ethical Living Gardening Climate Change Chelsea Green Living Flower Show Events Biodiversity Plants Carbon Capture Green Eco …
Making the most of the UK’s bountiful flora, Union’s four fragrances are an olfactory celebration of the British countryside, says Ruth Styles
Union: the British perfume that’s boosting biodiversity Ruth Styles | 1st June 2012 Ethical Living Perfume Beauty Health And Beauty UK Britain Ireland Union Selfridges Bluebells Biodiversity …
Tackling the population explosion is critical to avoiding environmental disaster
Get a grip! Population growth impacts biodiversity Jonathon Porritt | 17th September 2012 News Population Sustainability Developing World Biodiversity ascheffler1.jpg Tackling the population …
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.
Why we all need to worry about the decline in native butterflies Faye Dobson | 2nd August 2012 Comment Butterfly Population Decline Big Butterfly Count Faye Dobson Butterflies Climate Change Natural …
Ecologist writer Luke Dale-Harris questions the ability of Natura 2000 to work as an effective environmental regulator
The hidden conservation costs of renewable energy Luke Dale-Harris | 27th March 2013 Comment Environment Conservation Renewables RSPB Biodiversity bird turbine.jpg Europe's Natura 2000 has failed to …
As the UK government gives the go ahead for the country's first Biodiversity Offsetting (BO) scheme, Lorna Howarth explains why it will be a disaster for the nation's already declining wildlife
… This makes the development appear like a pragmatic and visionary solution and even that …
Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is home to a record number of species. Now that the Yasuni-ITT Initiative has failed the future of those species hangs in the balance.....
… leads to road development and habitat fragmentation - this could be disastrous for the …
The UK Government plans to allow biodiversity destroyed by development to be recreated elsewhere. Hannah Mowat of FERN believes the idea is both wrong and dangerous. The official consultation ends on 7th November 2013.
Biodiversity offsetting - an end to environmental protection? Hannah Mowat | 4th November 2013 Activism Natural World Development Biodiversity m3-twyford-down.png The UK Government plans to allow …
Owen Paterson has done it again - offering up ancient woodland for development via 'biodiversity offsetting' - planting new trees elsewhere. Trouble is, says Austin Brady, ancient woods are centuries in the making.
Ancient woodland cannot be 'offset' Austin Brady | 11th January 2014 Comment Forests Biodiversity Offsetting UK Ancient Woodland ancient-woodland-destruction.png Owen Paterson has done it again - …
A 'microbat' that has remained unrecorded since 1890 has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. But with the country's forests under growing pressure from logging and for conversion to plantations, this and thousands of other biological treasures are at risk.
PNG: 'Lost' bat species rediscovered after 120 years in the wilderness Luke Leung Julie Broken-Brow Catherine Hughes | 15th June 2014 Comment Natural World Forests PNG Biodiversity ch-bat-cut.jpg A …
The EU's farming policy is being touted as 'greener than ever' - but it's no such thing, write Lynn Dicks & Tim Benton. The 'green reforms' pay farmers for actions (and often inactions) that do not benefit wildlife, and contain no real or effective measures to help.
The 'greening' of Europe's farms is a shameful failure Lynn Dicks Tim Benton | 17th June 2014 Comment Farming Natural World Biodiversity EU farm-ludlow-cut.jpg The EU's farming policy is being touted …
Already 56,000 people have pledged to support a global 'internet seed swap' initiative promoted by Avaaz, writes Julian Rose. Trouble is, the plans are deeply flawed, and have been developed without consultation with major seed saving groups worldwide.
… July 2014 Comment Food Farming Biodiversity GMOs Corporations Technology … There is also a very real danger that GM proponents and mischief-makers could drop GM seeds into a storage depot and they would …
Recent decades have seen a hardening global clampdown on the rights of farmers to use, save, develop, share, swap and distribute the seeds that produce the food we all eat, writes Andrew Kimbrell - and which constitute an essential common heritage of mankind. Here's his plan to fight back against the seed monopolists ...
… level, organizing against monocultures and GMOs, leading seed freedom marches, and …
A Pennsylvania seed library stands accused of 'agri-terrorism' over alleged breaches of the Seed Act 2004, reports a bemused Kevin Carson. Have USDA and state agriculture departments become the enforcement branch of the agribusiness crime syndicate?
Agri-terrorists accuse seed bank of 'agri-terrorism' Kevin Carson | 13th August 2014 Comment Farming Biodiversity USA Law Regulation Corporations seedlibrary-cut.jpg A Pennsylvania seed library …
A string of events earlier this year provided a sobering snapshot of a global climate system out of whack, writes Peter Fisher. Could it represent the end of a rare 10,000 year island of stability in global climate? If so, we had better get used to it. The Earth may never be so comfortable again ...
The 'pre-Holocene' climate is returning - and it won't be fun Peter Fisher | 16th August 2014 Comment Climate Change Biodiversity Natural World niagara-frozen-epa-rick-warne-cut.jpg A string of …
We know that Australia's dry bush has co-evolved with fire, so that means regular planned burning is a good thing? Up to a point ... some increasingly rare species depend on 'old growth' bush up to 100 years old, and over-frequent burning is putting them under long-term threat.
… Natural World Birds Reptiles Biodiversity pygmy-possum-cut.jpg We know that Australia's …
Patented and 'indentured' seeds are fast taking over the world's food supply, write Jack Kloppenburg & Irwin Goldman, terminating farmers' and gardeners' ancient right to develop new varieties, and forcing them to buy seed anew for every crop. Enter the Open Source Seed Initiative ...
Free the seeds to feed the world! Jack Kloppenburg Irwin Goldman | 20th August 2014 Comment Food Farming Commons USA Biodiversity lettuce-christopher-porter-cut.jpg Patented and 'indentured' seeds …
Mussels, crabs, hornets and ... racoons? Future invasive species are not what you might expect, write Jodey Peyton & Helen Roy. In particular, we have to beware of 'ecosystem engineers' that can transform the environment they inhabit, creating ecological havoc for other species.
Confronting the threat of invasive 'ecosystem engineers' Jodey Peyton Helen Roy | 26th August 2014 Comment Ecology Biodiversity asian-hornet-cut.jpg Mussels, crabs, hornets and ... racoons? Future …